'Challenge accepted, Elon': Mehdi lays out the hate on Musk’s Twitter in gory detail

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  • Elon Musk has claimed that hate speech isn’t a problem on X, formerly known as Twitter, because no one can provide him with a single example of it on his platform. Mehdi Hasan accepts that challenge, outlining how hateful content has increased since Musk took over and detailing countless examples of hate speech that remain on the site today.
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  • @pgmorrow
    @pgmorrow 7 місяців тому +1667

    Stop calling them “tweets.” The new term is “Xcrements”.

    • @user-tw8vk1qt7b
      @user-tw8vk1qt7b 7 місяців тому +80

      Brilliant wording

    • @een_schildpad
      @een_schildpad 7 місяців тому +129

      And we don't "tweet", we "Xcrete".

    • @ragauerk9310
      @ragauerk9310 7 місяців тому +47

      Me, I don't do xcrement. Life is too short.
      Guess I'll just reference it: musk's xcrement
      elon's poop shooter.

    • @julienelson8162
      @julienelson8162 7 місяців тому +19

      😂

    • @gerade-aus
      @gerade-aus 7 місяців тому +21

      That IS so budlight. Great comment.

  • @bryanmarks608
    @bryanmarks608 7 місяців тому +299

    Musk grew up on racism, apartheid has shaped his formative years.

    • @grahambuckerfield4640
      @grahambuckerfield4640 7 місяців тому +44

      You can take the boy out of apartheid South Africa……..

    • @spiro40
      @spiro40 7 місяців тому +38

      Me too, and I am not at all like Elon Musk!! Shook it off through common-sense!

    • @junglie
      @junglie 7 місяців тому +27

      @@spiro40 Some of us evolve, well done you!

    • @Panbaneesha
      @Panbaneesha 7 місяців тому +29

      @@spiro40 Growing as a person takes self-reflection, and I don't think Musk has had a single self-reflective thought in his life.

    • @sk8queen
      @sk8queen 7 місяців тому +16

      @@junglieMusk doesn’t want to evolve. There’s money in hate.

  • @zsong9600
    @zsong9600 7 місяців тому +369

    He doesn't see the hate speech because he doesn't hate it - he supports and agrees with it.

    • @Scawtsauce
      @Scawtsauce 7 місяців тому

      he loves it because his daughter who doesnt love him is a liberal

    • @Upsideround
      @Upsideround 7 місяців тому +4

      He supports free speech. You seem to think it's not a right.

    • @Scawtsauce
      @Scawtsauce 7 місяців тому

      @@Upsideround you know just because a billionaire says he is a free speech absolutist doesn't make it true. Twitter bans people just like all the other websites they have to do be in compliance with EU law.

    • @zauzydumpling9942
      @zauzydumpling9942 7 місяців тому

      He’s getting sued for misinformation. He HATES free speech. The whole Conservative Party HATES free speech

    • @risitascositas1699
      @risitascositas1699 7 місяців тому +21

      ​@@Upsideround
      Free speech doesn't mean you can say anything, anyplace, anywhere. There are limits such as incitement to violence, saying "bomb" in an airport, etc. Finally, freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences of said speech.

  • @mmclean4838
    @mmclean4838 7 місяців тому +33

    In the 1920s, a large KKK rally was held outside Aitken, Minnesota - a small town where my mom lived as a child. The Irish American mayor of Aitken, had refused to allow the KKK to hold their rally within the town's limits. So, at night, the clansmen marched through Aitken - in a show of angry defiance - and burned crosses in front of my grandparents' home. My grandfather wasn't black. He was white, Irish American and Catholic, and he was also the town's doctor. There weren't any people of African descent living nearby, so the clan's rabid, racial hatred was turned loose on whatever other despised group was at hand. This was just one long, hellish weekend in an otherwise idyllic summer, but it wounded my mom's family deeply. They never forgot the nights my grandfather stood bravely in the front yard, holding his WWI service pistol down by his side and calling out many of the hooded clansmen who he recognized by the one pair of shoes they owned. White nationalists who long for a lily-white country don't seem to realize that kind of hatred has no bounds. And one day it could just as easily be turned on them, because of their religion, or country of origin, or economic status, or.. you name it.

    • @brandywillis3998
      @brandywillis3998 7 місяців тому +1

      Amen!

    • @oldishandwoke-ish1181
      @oldishandwoke-ish1181 7 місяців тому +1

      Absolutely. Fascism is never satisfied.

    • @DeepEye1994
      @DeepEye1994 2 місяці тому

      Bigots have a hole in their hearts that will never be happy.
      Even if they managed to erase all "races", they'd come up with new rules and reasons to put people in boxes or hate them, at some point they'd be so starved and desperate for needing more hateful motivation they'd make wars over how you butter your slice of bread like in that Dr. Seuss story.

  • @thenorthremembers4221
    @thenorthremembers4221 7 місяців тому +397

    Never had twitter nor will I. Disgusting.

    • @donnabryant3915
      @donnabryant3915 7 місяців тому +12

      Me either. So no reason to.

    • @robm.4512
      @robm.4512 7 місяців тому +9

      Likewise. 🤝

    • @WeeWeeJumbo
      @WeeWeeJumbo 7 місяців тому +4

      it was valuable and good, if you knew how to use it

    • @debbiedoodiedandi
      @debbiedoodiedandi 7 місяців тому +5

      I tweeted once, about 10 years ago. I was at the airport waiting in a car rental line that took HOURS, and was hoping to get their customer service team's attention. That was my first and last tweet.😂😂😂

    • @jwkm6918
      @jwkm6918 7 місяців тому

      It's social media for idiots.

  • @lolowilderkind
    @lolowilderkind 7 місяців тому +732

    Someone tell Musk that buying Twitter made him "the media"

    • @Martell-XO
      @Martell-XO 7 місяців тому

      He’s carrying 10lbs in his diaper -- and its leaking all over the room. Avoid the Hors d’Oeuvres.

    • @ChrisAlbertH47
      @ChrisAlbertH47 7 місяців тому +24

      I'm sure people have. The question is whether Elol listens.

    • @nsbd90now
      @nsbd90now 7 місяців тому +39

      lol! It's like Fox News always going on about "the media" as if they weren't it. It's such a lazy term.

    • @Rhiannon1261
      @Rhiannon1261 7 місяців тому

      It also cost him $billion$ as soon as he bought Twitter since he overpaid by 10's of $billion$! He's being sued for his rent by King Charles, who owns the building! Musk is losing money but doesn't care because he's got the sole contract with NASA to fly our astronauts into space! NASA bailed him out when he got the contracts & they're still keeping him afloat!

    • @RedRoadWoman7
      @RedRoadWoman7 7 місяців тому +10

      @@ChrisAlbertH47 - Not sure he would listen, because I think he believes he's smarter than others.

  • @ASaund-qb6wy
    @ASaund-qb6wy 7 місяців тому +87

    It's so absurd that he wants to pretend what, that there are NO hateful tweets anymore?

    • @markthomas7279
      @markthomas7279 7 місяців тому +3

      Hateful is not hate speech. It just sounds similar. It is NOT!!

    • @martinphilip8998
      @martinphilip8998 7 місяців тому

      It’s now the all the rage for the GOP call for imprisonment for having ideas and opinions. That’s only because they can’t say what they actually want. So stocastic terrorists have to put things “right.”

