No, Elon: It Isn’t Illegal To Boycott X

https://reason.com/2025/02/03/no-elon-it-isnt-illegal-to-boycott-x/

33 comments
  1. It doesn’t have to actually be illegal if he can enforce a fake law just as much as a real one.

  2. If boycotting X is illegal, then I don’t want to be legal

  3. I started boycotting X the day Musk took it over and I would strongly encourage everyone else to do so too.

  4. I deleted my x accounts over the weekend. Fuck Musk and Fuck Trump.

  5. If Elon had it his way, with social media and society at large – it’d *literally* be like the 1984 that ironically conservatives and Trump supporters love to quote (also not being aware he was fairly far to left, albeit very clearly believing in, and defending democracy).

    That’s why he’s so pissed Wikipedia is not for sale (and thank god for that!). One thing I’m grateful for, is he’s young enough he could definitely live to face some serious karma/consequences for his actions – you’d think he’d second guess his blatantly authoritarian moves made recently considering how Mussolini ended up when the enraged populace was finally liberated and got their hands on him.

  6. I also deleted my X account. Wtf is he gonna do about it? Nothing.

  7. Dems should call for a world-wide boycott of X and Tesla and work to make SpaceX ineligible for federal contracts. 

    If Elon is broke, he can’t throw money at elections.  

  8. Literally everything he has has been given to him. He’s only who he is due to government subsidies, so of course he assumes that he can just whine to the government and get what he wants, like he always has.

  9. He’s dumb as rocks and he’s convinced people he’s smart

  10. Move over to Mastodon! Use X to promote alternative platforms. Flee en masse, cripple X!

  11. Freedom of speech doesn’t include freedom from consequences of that speech.

  12. He’s knows it’s not. He, like Trump did with Meta, is hoping for settlements as a form of legal bribery. It’s about power.

  13. He seems so adamant lately about what is and isn’t legal. Maybe he’s hoping throwing out accusations of crimes will trivialize criminal accusations. Could be useful what with all the crimes he seems to be committing at the Treasury.

  14. This is a disturbing new trend in corporate America, thinking they have the right to sue for profits.

  15. Surely he knows he’s fucking doing evil when Nestle of all fucking companies refuses to advertise on Shitter.

  16. For clarification, he’s not saying it’s illegal to boycott Twitter:

    > Musk’s suit **alleges that these companies colluded in a way that violates U.S. antitrust law.**

    How did they do this (according to Musk)?

    >The companies were all part of the World Federation of Advertisers and were “concerned that Twitter had strayed from brand safety initiative called the Global Alliance for Responsible Media

    This was when it was 100% factually shown that major brand ads were popping up *right next to* horrific hate speech messages of white supremacy and antisemitic content, all because Musk had gotten rid of the Twitter safety team.

    So what did they do, exactly?

    > In response, the defendant companies and others either stopped or reduced their advertising spending on the platform. And as a result, X lost a lot of money, according to the suit.

    And Elon’s response was “Go. Fuck. Yourselves.” Live and in 4K.
    Play that clip at trial.

  17. Donald probably told him he signed an executive order that said “Hurting Elon Musks feelings is a crime”

  18. I can’t believe I live in a time where I’m reading about the wealthiest man in the world complaining that people dont want to play with him, on a forum about politics.

  19. Does he not remember telling advertisers to “Go fuck yourself.”

    I can’t wait for his comeuppance

  20. Just FYI that’s a libertarian website. The comments are all about repealing anti-trust laws and they are pretty vile otherwise (a lot of authoritarians masquerading as “libertarians”).

    The article itself is fine, just not a website that I would preferably be sending my clicks to.

  21. so he doesnt believe in capitalism or the free market then?

  22. Boycotting X isn’t illegal.

    Publishing the names of his goon squad isn’t illegal.

    Just because apartheid boy doesn’t like it doesn’t make it illegal.

    What he’s doing to government computer systems? *That* is likely illegal.

  23. Musk’s horrific sense of privilege, entitlement, and unaccountability is breathtaking repulsive.

  24. Man, you know it’s bad when fucking Nestle says ‘you’re too evil for us.’

  25. Musk assumes anyone who disagrees with him to be a criminal of one kind or another. He’s that weak of a pathetic little man-child. And like a pathetic little man-child, he doesn’t even understand that the more he talks, the more he interacts with the world, the more people realize it.

    You can be absolutely sure he’s thinking the global plummet in Tesla sales is because of a conspiracy, and that people who aren’t buying his little nazi-mobiles are also criminals.

  26. Elon Musk’s henchmen at DOGE who are actively participating in a coup include:

    • ⁠Amanda Scales

    • ⁠Brian Bjelde

    • ⁠Riccardo Biasini

    • ⁠Anthony Armstrong

    • ⁠Steve Davis

    • ⁠Baris Akis

    • ⁠Thomas Shedd

    • ⁠Edward Coristine

    • ⁠Russell Vought

    • ⁠Michael Peters

    • ⁠Josh Gruenbaum

    • ⁠Russell “Rusty” McGranahan

    • ⁠Akash Bobba

    • ⁠Marko Elez

    • ⁠Luke Farritor

    • ⁠Gautier Cole Killia

    • ⁠Gavin Kliger

    • ⁠Ethan Shaotran

    • ⁠Nicole Hollander

    • ⁠Branden Spikes

    Oh no. I’ve committed a crime. Would be a shame if people copied and shared this list.

  27. Party of small government really throwing around the idea of criminalizing anything that they don’t like huh.

  28. Man, I would love for one of these companies to go full hog legally on the “we do not want to associate ourselves with Nazi imagery” tip.

  29. Does Boycott imply it’s temporary? Because speaking for myself, I will never use Twitter again, ever.

  30. He might be the richest man in the world, but doing a frivolous lawsuit against companies that are in the fortune/s&p 500 is not very smart. Let’s just say that seeing these giants get into it brings me joy.

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