Good point, Musk is now in direct competition with Truth Social, Parler and so on. I had not given that any thought but it explains some of the more bizarre moves of the last weeks.

Sounds holier than thou.

I think he's just trying to eliminate the cultural barrier for marketing a Tesla pick up truck.

Pwn the libs by buying a Tesla pickup!

Could he possibly sell enough pickups to make up for the money hes losing on twitter?

I replied to a tweet that referenced Musk and Tesla, and simply mentioned that I sold my Tesla shares at the beginning of this week (and made a loss) because I didn't want any association with Musk any more.

The replies I got from Musk fans were shockingly (maybe not so shockingly) vile.

Turns out Musk sold his Tesla shares at the same time as I did — I wonder how those people replying to me would square that with their insults.

Consistency isn't Musk's fanboys strong suit.

I'm certainly not going to defend the people insulting you, but suggesting that you sold for moral, and not financial, reasons comes off as very sanctimonious and invites that type of reply in a cesspit like Twitter.

They're welcome to reply how they want to, but it's an example of the discourse on Twitter, as mentioned in the parent comment.

As a Musk fan (well, sorta, this twitter posturing is mega cringe), I applaud your common sense in selling a grossly overvalued stock (which I am confident Musk also thinks is overvalued).