    • @roscodogg
      @roscodogg 7 місяців тому

      It was so absurd when old Twitter allowed worse, the examples were ACTUAL hate speech. Most of the examples this doofus presented were not hateful and the few blatant examples were almost certainly leftists pretending- to frame MAGA people with their false narrative.
      It happens all the time.
      There was also a disturbing amount of kiddie p on old Twitter that they were EXTREMELY slow on removing- if ever.
      Musk cracked down on that almost immediately 😎
      Now that Twitter isn't an insane leftist echo-chamber and is instead a pretty open and fair marketplace of speech and ideas... can your wacky ideas hold up under scrutiny and against better options?!?!
      Doubtful.
      That was the entire reason for the echo-chamber to begin with 🤷

    • @megashockx
      @megashockx 7 місяців тому

      No they're not hateful it's "free speech"

    • @KO-pk7df
      @KO-pk7df 7 місяців тому

      This is free speech; You are a hateful excuse.@@megashockx

  • @jake751
    @jake751 7 місяців тому +16

    Why are these billionaires so depraved in society. Money is the root of all evil 😈 why people drool over these psychopaths is beyond me.

  • @ianreed9571
    @ianreed9571 7 місяців тому +987

    Elon wasted $44 billion on Twitter to compete with 4Chan as the most trashiest social media platform!😂

    • @alexlifeson8946
      @alexlifeson8946 7 місяців тому +76

      And he won. TwitiX is trashier than 4chan

    • @shondrawhite9317
      @shondrawhite9317 7 місяців тому

      Putin paid back Elon for his losses. It was his hit job. Prove me wrong

    • @Retro_Fan
      @Retro_Fan 7 місяців тому

      He spent $44B to ensure free speech is protected. A price you really can't put a value on. Have fun waking up to your Walmart shift tomorrow. Know that Musk is winning and you/MSDNC is losing. AHHHAAAHAA

    • @sonicgamer3839
      @sonicgamer3839 7 місяців тому

      Sad....now leftist never be able to censor concervative

    • @ChrisAlbertH47
      @ChrisAlbertH47 7 місяців тому +19

      Well put.

  • @LadyWildlower
    @LadyWildlower 7 місяців тому +938

    I left Twitter pretty much immediately when Musk got hold of it because anyone with a brain could tell how much of a disgusting cesspool it'd become under his leadership and I didn't feel like staying in such an awful place... and it'd be morbidly funny if it weren't even worse than even I had thought it would be.

    • @brandon3525
      @brandon3525 7 місяців тому +22

      you're safe here in the youtube comment section where censorship rules.💙

    • @matclairoux
      @matclairoux 7 місяців тому +59

      Same. Then i saw how he treated employees and never looked back. But seeing this and knowing it so bad for the society future. It was an great app and he ruined it and yes we will pay for years to come.

    • @yeahnoseriously
      @yeahnoseriously 7 місяців тому +48

      Ditto! I up and left straight away...

    • @rcpilot179
      @rcpilot179 7 місяців тому

      He can't understand why advertisers have left? And there's no hate speech, according to him.
      He plans to make all users pay a subscription fee. He must secretly have an agenda to completely destroy Twitter, or X, whatever...

    • @birdiejones04200
      @birdiejones04200 7 місяців тому +25

      Me too

  • @LS-im2qz
    @LS-im2qz 7 місяців тому +23

    Mehdi, you are so right. We should abandon X and never look at it again. This would solve the problem, wouldn't it?

    • @Johnny_Savage
      @Johnny_Savage 7 місяців тому +3

      So funny to see all these journalists and public figures scream that everyone needs to abandon the platform but then they remain

  • @samcyr7314
    @samcyr7314 7 місяців тому +32

    I have never used twitter and stopped using Facebook couple years ago. Social media is like cancer to society.

    • @matthewdunham1689
      @matthewdunham1689 7 місяців тому +2

      You are on social media now. 😂

    • @mnomadvfx
      @mnomadvfx 7 місяців тому

      Yesn't.
      It depends what you use it for and how strong your willpower is.
      If you just use it to share and look at family pics or leave a laugh emoji on a random joke post the chances are you are fine.
      The problem is that social media connected all the worst elements of society to the more sensible ones so that we can see and hear what they are thinking 24/7.

    • @TheJasonBorn
      @TheJasonBorn 7 місяців тому

      You do realize you are on a form of social media right now. People who post the kind of nonsense you just did, that social media is a cancer, while posting on social media, are just plain stupid, paid Russian trolls, or some cut and paste of the two.

  • @ginawagner6956
    @ginawagner6956 7 місяців тому +314

    The moment I HEARD that Musk was buying Twitter, I left right then and there. Never regretted it!

    • @charlescohen6140
      @charlescohen6140 7 місяців тому

      Whoever you are good luck on your next venture.

    • @danajones9298
      @danajones9298 7 місяців тому +7

      Have never been on it or had an account. I determined there was no valid reason to be. There are far more personal ways to influence, and those hold the influencer to more account than any social media does. Luddites can be good, and originally had good as a cause.

    • @olafnilsen1641
      @olafnilsen1641 7 місяців тому

      I joined when he bought it

    • @XibalbaScrolls3000bc
      @XibalbaScrolls3000bc 7 місяців тому +3

      Why because the only real power you ever had was a cell phone and being on a camera ?

    • @secret.mission
      @secret.mission 7 місяців тому +1

      You showed him!

  • @pannachawangkul585
    @pannachawangkul585 7 місяців тому +642

    I'm so exhausted with all the hatred in the world. Thank you, Mehdi, for being prepared to call out the weirdo, Elon Musk.

    • @XibalbaScrolls3000bc
      @XibalbaScrolls3000bc 7 місяців тому +5

      I love all the hate in the world , may it consume everything you love 😂

    • @thesneakinmonkey
      @thesneakinmonkey 7 місяців тому

      ​@@XibalbaScrolls3000bcidiot.

    • @danielpruna9884
      @danielpruna9884 7 місяців тому +34

      I'm with you. I'm tired of people normalizing hate, which is why I never respond to haters trolling.

    • @fredgarvinMP
      @fredgarvinMP 7 місяців тому +4

      ​@danielpruna9884 I have a limitless amount of hateful speech I will tolerate because I love our first amendment.

    • @k1awesomeness
      @k1awesomeness 7 місяців тому +33

      @@XibalbaScrolls3000bcactually what is wrong with you.. glorifying hate

  • @boretamitchell7058
    @boretamitchell7058 7 місяців тому +38

    I love this man. Mehdi did not come to play but to expose and educate.

    • @itthinks1755
      @itthinks1755 7 місяців тому

      By saying nonsense ?

    • @wondrousmindtrick8450
      @wondrousmindtrick8450 6 місяців тому

      The only thing he knows to do is spout the same old biased tropes of the new left wing. Not that Elon and Twitter aren't infallible, clearly not, but Im sick of seeing the left having no clue what free speech is all about.

  • @abxyreviews5701
    @abxyreviews5701 7 місяців тому +15

    people still use twitter? people still support musk? what is wrong with people?

    • @d.rabbitwhite
      @d.rabbitwhite 7 місяців тому

      Maybe a few rational folk should be monitoring it for the next time a bunch yahoos try to stage a coup.

    • @azv343
      @azv343 7 місяців тому +1

      They have fomo despite their own faces. I don't understand how "good journalists" still hang around there. Normal people don't actually live on Twitter

  • @ThatFreeWilliam
    @ThatFreeWilliam 7 місяців тому +266

    I'm embarassed that I idolized that guy before I knew who he really was. Lesson learned.

    • @michelangelobuonarroti916
      @michelangelobuonarroti916 7 місяців тому +18

      I used to scour the internet looking for interviews of Musk. Really very disappointed that he decided to publicly reveal this side of him.

