“There is a tiny possibility there might be more to this story than meets the eye”
On the same Friday Elon took over Twitter, Nancy Pelosi’s husband suffered a violent and disturbing assault from a home intruder, who allegedly broke into the couple’s San Francisco home intent on kidnapping the Democratic leader.
Elon Musk felt the need to weigh in on Sunday, and tweeted a link to an obviously false, homophobic conspiracy theory about the attack from a right-wing fringe website with a history of publishing false stories. “There is a tiny possibility there might be more to this story than meets the eye,” Musk wrote. There is no possibility that is the case. There’s a mountain of evidence to support the official story, and nothing backing up the hateful nonsense Musk promoted to his 114 million followers.
Musk quickly deleted the tweet, a move that pleased no one, including fans of so-called “free speech” who chastised the billionaire for caving to pressure from the “woke mob.” For some, the episode reaffirmed concerns about the future of misinformation and hate speech on the platform under Musk’s obtuse guidance.
