Elon Musk outlines his political views in stick figure cartoon

The stick-figures tweeted out by Elon Musk corresponding to his political leanings set Twitter ablaze. CNN's Michel Smerconish asked his followers to map their own trajectories, and says that those who change over time are "healthy."
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[@anti-rioter-15]

You guys just got owned by a stick figure meme. Congratulations.

[@passchen-fail3704]

They had two pedophiles working for them. They can’t take too much more of an L

[@alissaswan5060]

What

[@Orincaby]

whom?

[@carolpond3340]

"Elon musk posted a meme" News. This is apparently news now.

[@itsjeninMass]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Shamaroth]

I've said it before and I'll said it again: journalists need to be banned from Twitter. Let the lying idiot back on Twitter, whatever, without traditional media signal boosting the nonsense it's all just that - online nonsense. Just keep the fucking journalists off it, or at the very least an industry-wide taboo on even referencing tweets in stories.

[@joecasella3063]

Musk is the new Trump for CNN.

[@kemetwice2390]

@@joecasella3063 No, Musk is an actual billionaire

[@stephenburning9452]

I'm Stephen from Missouri and you

[@I-dont-reply]

Cnn watchers: *freak out over stick figures* Cnn watchers: *act like they weren’t the ones freaking out over stick figures* How’s cnn+ btw?

[@WackyEncapsulatedFruitCup]

@@rustybucket7323 if you like that one you'll love mine.

[@omax-sy8xp]

He's not outlining his views, he's illustrating a fact

[@BigMoney398]

Not really

[@Aus200]

@@BigMoney398 yes really. Either you don't have common sense, or you just don't have common sense. Not my problem. That's a You problem.

[@BigMoney398]

@@Aus200 again not really. How exactly is it a fact. You can keep worshipping this guy but not everyone will just blindly believe what he says

[@Aus200]

@@BigMoney398 did you even watch the video? They're talking about the drawing analogy.

[@BigMoney398]

@@Aus200 yes I did watch the video. The drawing analogy is not a fact.

[@freedomlife3623]

Time for US to have more than two parties.

[@spooky_hausintrees]

Rank choice voting!!!!

[@geraldpaul1870]

I agree 1000%

[@SavagelyBadAtLosing]

The two parties will never let that happen.

[@spooky_hausintrees]

@@SavagelyBadAtLosing its not up to them its up to you to have a citzens referendum for a ballot vote on the subject. If that is allowed in your state idk?

[@carey_metv]

You are going to either be very stupid or very crazy to think that would work.

[@A-Day-in-the-Life-of-Pepper]

I’m definitely not on the right, but thank God for Elon buying Twitter to keep America’s free-speech going

[@gringopapi6985]

That makes you a far right white power extremists according to the ruling class.

[@badpuppy3]

Do you think Al Qaeda or Isis should be able to use Twitter? What about people uploading videos of animal cruelty. Let’s see how far your free-speech goes…

[@Noytmer]

same

[@VikingSummer]

Ok, this was a surprisingly rational take. More of this please.

[@MrNncon]

hes totally right emotion has no place in anything. thats why the ground is moving. great big lies to keep you in middle class income and pretty girls in mid town america wont fix your problems.

[@P1ea5eho1d]

Cringe

[@thefattymcgee5801]

Bait?

[@oldsharkbythesea3962]

Elon Musk had to make it so easy that even CNN viewers could understand it! 😂

[@jalenstimes7452]

If there's one thing we can all agree on, it's that Elon Musk is willing to attack both sides of the political spectrum which is obviously pretty great for everyone that wants to find common ground.

[@GG-vy1oy]

As long as there's equality on both sides it's fair.

[@schweik2145]

No. No. One side - right, is deeply and fundamentally dishonest, indecent, and without shame. The door should not be to land in the middle. I’m not part of either party, and I don’t align myself with the left or the right. But I’m never going to find common ground with the right, until they start to possess some minimal level of honesty and decency.

[@joemartinez331]

@@GG-vy1oy Musk will always side the GQP because they will keep him from having to taxes.

[@GG-vy1oy]

@@joemartinez331 To be fair, Democrats don't raise taxes for their rich friends either.

[@cooldudecs]

@@joemartinez331 not the right populists… they are the 90s democrats

[@sebastianfletcher-taylor1024]

Thank you, Michel Smerconish, for some badly needed nuance on a topic many are taking a hyper-partisan absolutist approach to.