    • @dekenomad100
      @dekenomad100 7 місяців тому +45

      The important thing is, you learned. Most of us are right there with you. No need to feel shame, only pride.

    • @berniethekiwidragon4382
      @berniethekiwidragon4382 7 місяців тому +22

      Proud of you.

    • @thesneakinmonkey
      @thesneakinmonkey 7 місяців тому +47

      The ability to change your opinions or beliefs in the face of new evidence is a true sign of intelligence

    • @paulgilbert1939
      @paulgilbert1939 7 місяців тому +15

      Same, I was also previously a Musk fan and advocate

  • @maskedmarvyl4774
    @maskedmarvyl4774 7 місяців тому +259

    Elon Musk was being knowingly dishonest in that interview. I have no respect for him for doing that.

    • @redemption2
      @redemption2 7 місяців тому +28

      Wait until you hear what he's been doing with Starlink and the Ukraine war.

    • @lylewalker5681
      @lylewalker5681 7 місяців тому +28

      He is a professional liar now, literally

    • @redemption2
      @redemption2 7 місяців тому +27

      @@lylewalker5681 what do you mean "now"? he's been that way for decades.

    • @anghusmorgenholz1060
      @anghusmorgenholz1060 7 місяців тому +20

      Pay attention to his stutter it only appears when he is lying.

    • @shitmandood
      @shitmandood 7 місяців тому +2

      😂 man!!

  • @DeRussellMasina
    @DeRussellMasina 7 місяців тому +56

    It's sad that Elon even denied it & pretended there wasn't a problem. Says all you need to know about his character.

    • @user-mw3ot6lu9k
      @user-mw3ot6lu9k 7 місяців тому

      He challenged the journalist to give an example and he could not! Perhaps if he had given him example we would have seen a different response fro Elon.

    • @joebloe1401
      @joebloe1401 7 місяців тому +1

      NOTHING WRONG WITH RACISM--IT'S MEREY BEING PATRIOTIC TO YOUR RACE!!!
      DON'T BE A RACISTAPHOBE!!!!

  • @citizenenak
    @citizenenak 7 місяців тому +18

    Between Medhi and Miss Porter I'm tickled pink having them speak for Americans/Citizens.

  • @sofaking1627
    @sofaking1627 7 місяців тому +549

    The fact that we all still call it Twitter is the best part

    • @HayleysComet3
      @HayleysComet3 7 місяців тому +48

      Yeah but then you can’t call the tweets Xcrements like David Pakman does. 😂

    • @ceciliaFX
      @ceciliaFX 7 місяців тому +29

      I'll never call it "x" .
      I'm never indulging Elon.

    • @chonqmonk
      @chonqmonk 7 місяців тому +15

      Would be funny if Zuck were to call his Twitter-thing, Twitter.

    • @RedRoadWoman7
      @RedRoadWoman7 7 місяців тому +1

      @@chonqmonk - What does he call his?

    • @film79
      @film79 7 місяців тому +4

      ​@@RedRoadWoman7I think it's called Threads

  • @margaretnicol3423
    @margaretnicol3423 7 місяців тому +132

    C'mon MUSK - accept the challenge! Come and be interviewed by Mehdi - if you dare!!!

    • @sixbladeknife44
      @sixbladeknife44 7 місяців тому +12

      He never will, he’s not smart enough to spar with Mehdi and a pathetic coward.

  • @CherylSimser
    @CherylSimser 7 місяців тому +34

    Thank you, Mehdi. You and your staff's hard work is greatly appreciated as it shines light into darkness.

  • @donloughrey1615
    @donloughrey1615 7 місяців тому +16

    Thanks Mehdi. Whenever I see his face I normally click the 'not interested' button but when I saw it was on your program, I had to watch.
    Keep calling out these enemies of mankind.

  • @Paul-kn4ez
    @Paul-kn4ez 7 місяців тому +207

    For the first time in my lifetime, in my 60th year, and as a Canadian, I believe that I will see the end of democracy, unless people awaken - meaning being woke.

    • @michelangelobuonarroti916
      @michelangelobuonarroti916 7 місяців тому +23

      Yep. History tends to repeat itself. This is like Germany just about 100 years ago.

    • @KAMMD
      @KAMMD 7 місяців тому +7

      @@michelangelobuonarroti916Rome fell !

    • @Corn_Pone_Flicks
      @Corn_Pone_Flicks 7 місяців тому +6

      Technically, being awake. "Woke" is a verb. I hate the term just because it's poor grammar.

    • @ubahfly5409
      @ubahfly5409 7 місяців тому +10

      ​@@Corn_Pone_FlicksIt's a dif word than "awake", w/ a dif meaning. That's the point. It's also grammatically correct in AAVE, which is where it originated. Wasn't intended for use or comprehension outside of the culture that created it so of course it sounds off on the lips of those who've bastardized it & weaponized it against that very culture, amongst others.

    • @thesneakinmonkey
      @thesneakinmonkey 7 місяців тому +4

      ​@@Corn_Pone_Flickswoke is something you are not something you do. Learn what verbs are.

  • @shawmeehan7201
    @shawmeehan7201 7 місяців тому +168

    Thank you, Mehdi! I dare Musk to do an interview with you.

  • @purdyboi8078
    @purdyboi8078 7 місяців тому +3

    When will people realize the fact that if they'd all just unsubscribe from Twitter/X it will disappear?

  • @Tracy81258
    @Tracy81258 7 місяців тому +8

    I am blocked from both Twitter and Facebook, and consider it a badge of honor. I got kicked off Twitter for making Donald Trump cry, and off Facebook shortly after questioning how a power failure could lock Facebook employees out of selected areas during a time when they were being questioned about certain corporate practices by the government. It seemed weird that pass cards could be used in certain areas, but were suddenly not recognized in others that they were supposedly given full access to before the mystery “power failure”.

  • @nightowl6260
    @nightowl6260 7 місяців тому +57

    I've never been on Twitter and never will.

    • @TheQueenRulesAll
      @TheQueenRulesAll 7 місяців тому +6

      Me too. Tried fb for a while but it was messy enough with people just spouting nonsense so not way I was going to go to an even messier app.

    • @andrewstevenson118
      @andrewstevenson118 7 місяців тому +1

      @@TheQueenRulesAll Ditto. I lasted six months on FB (back in 2009) and never missed it at all.

    • @liteazwell1913
      @liteazwell1913 7 місяців тому +1

      ditto

    • @micky5552
      @micky5552 7 місяців тому +1

      Me too

  • @donnyrosart8714
    @donnyrosart8714 7 місяців тому +351

    Musk doesn't see an increase in hate speech because that's the corner of Twitter he already spent much of his time in to start with.

    • @NCXDesigns
      @NCXDesigns 7 місяців тому +38

      It’s the same reason the same people are ignorant to the chaos and hate going on around them. They are part of it.
      Same goes for being in a cult. You don’t know you’re in a cult until you wake up from someone pulling you out of it from the outside.

    • @tweaker1bms
      @tweaker1bms 7 місяців тому +22

      It's also because he considers so little to be hate speech... Oh except the term "cisgender" ...that's apparently a slur for him, and totes not a clinical term.

    • @HailEarendil
      @HailEarendil 7 місяців тому

      Racism is the common good. It's what has made humanity diverse. DIEversity & multiculturalism is actually evil and promotes genocide by trying to turn humanity into a homogenous globalist blob that can be exploited by the JWorld Order.

