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UPDATE: Or maybe he hasn’t.
Shaun King has left Twitter, again. This time the controversial activist has seemingly departed in lieu of billionaire Elon Musk’s purchase of the social media app—but it hasn’t stopped him from getting slandered by all sectors of Twitter in his absence, but one in particular.
Shaun King just deleted his twitter account pic.twitter.com/OuvnLf9FpI
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) April 26, 2022
Before it was reported that Twitter accepted Musk’s offer to buy the company for $44 billion, King railed against the idea.
“At its root, Elon Musk wanting to purchase Twitter is not about left vs right. It’s about white power,” tweeted King. “The man was raised in Apartheid by a white nationalist. He’s upset that Twitter won’t allow white nationalists to target/harass people. That’s his definition of free speech.”
Hey, even a broken clock is right twice a day. King added, “Elon Musk has openly called himself a ‘free speech absolutist’ and said that he wants to create a space where anything can be said about anyone. That’s why white nationalists are giddy today. Here on Twitter and other platforms that I track daily. It’s dangerous.”
Indeed, Musk’s purchase of Twitter has already been divisive, to say the least. Almost as polarizing as King himself, whose suspect financial gymnastics always finds him being targeted by Black Twitter and the MAGA contingent alike.
So as in 2021, King is once again outta here, as far as the Internets. But worth noting, is that the jokes don’t hit the same when they’re delivered by the bigots and team white conservative. In fact, a totally unscientific perusal of the commentary is coming from the type of account that think Marjorie Taylor Green is savvy and that Donald Trump was a good President.
See for yourself below.
If anyone knows about White Power, it's Shaun King pic.twitter.com/CE6WM9DPHS
— Clifton Duncan: Good Looking Loser. (@cliftonaduncan) April 25, 2022
1.
Shaun King is just jealous that @elonmusk is *actually* African-American pic.twitter.com/iZPhoK9Q91
— Lauren Chen (@TheLaurenChen) April 25, 2022
2.
Shaun King hates Elon Musk because Elon is something that Shaun will never be:
African-American.
— Zeek Arkham, Kingslayer (@ZeekArkham) April 25, 2022
3.
white people calling Shaun King “Martin Luther Cream” for speaking against Elon Musk and his association with white nationalism. this is literally white on white crime.
white people saying the Elon is AN ACTUAL AFRICAN AMERICAN is making my skin crawl,,, y’all are all WHITE!!!
— briseida
(@nnieleida) April 25, 2022
4.
who told white conservatives they could use the attack "Talcum X" on Shaun King.
Yall was not invited to the table.
— DJ (@dsjj251) April 25, 2022
5.
BREAKING: White man deletes Shaun King's Twitter account pic.twitter.com/72GXBiaD6Q
— George Alexopoulos (@GPrime85) April 26, 2022
6. This guy…
I see Shaun King re-blocked me on Twitter. Guess he can't make up his mind. #WhitePrivilege
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) April 25, 2022




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