[@damenrabbitt9851]

Elon Musk is right though. That's why the woke Progressives are so offended.

[@johngabucci]

The beauty Of free speech enables you to articulate and express your perspectives in this very clip.. Isn’t it a wonderful thing!? Equally, we should also enable those on the right to express their views and their truths. In my opinion, The problem is that those on the left want to suppress those views under the umbrella that the views of the Right are in-just, wrong, and some how evil or a danger to the country. You cant bend the rules you claim to adhere too in order to achieve your goals. It’s selfish and tyrannical. You oppose because you know the people will Chose differently once the truth was exposed and your narratives would crumb.

[@chattingman8546]

Your view are wrong and you are evil we negotiate with terrorists or fascists.

[@Urfavoritefascist]

Freedom of speech only pertains to the legal ramifications of protected speech, not the consequences of someone posting false info on private publishing platforms. You have just as much right to say whatever you want in real life regardless if Elon owns Twitter or not. Literally no legislation has changed since he bought a social media company. Conservatives need a perceived win after the amount of monumental Ls their paradigm has endured.

[@tomlovejoy2141]

As soon as the left-wing media’s monopoly on information is threatened, leftwing lapdogs call for dictatorial measures. The Democrats and their ministry of propaganda fear the free exchange of ideas - like Dracula fears the cross. The left cannot permit the free exchange of ideas because their failed ideas cannot stand up to scrutiny and challenge. The Democrat media axis are calling for this only after Elon Musk vowed to free Twitter.

[@mucefitadonelly9457]

Really? With all the violent crazies in the right?

[@1flash3571]

Actually he is PROUD of himself for being near the center...And his GOAL is to stay near it....WTH? Is our morals a goal to be achieved? For Real????? I suppose you can DECIDE to be good.....Just because others says you are not....

[@kimbercustompro1911]

So he's basically saying that he is a moderate that hasn't moved, while the left has become much more extreme. Correct.

[@hobartw9770]

Believe it or not the guy is playing you all out. Some of us out here don't care and have never used twitter and never will.

[@medexamtoolscom]

Myself too, but that's not the point. The point is that all of silicon valley is ultra-left-wing and very pro censorship. I have to be careful of the comment I'm writing right here or it will never appear to other people thanks to google. Just having one big well recognized platform being different as an alternative is a good thing for freedom of speech.

[@bad444]

Exactly, I have never used Twitter in my life, and as far as I have seen Twitter is a place where the far ends of the country go to fight and where the cable news media get its stories. I will stick to having real conversations with real people.

[@zztzgza]

Truth

[@victoriagore470]

@@Nick-mt4wk no.. no its not lol.

[@coreyham3753]

@@bad444 Agreed .... Twitter is a useless and worthless piece of junk. If it went away tomorrow, it would not affect the world one iota. Elon just wasted 44 billion on junk.

[@danieltilleru3528]

Elon is the new trump the media has been looking for.

[@user-nf9gm8gs6d]

America, soon you will be turned off gas, electricity, oil, logistics and Internet))) And we will open the border with Mexico))) That's when you bitches think about who you're messing with. There will be the United States of Russia))

[@keithhoss4990]

It will fall apart though because so many people on the left support Tesla, Spacex, and they’ll get over Twitter because they’re all addicted to bullying people on the platform. Their bullying won’t stop, people on the right just won’t be canceled for bullying too. Good take though.

[@lukewalker1051]

Only for people like you that flunked math in school. You can't tell the difference.

[@kukulroukul4698]

no he's not ! :) he's just having FUN :)

[@zoobrizz]

Yes. Elon Musk 🇺🇸 = John Galt Who is John Galt? 🇺🇸

[@gabea.5711]

Props to this guy actually showing the facts, and then expressing what us clearly defined opinions. Tho, I think the damage has been done CNN.

[@NickRoman]

Wow. That cartoon exactly describes my feeling about it too.

[@mikeshadez]

Mine too

[@persephonekajira7269]

thanks, we'll file that under "no one gives a shit"

[@singularspace2782]

If you agree with this, you are a consumer of conservative media only.

[@ms.bunniesarecute2287]

Wow, nobody cares

[@Lareya7]

Same. Glad to know I'm not the only one who feels like this.