    • @csharpe5787
      @csharpe5787 7 місяців тому +5

      ​@@NCXDesignsagreed, 100%

    • @Secret_Moon
      @Secret_Moon 7 місяців тому +7

      They're not hate speeches to Elon. They're just normal, respectable speeches.

  • @hnolsoe
    @hnolsoe 7 місяців тому +24

    That BBC journalist was totally embarassing, he couldn't present anything even remotely what he was claiming.

    • @tempestive1
      @tempestive1 7 місяців тому +8

      Yep, did more harm than good.
      It's tough - debunking lies takes 20 times as long as spouting them, but he definitely should've been better prepared for the apologetics.

    • @AWildBard
      @AWildBard 7 місяців тому +2

      You are right, the journalist shouldn't make a claim like that to Elon Musk, who obviously wouldn't like to hear that. He should have really prepared to give some evidence.
      But maybe Musk decided to go on his show because he thought he wouldn't be challenged. If so, he chose well.

    • @aye3678
      @aye3678 7 місяців тому +2

      BBC journalists have a habit of doing that.

    • @paullegend6798
      @paullegend6798 7 місяців тому

      @@AWildBard I love your cope that the journalist "wasn't prepared" as opposed to the truth that he spouted baseless lies and got exposed when challenged to back them up with ANY evidence of his choice. "I have an opinion"...."why".... "no idea I just have an opinion"....thanks for your input BBC - BS peddling liars.

    • @fix0the0spade
      @fix0the0spade 7 місяців тому +1

      That's part of why Musk likes to give interviews at such short notice, much easier to fluster an interviewer who hasn't had time to prepare both in research and mental terms. Plus they never say no because it's such a 'big' opportunity.

  • @ryanm839
    @ryanm839 7 місяців тому +3

    WOW, well played Mehdi, well played! I knew this was happening but this was just insane! Thanks for doing the work

  • @GuerillaBunny
    @GuerillaBunny 7 місяців тому +174

    I like how the champion of free speech is suing to silence his critics. And the fact that he's tweeted this idea that those seeking to disallow criticism rule the world... That staggering lack of self-awareness.

  • @Glorymole-pv2gt
    @Glorymole-pv2gt 7 місяців тому +106

    Why would anyone think the son of a South African diamond mine owner would care about hate speech ?

    • @Wedgenet
      @Wedgenet 7 місяців тому

      Emeralds, but yeah. To be fair to the children of bigot trash aren't always bigot trash themselves. Elon Musk is absolute bigot trash of course, but not just because his father was also bigot trash.

    • @letitiajeavons6333
      @letitiajeavons6333 7 місяців тому +13

      I think it was an emerald mine but your point is spot on.

    • @SmithsMobile
      @SmithsMobile 7 місяців тому

      LOL you clown 😂😂😂
      Show us a picture of the mine or even a map location, you fool

    • @fanaticvandal472
      @fanaticvandal472 7 місяців тому

      get your facts straight

    • @SmithsMobile
      @SmithsMobile 7 місяців тому

      @@letitiajeavons6333 Musks father NEVER owned an emerald mine.

  • @PenelopePitstop888
    @PenelopePitstop888 7 місяців тому +11

    Maybe the journalism pendulum is swinging back to reporters actually digging into and exposing the truth.

    • @James-or7gi
      @James-or7gi 7 місяців тому

      Good day, my friend! Remember that each new day brings endless possibilities and opportunities. Embrace the day with a positive mindset, and let your motivation drive you towards your goals. You've got this! Keep shining bright and make today amazing! ✨😊

  • @bil8647
    @bil8647 7 місяців тому +3

    I got off twitter in 2019 because it was just caustic. It's become a complete cesspool. Not sure why anyone still uses it.

  • @ronaldcole7415
    @ronaldcole7415 7 місяців тому +136

    X marks the spot Twitter died. It hated itself to death.

    • @LeftIsFascist
      @LeftIsFascist 7 місяців тому

      I love twitter. The first major social media platform that democrats dont control entirely

    • @TheQueenRulesAll
      @TheQueenRulesAll 7 місяців тому +7

      😂

    • @Tammy_4
      @Tammy_4 7 місяців тому +5

      😂🎉🎉

    • @robertkennedy8503
      @robertkennedy8503 7 місяців тому +4

      Sounds like poetic justice to me.👍👍

    • @LeftIsFascist
      @LeftIsFascist 7 місяців тому +1

      @Tammy_4 twitter users are up btw. More people are using twitter after elon bought it than before

  • @Opfzzwm4-7tvstkjpU
    @Opfzzwm4-7tvstkjpU 7 місяців тому +96

    I love the horrifyingly ugly photo of Musk appearing several times in this video. It’s good to show how ugly this man is, both inside and out. Excellent report, Medhi.

    • @Ghost-fe1vp
      @Ghost-fe1vp 7 місяців тому +5

      "judge people by how they look" ~you
      Ps. one of the 'hateful' tweets was about how someone looks.
      congrats u played urself.

    • @die9618
      @die9618 7 місяців тому

      hows elons balls tasting?@@Ghost-fe1vp

    • @VarnaSaga
      @VarnaSaga 7 місяців тому

      ​@@Ghost-fe1vpOpfzzwm4-7tvstkpU said Elon is both ugly inside and out. Doesn't matter how good looking you are on the outside if you have an ugly personality on the inside then you're ugly on the outside as well.

    • @dands999
      @dands999 7 місяців тому +5

      50 grand they estimate he's spent on hair loss treatment

    • @audryhaynes3277
      @audryhaynes3277 7 місяців тому +3

      @@Ghost-fe1vp Judging people by something they have no control over (like their race) is Evil. Judging people by something that is none of your business (like their religion or their gender) is Evil. However, a billionaire who presents himself as scruffy and disheveled is showing us how little respect he actually has for himself (in his heart of hearts).

  • @magamike1800
    @magamike1800 7 місяців тому +4

    If he really hated X he would not use it. LOL.

  • @catgir5x
    @catgir5x 7 місяців тому +2

    Go Medhi..Love your work!!

    • @James-or7gi
      @James-or7gi 7 місяців тому

      Good day, my friend! Remember that each new day brings endless possibilities and opportunities. Embrace the day with a positive mindset, and let your motivation drive you towards your goals. You've got this! Keep shining bright and make today amazing! ✨😊

  • @nunyabusiness6854
    @nunyabusiness6854 7 місяців тому +148

    Remember musk is South African so he grew up in apartheid. Of course nothing sounds off to him!

    • @hbpencil88
      @hbpencil88 7 місяців тому

      Exactly right, he runs his company like the apartheid bosses that expected people to bow to him. He is a virus to humanity.

    • @gabrielhbyrne
      @gabrielhbyrne 7 місяців тому +12

      Hang on , I too grew up in apartheid South Africa and yet I find X's recent stench of Musk's musk unbearable.

    • @9000ck
      @9000ck 7 місяців тому +7

      belief in racism runs deep in his culture. he believes himself to be genetically superior.

    • @9000ck
      @9000ck 7 місяців тому +8

      perhaps you are not racist, but there are plenty of white people from south africa who are deeply racist. so racist that they have completely normalised it.@@gabrielhbyrne

    • @serraangel7465
      @serraangel7465 7 місяців тому

      ​@gabrielhbyrne were you rich?

  • @doug6723
    @doug6723 7 місяців тому +88

    What that cowardly reporter should have done is brought up twitter right then and there and showed Musk what was on his platform. Or pointed out that Musk has supported white nationals on his platform.

