Five trans people killed in Puerto Rico in 2020 alone. Tucked in the throes of Monday’s protest in Loíza, where more than 60 per cent of residents identify as Black, protests carried on even as police forces pulsed and pushed against then, the Daily Kos reported. Protesters paralysed the tight streets of the city as they surrounded the mansion of governor Wanda Vázquez.Īs nightfall ended, they ignored the island’s enforced curfew and refused to decamp, frustrated demonstrators chanted loudly, demanding accountability to white supremacy sparked by the killing of George Floyd. This weeks’ protesters appeared to capture that tenacity once again, with trans Pride flans swung by Black Lives Matter demonstrators – touching off a brutal wave of killings of trans citizens in 2020. The lawmaker’s homophobic exchanges with top aids saw LGBT+ people unite together to call for his resignation. It was an all too familiar sight for Old San Juan locals, where, last year, thousands thronged the city streets to protest against then-governor Richardo Rosselló. Matt Walsh, as of the writing of this story, is still posting that “ we will see what happens,” claiming his offensive documentary is still being flagged by Twitter.Holy shit Puerto Rico just brought a guillotine to the Governor’s mansion for their #BlackLivesMatter protest. Shortly after Musk jumped in to say a mistake had been made by the people that work for him (and not him), a grotesquely erroneous report that actor Jamie Foxx was blinded and paralyzed due to the COVID-19 vaccine trended on Twitter. If and when that happens, outlets like The Daily Wire will be shit out of luck. That last possibility is an important reminder that at some point, billionaires like Musk can decide to pick up their toys and find new people to impress. Musk bowed to pressure because he’s thin-skinned and really wants to be considered cool by the right-wing world he’s joined. This is a faux controversy concocted by Musk and The Daily Wire in order to drum up more publicity for the deal. Twitter’s new CEO needs to bring back advertisers, so Twitter might be trying to shave off the sharpest edges of right-wing extremism. The right-wing-o-sphere’s fractured and greedy nature breeds infighting for power. It is hard to know exactly what happened here, but we can speculate:įiring roughly 75% of Twitter’s workforce and dissolving its content moderation team has led to a deteriorating consumer experience. Right-wing commentator Tim Pool wailed, “Noooo say it ain’t so,” as he and his hate-filled ilk threatened to boycott Twitter Blue, Musk’s disastrous “verification” subscription/revenue stream, and before long, he was in Boreing’s replies saying that it was still okay to misgender people, even if it wasn’t “good manners.” With Musk initially silent on the Boreing allegations, the right-wing-o-sphere went into what sociologists might call a freakout. In fact, Musk had recently taken a short break from Twitter (two days of beautiful billionaire silence from May 29 to May 31), which coincidentally (or not) resulted in an increase in his wealth. Whether or not CEO Linda Yaccarino is in charge just yet is not exactly known, since Musk only said she would take on the day-to-day sometime in the six weeks following his announcement.įor some time, Musk’s Twitter feed had been avoiding politically controversial content, talking mostly about his other business ventures, including Space X, Tesla, and Starlink. Whether Boreing’s retelling of events was true or not, it led to speculation that Musk’s new CEO was making everything “woke” again. It was at this point that Twitter told The Daily Wire that the film was going to be limited in its release, saying it contained examples of "misgendering" deemed "hateful conduct" by Twitter. Then Twitter asked to see the movie, after the deal was signed. Additionally, Boreing claims that Twitter would promote the movie (that’s what The DailyWire was paying for). This pathetic piece of propaganda, put together by self-described “theocratic fascist” Matt Walsh, is the kind of hate-filled, data-free drivel one has come to expect from him. Boreing wrote that The Daily Wire had put together a deal to pay Twitter for a “package” that would allow them to distribute the transphobic documentary “What is a Woman?” on the platform.
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