[@KostaLaskaratos]

Elon Musk: I need $1.5 billion or SpaceX will go broke Feds: Approved Lloyd Blankfein: I need $824 billion for Goldman Sachs Feds: Approved Charles Koch: I need a $1.4 billion tax break Feds: Approved Average Joe: My wife got cancer. Can we get Medicare? Feds: We're bankrupt

[@barefoot6745]

And Elon Musk wants to keep it that way. That's where his political stands. It's all about power and money. Progressive is in his way, hence he hates them.

[@troymixwell7681]

Cancer brought to you by Dupont.

[@gordonstrong5232]

@john wallace The majority of this country wants universal healthcare

[@vladtheinhaler8940]

@@gordonstrong5232 No it doesn't.

[@56jmack]

@@vladtheinhaler8940 only the dimwits don't

[@claudiohysi9203]

Musk is not left or right America should be proud of him .

[@otalgebra4436]

But he is a shill in china

[@johnconnorstopskynet]

Musk is correct and I feel exactly the same ideologically.

[@sarahharrison7852]

100%

[@DylanLenn]

except he's not correct. Biden is to the right of obama. Only 1 single democrat in congress wants to defund police, cori bush. And are we gonna pretend like the right wing didnt go from mccain and romney to trump, qAnon, tea party, trying to overthrow democracy?

[@punnymoney3692]

Same! Black Conservative here!! Idc what the Libs are talking about!

[@johnconnorstopskynet]

@Adriana Bass lame bot

[@johnconnorstopskynet]

@@punnymoney3692 nice dude. There's based ppl everywhere keep your head up. Me and my wife are right leaning independent.

[@dannyarcher6370]

Who is this guy and how the hell did he get past the CNN producers?

[@danielwhyatt3278]

Yeeeah. I mean, what he is saying IS TRUE, but the way in which he is still speaking still feels waaay to bias right now for a news agency that as it showed on that graph is supposed to be in the middle. Wonpwonp. I mean, he makes a clear point, but it needs to be don't differently to this. You would never get this on the BBC, even if it raised the same topic.

[@bowserlamont2538]

The producers were busy grooming children. Two have been arrested so far.

[@deathsoulger1]

haha exactly, This is a good sign. Genuinely, however, do you think the information he gave on the political spectrum of news platforms was reliable?

[@JH-un8bo]

Stay independent and vote by the individual. Both sides use tribe mentality to justify wrongdoings and people who identify as left or right allow both to get away with it.

[@ezacher4634]

Yeah. The uniparty. They all work for their bosses. And that ain't us.

[@FyourCult]

yes tribalism on both sides is primitive and unhealthy

[@thorax9997]

no only the left does because if it did not then it would vanish. it is the only way for it to keep the idiots that follow the left under there finger

[@vladtheinhaler8940]

This is the most sensible comment I have seen on here.

[@mackdaddypeypey1]

If we are being 100% honest the Democratic Party is definitely much worse of a choice. Their economic policies have been notoriously trash especially this current administration and they control the media who lies in favor of them every single day to keep us uninformed. If we’re comparing that is 😅

[@GO-GO_SO-SO]

It's kind of weird that he thinks the right has not moved. If that were the case, why is it basically the Trump party now?

[@mikebenge2853]

Trump isnt radical. Hes just pro america

[@crystco8088]

You watch cnn. Sharrap!

[@ninianstorm6494]

@Dsyncable are you aware there is a scheme to help rich/china get cheaper than normal investment? first ukraine coup 2014 to install hunter biden=united fruit company 2.0 Guatemala then have ukraine declare join nato/do shady bombing donbas=Cuban missile crisis 2.0 2. then use refugee program abuse=toss away population for usa to take care of in order for ukraine stay lower inflation/living cost than normal 3. same with destroy iraq=dump iraq population to europe in order for iraq stay cheaper than normal for Halliburton investment 4. destroy cali prop187 and create daca=south america stay cheaper than normal for outsource by throw away portion of their population for usa to take care of. all of these 3 examples killed value of minimum wage when wesley clark said 7 countries 5 years=12, so 2 term each between bush obama play bad good cop kill iraq to syria kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZ7Ve4V-rMeJfZo

[@christophpaessler8444]

yes and he reiterates the propaganda of the GOPofTODAY and shares their stupidity with his point of view

[@chriskane4031]

That's not what the graph shows! It's about his opinions. Which hasn't changed?