    • @arxsyn
      @arxsyn 7 місяців тому +26

      That reporter was young, naive and ill prepared, clearly

    • @lordvadertheleftie9703
      @lordvadertheleftie9703 7 місяців тому

      ​@arxsyn if he'd gone up again Emily Maitless or Paxman they would have destroyed Musk

    • @ADavid42
      @ADavid42 7 місяців тому

      that reporter was bought and paid for to tell the lies.

    • @tweaker1bms
      @tweaker1bms 7 місяців тому

      Seriously, we have smart phones now. Fact checking no longer requires a trip to the library 🤦

    • @chiefengineer488
      @chiefengineer488 7 місяців тому

      BBC sent their worst reporter, obviously wetting his pants, to interview a man with a god complex.

  • @crystalrachel
    @crystalrachel 7 місяців тому +3

    Thank you for spelling it out for too many ignore his influence and the danger it poses

  • @arthurbrands6935
    @arthurbrands6935 7 місяців тому +1

    ANY time spent on "The Site Previously Known As Twitter" is regrettable.

  • @roderickscapillati2839
    @roderickscapillati2839 7 місяців тому +30

    Fred Flintstone and Barney invented the first pollution free car, not Musk.

    • @phiksit
      @phiksit 7 місяців тому +1

      That's more believable that Musk's ACTUAL accomplishments at ANYTHING... beside being good at tricking people with his smoke and mirrors grifts.

    • @zombiespock4512
      @zombiespock4512 7 місяців тому

      Watch "Planet of the Humans". Tesla burns vast amounts of forest to run his "green" factories.

    • @canwelook
      @canwelook 7 місяців тому

      And Musk invented nothing. Never has, never will.

    • @locs2645
      @locs2645 7 місяців тому

      Thank you😊

    • @Peter_S_
      @Peter_S_ 7 місяців тому

      eLawn Muskva bought Tesla from its founders, Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning.
      In the first years of automobiles, roughly HALF THE CARS were electric.

  • @bigsilverorb3492
    @bigsilverorb3492 7 місяців тому +92

    All the reporter had to do was say "let's take some of your own tweets, Elon."

    • @cassiusdhami9215
      @cassiusdhami9215 7 місяців тому +2

      Except if he had ever done that to anyone Musk wouldn't have done the interview with him.

    • @kellykat8057
      @kellykat8057 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@@cassiusdhami9215Good! Then that's one less interview with Elon's narcissistic, racist, antisemitic face in it; and, as a narcissist I bet not being front and center for even a minute drives him nuts.

    • @haruhisuzumiya6650
      @haruhisuzumiya6650 7 місяців тому

      Weak sauce journalism and they demand a tv licence stipend from the Brits.
      Many such things wrong with the BBC'S board of directors

  • @michaeljohnson1576
    @michaeljohnson1576 7 місяців тому +3

    I left Twitter for this very reason. My feed went from liberal speak to alt-right think tanks as soon as he took over and it got aggravating having to argue with them all of the time. I can't count how many times I've been called a slur on there lol.

  • @CaptainTedStryker
    @CaptainTedStryker 7 місяців тому +65

    Husky Musky has always been a terrible person. Good job, Mehdi for having the courage to call his BS!

    • @chrisnamaste3572
      @chrisnamaste3572 7 місяців тому +5

      He also likes to go around fathering children with different women. Make of that what you will.

    • @Scawtsauce
      @Scawtsauce 7 місяців тому

      ​@@chrisnamaste3572he is an absent father

    • @pixelman1234
      @pixelman1234 7 місяців тому

      How dare he have opinions! Oh no!

  • @dorkbot7534
    @dorkbot7534 7 місяців тому +102

    Thanks, Mehdi, for what you do. Please please keep on doing it. The world needs to deal with the ugly in order to eventually get to the other side of it.

    • @fredgarvinMP
      @fredgarvinMP 7 місяців тому

      Medhi amplifies the ugly nightly.

    • @KayArcher
      @KayArcher 7 місяців тому

      @@fredgarvinMPthere is a video showing Mhedi calling none Muslims unbelievers, he is so tolerante, wow

  • @zzzsydneyhom1379
    @zzzsydneyhom1379 7 місяців тому +5

    Elon Musk is a South African who appears to miss the good old days of Apartheid...

  • @grational_liberall
    @grational_liberall 7 місяців тому +3

    This is pretty convincing! I mean good sources and a lot of examples just prove the point.

  • @blondegirlsezthis8798
    @blondegirlsezthis8798 7 місяців тому +314

    Musk is like the most spoiled child on earth who buys the largest cruiseship on earth and then spends all of his time urinating on the floors of every square inch of it and then lighting it on fire.
    Musk Fan bois: CHEER

    • @yeahnoseriously
      @yeahnoseriously 7 місяців тому

      The Chief Douchbag will go down with his ego...

    • @TaytesHuugeCaulk
      @TaytesHuugeCaulk 7 місяців тому

      ​@@basketballman1854derp

    • @bobcprimus
      @bobcprimus 7 місяців тому

      @@basketballman1854 What's the funniest is you look utterly moronic simping for a billionaire entrepreneur.

    • @carolinemaybe
      @carolinemaybe 7 місяців тому +51

      @@basketballman1854you’re joking right? Any sane adult listening to Musk sees the grifter he is and not even a very clever one.

    • @itscthuwu5125
      @itscthuwu5125 7 місяців тому

      Listening to a billionaire looks silly baseline. No billionaire got to where they are without exploiting other human beings.@@basketballman1854

  • @727Phoenix
    @727Phoenix 7 місяців тому +159

    Musk grew up in apartheid South Africa. I'm sure he wishes it never ended.

    • @TraceyDavison-ny4bh
      @TraceyDavison-ny4bh 7 місяців тому +18

      I Agree 👍🏽 he can't go back and it must hurt

    • @tomaspita7244
      @tomaspita7244 7 місяців тому

      Why do fascists hate "Wokeness"? Because decent Americans DIVESTED in South Africa, breaking the Broderbund's back until Apartheid fell.

    • @vivavasquez
      @vivavasquez 7 місяців тому

      he wants to make America just like his homeland beck in his good old days when no one was allowed to question a white man

    • @rahsomali
      @rahsomali 7 місяців тому +9

      Makes complete sense

    • @marcosjuarez7809
      @marcosjuarez7809 7 місяців тому +4

      Even though Elon Musk is not a white Afrikaner of Dutch origin. He has British and Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry and Canadian from his mother's side.

  • @karinpine1140
    @karinpine1140 7 місяців тому +2

    Since "X" is sometimes pronounced "Sh," I feel it fair to refer to the platform as "Xitter". Some genius, Musk!

  • @joijencuyah2345
    @joijencuyah2345 7 місяців тому +1

    Mehdi , great to hear your power & passion! Thank you for calling him out without a doubt! Hopefully your amazing reporting will wake people up! But cant you end your report by telling us what we can do?

  • @jessragan6714
    @jessragan6714 7 місяців тому +542

    Way to go, Mehdi. We know Elon's lying, ELON knows he's lying. We just needed a journalist who actually does research to prove it.

    • @jasonbarlow8161
      @jasonbarlow8161 7 місяців тому +2

      At least we know who the dunces are among us.......just trying to see half full glass...failing

    • @ldfreitas9437
      @ldfreitas9437 7 місяців тому

      @@jasonbarlow8161 ANYONE WHO VOTES FOR A CANDIDATE WITH AN R AFTER HIS OR HER NAME.

