u/StumpTrumpUS

California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton is trying to con people into thinking he could not only make gas $3, but abolish the DMV. The first would result in increased pollution & state subsidies and both would never happen because the Legislature would have to agree and Dems have a supermajority.

I've been calling Hilton on his fake plans in his replies and I can't recall seeing anyone else doing it. Even tho I try different wording and only reply to one or two Hilton tweets per day, Twitter has censored my replies by putting them in the "Probable Spam" section.

I was able to get Grok to admit that what Musk is doing "limits informed debate" and does not "benefit public policy".

If you want to help reduce Elon Musk's censorship, send the image to reporters. Don't expect much: they aren't calling Hilton on his plans either. And, many reporters support censorship. However, it might inform their coverage of Musk going forward.

And, if enough people got Grok to admit Musk's censorship is bad for society, that might work its way up the chain of command.

Lots of people think Elon Musk is Mr Free Speech. If people realized that was nearly the opposite of the truth, Musk would be forced to change how he does things: Musk is very concerned about his image. Musk doesn't want to be seen as pro-censorship.

If you want to help change how Musk does things, pick a tech or business reporter at random - especially someone who's posted about Musk before - and politely reach out to them. Don't bring in other issues or make outrageous claims or conspiracy theories. Just point out that all the posts here can't just be from aggrieved spammers, most of them are probably from real people.

If you need to point to someone, I just got a notice about a temporary label. My handle is RealStevenJBass and the only thing that's different is that I'm currently traveling. My IP usually geolocates to CA, but it currently geolocates to CO. I was prompted to confirm my email, which I did. I then saw the image above.

I suspect some will say Musk doesn't care, or reporters won't want to get involved. There's no downside to spending a few minutes sending an email, is there?

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