[@gangstarapmademedoit1]

The fact that he is still friends with Theil means he was never left.

[@interview1296]

CNN please make more of criticisms like this, criticize both the left and the right.

[@ernestoxavier5426]

The only thing I would like musk to do is pay his fair share of his taxes , just like the rest of us.........

[@fultonjwingbajr.6473]

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[@martinjaso2553]

I’m willing to bet he pays more taxes in one year than you will ever pay in your life

[@fotomagrol]

Yes 👏👏👏

[@clydecmcelroy4638]

@@martinjaso2553 I'm willing to bet that he gets more in tax deductions than you'll pay in taxes your entire life. His entire company, Tesla get so many government subsidies that we're paying for him to build them.

[@fotomagrol]

@@martinjaso2553 he does not, his companie is one of those beneficiares with tax deduction etc...

[@KleWdSide]

I'm tired of hearing about this guy.

[@lesliescottw]

then don't click on the vid looooooool

[@KleWdSide]

@@lesliescottw I can do whatever I want, so eff off.

[@zoobrizz]

Yes. Elon Musk 🇺🇸 = John Galt Who is John Galt? 🇺🇸

[@sigisecht]

I wasn't worried about Elon Musk's purchase of twitter until that tweet. I say this as a fromer republican that supported and voted for McCain and Romney over Obama; Elon Musk is nuts if he thinks Democrats have shifted the political window more than the GOP over the last 5 years. I am not a fan of censorship, but posting on a private platform is not a right. How can he honestly tweet following the capital riots, botched handling of the pandemic, and the 'fine people' screaming "Jews will not replace us" in Charlottesville. It is sad to say the least.

[@silverforest4682]

I totally agree.

[@jaymass1178]

you are delusional. and McCain and Romney were more Democrats than Republicans

[@neondystopian]

Elon is right. I'm a libertarian and used to support the left but now I find the left is hostile to a lot of the values I hold dear. I didn't move farther right; the left moved farther to the left.

[@CanalTremocos]

It's not a total shift. They've run amok with some total crazy stuff that wasn't even leftist 20 years ago while throwing worker's rights under the bus. I still agree with the overall sentiment of the cartoon. Democrats abandoned their voter base and now call us bigots.

[@nilnil8411]

While far left BLM extremists burned down the cities for months while Democrats turned the other side giving those criminals/thugs/arsonists a free to loot pass.

[@Defiancy]

The fact CNN has someone on who isn’t far left is quite surprising to me. The only way I’d ever consider watching that garbage network is for ppl like this guy. Granted that’s just based of first impressions lol

[@subhajitsengupta]

Yes why watch CNN when you drink from the firehose from Fox, OANN, Veritas and Alex Jones.

[@777mello]

It doesn't matter where your thinking is if your opponents thinking is to steal kill and destroy. Your thinking has to be in the same place just to survive. Democracy is in survival mode right now and certain choices are useless luxurious at this point.

[@denimchicken6549]

This is the Corporate "We're all family here"-take of politics to excuse nefarious shit.

[@MrMatt531]

Elon buying Twitter helps give Democracy a fighting chance

[@hangender]

Indeed. Against conservative traitors, woke libs have no choice but to band together.

[@MrMatt531]

@@hangender and that’s really working out isn’t it? Please continue!

[@JeffreyGoddin]

Scream "socialist!" 1000 times and apparently everybody will believe it, sheesh. From somebody who's been far left for decades, the Democratic leadership hasn't moved much that I can see, still very much corporate centrists. The right however has become an extreme monster, beginning with Gingrich. Yet somehow everybody from Bill Maher to Elon to Smerconish have been duped into buying the right's incessant chants. You know what they say about repeating a lie often enough...

[@snipman8067]

Oh no! Elon has different opinions than you! Dear God, it's the end of the world!

[@GG-vy1oy]

When your entire world view is built of lies, it is..

[@brianlevine249]

Wow CNN got that one 100% wrong. LOL. A 12 year old could interpret that correctly....the left has gone extremely left. But nope....our journalists have to put the spin on it.

[@treyvon8358]

You show your ignorance so badly. How can you say the left has become extremist when the right skewed further right than the left has gone left? Tell me your extremely bias and blind without telling me 🥱

[@brianlevine249]

@@treyvon8358 You are actually showing your ignorance. This isn't even a debatable point. Political leanings are something that is easily tracked and every study shows the left has gotten far more extreme than the right. But again I'm arguing with ignorants on the internet about something that anyone could verify in 5 minutes of their own research.