    • @cleanup8984
      @cleanup8984 7 місяців тому +6

      I cannot wait to put my vote in for Donald Trump

    • @jessragan6714
      @jessragan6714 7 місяців тому +20

      @@cleanup8984 Will that be before or after you go nuts and shoot up a Wal-Mart?

    • @cleanup8984
      @cleanup8984 7 місяців тому +3

      @@jessragan6714 Nah that's your people doing that you know the people that can't even tell kindergarten grade biology whether you're a boy or girl😂😂

  • @phiksit
    @phiksit 7 місяців тому +98

    Since the right doesn't like to recognized preferred pronouns, I personally feel we should continue to deadname (X), Twitter, or Xitter 🚽You should also point out that the only thing Mush is a master at is manipulating people and taking credit for their work.

    • @michaelrmurphy2734
      @michaelrmurphy2734 7 місяців тому +12

      Musk is no different than Trump. Conmen like that are all the same.

    • @erinmac4750
      @erinmac4750 7 місяців тому +2

      Agreed! "Xitter" isn't bad. ✌️😹🍀

  • @deanakalberg4540
    @deanakalberg4540 7 місяців тому +1

    The evil to fill the void of Rupert Murdock! Advertisers should dump X

  • @PlayzBlanston
    @PlayzBlanston 7 місяців тому +1

    the ignorance to the irony in criticizing the tweet at 7:29 is absolutely incredible

  • @OptimisticHominid
    @OptimisticHominid 7 місяців тому +17

    Twitter is now known as Xcrement.

  • @messupfreq550
    @messupfreq550 7 місяців тому +145

    I've admired you Medhi for a long while and truly appreciated your analysis and exposure of the BS claims by Musk. He is so desperate to pay down on his overpaid purchase he wants to foment hate to boost traffic for revenue. Hence the Saudi's and anyone willing to offset the cost which is a very dangerous business practice. Ever wonder why media companies can't thrive in Russia? It's because free critical speech isn't allowed, and people tend to fall out of windows.

    • @lordvadertheleftie9703
      @lordvadertheleftie9703 7 місяців тому

      And yet now financially it is Russia that is Twitter's biggest financial contributer and benefactor

    • @dr.victorvs
      @dr.victorvs 7 місяців тому

      I don't think it's that, exactly. There are two reasons: first, the economic. He wants Twitter to declare bankruptcy so that he gets tax credit for it. Second, he wants it to become a voice for the right because he wants to pretend he bought it for that, as if he was going to do the "right" thing, whatever the cost, even though, while he did want to make Twitter a right-wing channel, he never intended to lose so much money this way (and he did go to court to cancel the contract). That way he can pretend it wasn't the dumbest business decision last year.

    • @douglemay7989
      @douglemay7989 7 місяців тому +1

      Plane travel is not safe, either.

    • @kingslayerdamocles3019
      @kingslayerdamocles3019 7 місяців тому +1

      Bro, he complains about cherry-picking data and then immediately brings up half a tweet with all the data editted out. Is that because he does want to address the data and only wants to seeth calling it hate.

  • @ThePmloc
    @ThePmloc 7 місяців тому +1

    Twitter is now X rated.

  • @GeorgeLerma
    @GeorgeLerma 7 місяців тому

    I'm stunned that the BBC journalist was not prepared to answer Musk.

  • @JJ-ls4ej
    @JJ-ls4ej 7 місяців тому +159

    As a hate spreader himself, Musk could not recognize hate even if it hit him in the face. His biographer said it himself , Musk does not have empathy. So it follows that someone lacking empathy does not recognize when others are harmed

    • @chrisnamaste3572
      @chrisnamaste3572 7 місяців тому +3

      No he is ASD--used to call them Aspies--with power.

    • @audryhaynes3277
      @audryhaynes3277 7 місяців тому

      He may well be an Aspie, but that's no excuse. @@chrisnamaste3572

    • @audryhaynes3277
      @audryhaynes3277 7 місяців тому +8

      A lack of empathy is a cardinal characteristic of narcissists, which goes a long way towards explaining what genuinely awful people they are.

    • @UserO2134
      @UserO2134 7 місяців тому +1

      Seems to me Elon recognizes the harm and really enjoys it.

    • @joebloe1401
      @joebloe1401 7 місяців тому +1

      NOTHING WRONG WITH RACISM--IT'S MEREY BEING PATRIOTIC TO YOUR RACE!!!
      DON'T BE A RACISTAPHOBE!!!!

  • @BabbetteChoquette-po5hx
    @BabbetteChoquette-po5hx 7 місяців тому +21

    Medi, You are so Amazing!!!!❤❤❤❤
    Thank You For ALL of Your COVERAGE
    You are a pillar of our Democracy!!!!
    🦅❤🦅❤🦅❤🦅❤🦅❤🦅❤🦅

  • @kendrausack1985
    @kendrausack1985 7 місяців тому +4

    Thank you, Mehdi, for this excellent and much needed report. Elon Musk has ruined Twitter with his open prejudices!❤❤️🐉🌈💙🌈

  • @CommunityServesUs
    @CommunityServesUs 7 місяців тому +3

    If he's "such a hard worker," how does he spend so much time reading prejudice tweets all day?

    • @brandywillis3998
      @brandywillis3998 7 місяців тому +1

      the man has never actually worked a day in his life. Paying people to do all you work, is not work.

    • @CommunityServesUs
      @CommunityServesUs 7 місяців тому

      @@brandywillis3998 I’m sure he’s researched the things that matter to him but hate speech on his platform doesn’t, so he doesn’t care

    • @brandywillis3998
      @brandywillis3998 7 місяців тому

      lol sure he has (people with crap tons of inherited money don't work). Elon and Dump are great examples of this. They take credit for other people's work@@CommunityServesUs

  • @justinegorski2703
    @justinegorski2703 7 місяців тому +50

    I heard someone coin the term "excretion" to replace tweet since Twitter is now X 😅😂

  • @girlfriday1299
    @girlfriday1299 7 місяців тому +66

    Thank you for exposing all this miserable trash. Twitter has become a cesspool of the worst POS's in the country. Great job, Mehdi Hassan! Keep up the good work.

    • @canwelook
      @canwelook 7 місяців тому

      Worst POS in the country? Trump. But Musk is his heir apparent.

  • @mandyharewood886
    @mandyharewood886 7 місяців тому +1

    Being filled with hatred doesn't sound like a happy life to me! Love feels so much better.

    • @James-or7gi
      @James-or7gi 7 місяців тому

      Good day, my friend! Remember that each new day brings endless possibilities and opportunities. Embrace the day with a positive mindset, and let your motivation drive you towards your goals. You've got this! Keep shining bright and make today amazing! ✨😊

  • @KJamesB
    @KJamesB 7 місяців тому +1

    The hate is overwhelming.

  • @YelizKaplan
    @YelizKaplan 7 місяців тому +97

    elon is a very dangerous person.

    • @reason6835
      @reason6835 7 місяців тому +4

      Only dangerous to your political ideology.

    • @MattRubano
      @MattRubano 7 місяців тому +18

      yes he is!! He is also a boy who would get rid of all social programs if it were up to him, yet he has taken BILLIONS of dollars of our tax dollars. Yes, he did make allot of money when he sold Paypal, but the rest of his endeavors were done with our tax dollars. Most people are not aware of that.

    • @phiksit
      @phiksit 7 місяців тому

      stupid + morbidly rich = dangerous ✔

    • @DynaCatlovesme
      @DynaCatlovesme 7 місяців тому +4

      Bingo!

    • @HaxxYou
      @HaxxYou 7 місяців тому

      He needs to be shut up. Maybe expose his love for little chinese boys and girls they sextraffic there.

