When the giant toothbrush appeared at the end of town, no one was sure if it was a sign from God or just one of those weird things that happen. pic.twitter.com/BMNvNq9VPZ
— John Lurie (@lurie_john) November 16, 2022
I like John Lurie (and his HBO show "Painting with John"), and I follow him on Twitter, mostly to see the artwork, but here are some recent posts of his:
November 18: "Well, if Twitter breaks, I just wanted to say that I met a lot of great people here that I wouldn't have met otherwise. So for all its creepiness, Twitter was valuable to me in a deep way. That said, I am rooting for the employees to take Musk down."
November 18: "The 17 year old part of me thinks we should all Tweet like crazy to see if we can break it."
November 20: "Nah, I'm staying. I hope you do too."
Posts
20 comments:
I don't use Twitter much and don't know John Lurie, but it's hard to understand what he's got against Elon Musk or free speech. Twitter was valuable to him, so what's the problem?
Is that Montana?
Gonna be a Dental Floss tycoon (yes I am)
Movin' to Montana soon
Montana
I might be movin' to Montana soon
Just to raise me up a crop of
Dental Floss
Raisin' it up
Waxen it down
In a little white box
I can sell uptown
By myself I wouldn't
Have no boss,
But I'd be raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss
Raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss
What is the disease inside people on the Left that they would root for the demise of Elon Musk? What's the point of that? He is the foremost industrial visionary we have, he is all about electric cars, rocketing to Mars and other places, boring underground to improve public transportation, and most importantly, free speech.
I've asked myself for years, why are progressives and what passes for today's Liberals, so afraid of individual liberty? What makes liberty something they fear?
Now I have to add to my question: Why do they fear free speech so much?
I think the second question actually answers all of it for me. Free speech means that ideas other than their own will be made available to everyone, and anyone might then have opinions other than those 'approved of' by the media controlling Left.
What did Frankly tell us? "...a Republic, madam, if you can keep it."
The problem with listening to creative or smart people whom one likes for some other reason talk about politics is that their political observations are inevitably banal and flat. Politics turns thought leaders into crowd followers.
3 out of 4 ain't bad.
Temujin said...Free speech means that ideas other than their own will be made available to everyone
Since they already know they're right, what is to be accomplished by allowing other views? What if one of those views actually convinces the stupid hoi polloi and one of our good views gets pushed aside for it? Is that what you want? Bad ideas beating good ideas? Why do you hate children and puppies?
We have a maturity problem in this country.
"What did Frankly tell us?" Nah, it was "I don't give a damn."
"Durrh let's tweet like crazy to see if it breaks!!11!! Bloo no matter who!!!1!!"
See, dumbasses don't realize that Twitter doesn't care so much *what* one tweets (esp. not anymore); rather, it gets its oats on *how much* one tweets.
On the evidence before us, this painter is about as cogent as the Scott Adams opinion on artists would lead one to expect. Well done.
"What did Frankly tell us? "...a Republic, madam, if you can keep it.""
Modern prog response: "Frankly, my dear, we don't give a damn."
Maybe he was kidding.
For hilarious over reactions to Trump reinstatement:
https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet/status/1594259137214529536
One thing that seems anomalous is that creativ types seemto fall for the progressive dream of government by "experts".
I suppose it stems from a belief that "experts will discern the rue value of their work and approve it.
History teaches that both Lenin/Stalin and Hitler approved of the banal. It is was transgressive art that was banned with the approval of state-sponsored experts.
Art is about freedom of expression.
Musk buying Twitter is just one of those weird things that happen, I guess!
Thank goodness it wasn't an electric toothbrush. The implications would have been staggering.
I'm loving the new Trump of Twitter!!
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Replying to
@BillFOXLA
and
@FoxNews
Seems bizarre that it’s so easy enter illegally, but so hard to get a legal work visa
11:30 AM · Nov 21, 2022
Mastodon is supposed to be the replacement for Twitter. Progressives are supposed to be flocking there. Conservatives are supposed to be getting suspended, cancelled, and banned. It's supposed to be a "decentralized platform." You could get banned by on one server, but not on another -- at least until the hive mind identifies you as an undesirable.
In your rancid poncho, wince?
"Now I have to add to my question: Why do they fear free speech so much?"
They have crappy ideas and it's easier to hide that when you don't allow better ideas to be heard. It's the same reason they hate the idea of everybody being able to live their lives as they choose- it makes it too easy to compare the results of their poor choices with better ones made by others.
“Mastodon is supposed to be the replacement for Twitter. Progressives are supposed to be flocking there.”
As much as I’d love for Progs to ghettoize themselves I don’t see it happening. They desperately want to indoctrinate the undecided and the indifferent. Twitter is speed, Mastadon is morphine.
Althouse is supermarket-branded vodka, natch.
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