  • @davidjames2083
    @davidjames2083 7 місяців тому +101

    Absolutely tremendous and *_sooo_* badly needed investigative journalism and analysis Mehdi... *Well done Sir!*

    • @michelangelobuonarroti916
      @michelangelobuonarroti916 7 місяців тому +4

      @@basketballman1854 Where's the dishonesty? Better places to find that would be Fox And OAN.

    • @fredgarvinMP
      @fredgarvinMP 7 місяців тому

      ​@@basketballman1854I think half of these people are bots or FBI.

  • @ronnelson930
    @ronnelson930 7 місяців тому +5

    *Just remember who and where Elon Musk was born in once apartheid South Africa, his father Errol Musk is known to have ties with pro-apartheid groups operating in that country, like old saying goes "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree"*

    • @ronblack7870
      @ronblack7870 7 місяців тому

      and now the place is a basket case. such an improvement . violent crime is rampant

    • @ronnelson930
      @ronnelson930 7 місяців тому

      @@ronblack7870 *just like Kensington Ave in Philadelphia or Skid Row in Los Angeles, where the majority of addicts are white living on the street like wild animals defecating and urinating where they lay their heads, and dozens of other American cities*

  • @tylerpepper9657
    @tylerpepper9657 7 місяців тому +7

    Ive only known of Mehdi Hassan for a year or two now but he quickly has become one of the best voices in media. His debate skills are unmatched and every single time I watch his reports, I come away thinking about things i hadn't thought of before. Thank you for all you do Mehdi.

  • @Goni983
    @Goni983 7 місяців тому +71

    It will forever be known as Twitter even after it fails entirely and Musk will ride off kicking and screaming hes a genius

    • @Jayewillams
      @Jayewillams 7 місяців тому +3

      I like the suggestion to call it what it is Xcrement

    • @purkeypilot
      @purkeypilot 7 місяців тому +6

      Exactly. I truly don't understand why people think he's brilliant. He's really not. He's an opportunist that has always figured out just enough to exploit people and situations. I would not consider that intelligent or creative. I would consider that someone who has figured out just enough to exploit people and situations. In many ways, he thinks and operates exactly like a scammer.

    • @user-fi4tu2ph5i
      @user-fi4tu2ph5i 7 місяців тому

      ​@@purkeypilotBa nu ți e rușine sa vb despre o pers capabilă lucruri nașpa?😢😮🙉😭😳

    • @Toni-tk4lo
      @Toni-tk4lo 7 місяців тому +1

      egads, another stable genius............

  • @sharonwong8280
    @sharonwong8280 7 місяців тому +30

    Thank you Mehdi for your important exposè. Hate is just like cancer. It metastaizes and makes the world sick.

    • @ajnz2420
      @ajnz2420 7 місяців тому +1

      What do you call the replies on this clip? Peace and love or hatred towards an individual. Don't pretend your post isn't hate filled, hypocrite.

    • @sharonwong8280
      @sharonwong8280 7 місяців тому +3

      Oh I do hate - though NEVER an entire race/ethnicity/colour . . . I do hate individuals and governments that do.

    • @erinmac4750
      @erinmac4750 7 місяців тому +7

      I see the disingenuous troll has surfaced under his latest pseudonym. Seriously, hating hate speech or being disgusted by an immature bigot isn't the same thing as calling for whole groups of people to be "gone" or inciting violence against individuals or members.

    • @ajnz2420
      @ajnz2420 7 місяців тому

      Hating the one individual making the biggest difference in the fight against climate change shows your individual level of hate. @@sharonwong8280

    • @JesussyTwerkin
      @JesussyTwerkin 7 місяців тому

      @@ajnz2420look how angry you are. No one else is. Get therapy and get off the internet . Always those “got ya!” People who don’t know what they’re talking about , such a fragile ego. I feel bad for people like you.

  • @joseph-thewatcher
    @joseph-thewatcher 7 місяців тому

    Thank you Mehdi for continually calling out the BS. More of this type of journalism, PLEASE.

  • @lingyjennifer8399
    @lingyjennifer8399 7 місяців тому +44

    I've been threatened, called all kinds of horrible names on Twitter for years but yes, it got a lot worse after Elon and his billions.
    so I quit
    and will never go back

  • @erinmac4750
    @erinmac4750 7 місяців тому +15

    I love it when you accept challenges! Honestly, I could watch you do that every night. You are our fresh breath of truth in this media maelstrom.
    MSNBC needs to give name billing, so we can find you easier. Better yet, just give you more primetime spots! 💜✊😎🍀

  • @palcly4591
    @palcly4591 7 місяців тому

    Since Twitter changed its name to ask we should no longer call them tweets we should call them excrements

  • @AsianFlew
    @AsianFlew 7 місяців тому +1

    A racist wouldn't necessarily recognize themselves as a racist.

  • @NutellaCrepe
    @NutellaCrepe 7 місяців тому +79

    So he won’t restrict unfounded hate speech on his platform, but if you expose the data-backed truth outside his platform he’ll try to restrict your speech by suing you for defamation. Such innovation!

    • @Jack-tk1is
      @Jack-tk1is 7 місяців тому +2

      those were not data backed !! for example_ if I call you a "fat pig" ! they would consider this hate speech !!
      getting offended is subjective

    • @user-mw3ot6lu9k
      @user-mw3ot6lu9k 7 місяців тому +1

      By definition it would not be defamation if the allegations against him are proved to be correct.
      Surely, you want the truth to come out, do you not?

    • @kenteague4802
      @kenteague4802 7 місяців тому

      He is nothing but a germ

    • @Twisterjoe
      @Twisterjoe 7 місяців тому

      @@Ghannon-zk6or It doesn't change hearts and minds of those who continue to hate, but it slows down their ability to recruit and promote the harassment of others. You defenders of hate somehow think that hate is different from stealing. You know that no law against stealing stops someone from thinking about stealing, but it does allow punishment and discouragement. But with hate, you seem to want to stop the feelings, instead of stopping the actions and slander. Since you know that feelings can't be stopped, you set that as the standard, instead of the stopping the actions. When people support hate, I figure they agree with it.

    • @Twisterjoe
      @Twisterjoe 7 місяців тому

      @@Ghannon-zk6or You live in quite a fantasy world, in which hatefulness spread around doesn't harm others. Maybe this is a seance, and you are responding from the Elysian Fields where all is sweet and lovely.
      History shows that hatefulness spread around has real consequences for people's lives. Hatefulness kept silent has less chance of spreading like the disease that it is, and results in fewer lynchings and other acts of bigotry. Most people on the other end of bigotry know that they can't stop a bigot from feeling such stupid things, but it is really nice when they are not allowed to publish them, and cause even more trouble.
      So whatever it seems to you, it is based on your own bigotry and narrow views, and some sort of adolescent concern about not being able to say mean things to nerdy kids in class without getting sent to the principal's office.

  • @jaguarprophett
    @jaguarprophett 7 місяців тому +26

    Wow Mehdi that was something else...thank you for this segment.

    • @renenowicki
      @renenowicki 7 місяців тому +2

      He condensed the weeks of hate I experienced into 10 minutes. Made me sick all over again. I wish i could delete my account a hundred thousand times. Felt so good to let that crap go.

  • @jadabaudelaire118
    @jadabaudelaire118 7 місяців тому +1

    When they renamed Twitter.. shoulda just called it
    truth social 2.0

  • @DemonHunterx16
    @DemonHunterx16 7 місяців тому

    Well we thank you for taking on the fight against this evil. We are being bounced around everywhere so any help would be greatly appreciated.

  • @jaymcgheeb8476
    @jaymcgheeb8476 7 місяців тому +78

    What a well researched take-down. Challenge accepted and met!

    • @SmithsMobile
      @SmithsMobile 7 місяців тому

      Elon Musk would destroy him with facts 😂

    • @laughingatlife7100
      @laughingatlife7100 7 місяців тому +3

      🎯 Hassan wrote the book.

    • @yasuke9317
      @yasuke9317 7 місяців тому +4

      @@SmithsMobile Nah

    • @mnomadvfx
      @mnomadvfx 7 місяців тому

      @@SmithsMobile
      Musk is an average twonk with a lot of money held up by literally teams of helpers preventing him from destroying his own companies from the inside out on a regular basis.
      He doesn't have this yet with Twitter which is why he is publicly making a fool of himself so often with it.

  • @Panbaneesha
    @Panbaneesha 7 місяців тому +30

    This is stellar work, thanks Mehdi and team.

  • @danielpicassomunoz2752
    @danielpicassomunoz2752 7 місяців тому

    For good or for bad, hate speech is an instance of free speech

  • @Narcle0
    @Narcle0 7 місяців тому +2

    "Don't air our dirty laundry or we'll sue you" seems to be the greatest tool of modern times. Oh, capitalism... Also, it is tradition now for a billionaire to buy a News/Media outlet (or already owned) and twist it into their mouthpiece and beliefs.

  • @legreeniris
    @legreeniris 7 місяців тому +124

    The thing is, Elon would agree with all of those disgusting tweets imo and that is why they are still up.

    • @prosperitylife5344
      @prosperitylife5344 7 місяців тому

      Yup because he is a apartheid boy! Remember that

    • @prosperitylife5344
      @prosperitylife5344 7 місяців тому +4

      @@Ghost-fe1vpI just did! Is America a white country? What wrong with a white girl with a black boy?

    • @Ghost-fe1vp
      @Ghost-fe1vp 7 місяців тому

      I asked if anything was hateful and you didn't respond with anything related?@@prosperitylife5344

    • @speaker_2234
      @speaker_2234 7 місяців тому

      real talk

    • @Ghost-fe1vp
      @Ghost-fe1vp 7 місяців тому

      How does that prove any of the shown comments by the msnbc commentator were hateful?@@prosperitylife5344

  • @crawkn
    @crawkn 7 місяців тому +19

    Musk was absolutely correct that the BBC reporter was ill-prepared. It can be anticipated that raising an issue of hate-speech with the person ostensibly responsible for its proliferation on his platform will elicit demands for examples. I too get tongue-tied when asked to list examples of something that is ubiquitous, simply because such a demand is disingenuous, but that is why an interviewer has the responsibility of better preparation than one engaged in an impromptu conversation.

    • @pr0n3
      @pr0n3 7 місяців тому +1

      Sadly that interviewer wasn't there to interview. He was there for that "gotcha" moment and get more views to his echo chambered platform much like the people and many bots here.

    • @crawkn
      @crawkn 7 місяців тому +1

      @@pr0n3 I didn't see the whole interview so I can't comment on the general tone or motivation, but this was a perfectly legitimate question about a topic that many people are concerned about. There absolutely _is_ hate speech on the platform, it absolutely _did_ increase under Musk's ownership, and Musk was _wrong_ in his implication that there isn't. That a reporter wasn't prepared with an example doesn't change that fact.

  • @globalist1990
    @globalist1990 7 місяців тому

    How can companies even register a letter as their brand?

  • @stephenbouchelle7706
    @stephenbouchelle7706 7 місяців тому +2

    I do think an interviewer should be better prepared when planning to ask a question. As a non-twitterer, I really don’t understand why people are on it and think it is necessary to follow anyone. We did fine without out forever before.

    • @ronblack7870
      @ronblack7870 7 місяців тому

      most journalist are lazy and just repeat what other journalists put out there.

  • @sarahjoe61
    @sarahjoe61 7 місяців тому +23

    IF you are STILL on this platform, you definitely need to re-think!

  • @sinnomine3289
    @sinnomine3289 7 місяців тому +55

    I deactivated my Twitter account, the day Musk bought it.

    • @lbn722
      @lbn722 7 місяців тому +6

      Me too!!!

    • @keepingit8797
      @keepingit8797 7 місяців тому +1

      Your confirmation of a lunatic is accepted! 👍

    • @LeftIsFascist
      @LeftIsFascist 7 місяців тому

      I created one.

    • @janistotham-davies4300
      @janistotham-davies4300 7 місяців тому +1

      @@LeftIsFascistShows what kind of a person you are so we can all avoid you.

    • @brandon3525
      @brandon3525 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@@LeftIsFascistlol... me too😂

  • @marcp9926
    @marcp9926 7 місяців тому +1

    I'm so glad I've never touched Twitter/X in my 51 years and STILL don't feel like I NEED it in my life, thankfully!!

  • @El_Guapo509
    @El_Guapo509 7 місяців тому +1

    I despise people who use Twitter.

  • @rickpapineau5939
    @rickpapineau5939 7 місяців тому

    Yet another reason for why I'm thankful I chose to by the Chev Bolt instead of the Tesla...

  • @catherinehubbard1167
    @catherinehubbard1167 7 місяців тому +119

    From the start of Musk’s gross mishandling of Twitter, I have suspected that his goal has not been to make money but to cripple free public communication. From his actions, he’s a megalomaniac fascist, so such a goal would make sense. Though I believe his intelligence is greatly overrated, even he would not be stupid enough to damage the company as much as he has unless its stability and profitability were not primary concerns.
    To this day, there is no really satisfactory replacement for Twitter. It would be wise to get one.

    • @lylewalker5681
      @lylewalker5681 7 місяців тому +8

      I said this a year ago and remember arguments I'd get into people about this exact issue, who were completely indignant that I could even suggest he'd do this... 'Don't you know how much 44 billion dollars is?!?!? It would make NO SENSE!'
      Every single piece of evidence we have in front of us from his behavior and words is that he is a deeply DEEPLY ideologically driven and motivated right wing extremist. It's not that he's overtly driving it into a river and giving up all the money put into it, it's just that he cares WAY less than basically every other person on earth if they were in his position. And he's SAID it in interviews. 'I don't care about money, I will do things that I KNOW will lose me money if it advances what I want.' He's said that, explicitly.

    • @JonMartinYXD
      @JonMartinYXD 7 місяців тому

      And remember, Musk isn't the only owner of Twitter. He owns the bulk of it but a portion is also owned by the repressive rulers of Qatar and Saudi Arabia. They didn't throw money into it for financial benefit, they wanted something else.

    • @catherinehubbard1167
      @catherinehubbard1167 7 місяців тому

      @@lylewalker5681 : agreed. And re money, I would be surprised if he doesn’t have huge sums salted away in tax havens around the world. Why should he worry about a paltry $44 million if he can advance his agenda? Then too, promoting division and violence while undermining free communication also serves the purposes of enemies like Putin, so it’s possible that additional money comes into Musk’s accounts from secret sources. $44 million is really not much to these people if it buys what they want.

    • @fredgarvinMP
      @fredgarvinMP 7 місяців тому

      He is a hero and liberated public communication. Without him we would never have known about the government censorship behind the scenes.

    • @anacc3257
      @anacc3257 7 місяців тому

      He leans libertarian, not fascist. A fascist leaning person would've moderated twitter with much more strict control and would've been pro big government. Musk is neither.