[@chrisbruggers8076]

Wait, the Republican party hasn't been hijacked?

[@badnoodlez]

The irony of a guy who made his money from an apartheid era mine complaining about 'wokeness'

[@douglasreagan4979]

He knows its simple economics: Go Woke, Go Broke.

[@uelude]

How is mining "woke" ?

[@crystco8088]

@@uelude is this Joyless Reid? 😭😂😂🤦🏽‍♂️

[@lynnkmiddle]

@@crystco8088 I bet you hate all successful black people especially if they are on TV. Sad… as the orange baboon says.

[@lordd794]

Are you suggesting he ran the company? If we’re guilty of what are family members have done, we’re all screwed.

[@simongros5219]

What a surprise, he moved to Texas.

[@AnnieWarbux]

that's where the Tesla Towers is...

[@proppshow5236]

California taxes on companies of course he’s not gonna stay

[@zoobrizz]

Smart 👍

[@rxcoffeeful]

Lol...

[@ralphc1405]

@@proppshow5236 all that’s left is CA are the Uber-Rich and the YO NO PIKAY handout” takers.

[@toonheaded1]

Elon musk's political view is based on if you can give him a tax incentive.

[@maxmurphy7306]

Absolutely.

[@lordkrythic6246]

Oh noes, not free speech! However will the Democrat party survive now?!

[@madomk3438]

Bernie sanders got rich by campaigning against billionaires 🔥

[@lordkrythic6246]

@@madomk3438 You mean he took advantage of stupid people to become a billionaire?

[@lordkrythic6246]

@@madomk3438 And of course, you don't even respond back. Typical hit and run leftist cowardice.

[@punnymoney3692]

I am a black Trump supporter and Conservative! Thank you ELON MUSK!

[@Paul-lm5gv]

He stated what we all know. The Democratic party has abandoned the center and the middle class!

[@trock6921]

Musk isn’t a Republican. Why is liberal media pushing him in that corner? Musk isn’t wrong with that cartoon. If you read the Democratic platform in 2008 it’ll surprise you. Support of traditional marriage, support of police, etc.

[@shermandudley5548]

On the flip side, in '08 the thought of there being a gay Republican was impossible to have and now, Catlin Jenner is a proud trans Republican who ran for governor of California. In '08 no Republican wanted to be caught dead with the support of anyone from the LGBT+ community and now they actively try to get their endorsement

[@johncooper7663]

Divorce rate is down since then. Sorry, but police keep roughing up innocent people and confiscating private property. You need better facts imo.

[@vladtheinhaler8940]

@RipeCosmo Anytime the extremists on the right do something they are called out, when it is the extremists on the left it is ignored.

[@vladtheinhaler8940]

@RipeCosmo I'm actually not. The right is called out in the media and by those on both sides for the most part. The left has extremists who commit violence and it is either ignored, downplayed, or justified by the media.

[@DciZNoble6]

Their no such thing as far left! Far left was created in 2016 as a counter for far right

[@jimfertall8351]

This was a fantastic segment. Idk if it’s the new ownership or Smerconish in particular but MY GOD what a relief to see something balanced from this network.

[@JonathanRLight]

I reserve the right to change my mind. Good piece.

[@jaybefaulky4902]

i was surprised at this as well lol

[@monowarabegum6779]

My Kind Regards My Dear I hope w see each other soon !!😀

[@rodiculous9464]

I agree, I didn't really ever watch cnn before but the right wing culture insanity is going way too far. Hopefully more networks will adopt this approach.

[@deathsoulger1]

Yeah, this is unbelievable.

[@katastrophicworld]

The Democrats are NOT leftist extremists, they are center at best but the right and big business want you to believe different

[@maneshipocrates2264]

Typical of chronic capitalists. Elon is living the dream. Awful, egoistic man. He is very inconsistent!

[@listenup7284]

Your jealousy is incredible.

[@defiance1790]

It must be hard maintaining THAT high level of ignorance all the time.

[@maneshipocrates2264]

@@listenup7284 I refuse to be a dumb follower of his like you and many others. Rather reasonable than jealousy.

[@mhall801]

Awwww you afraid of mean ole tweets. 🤔

[@jennyjenny4501]

Poor baby

[@SurfingTheMentawais]

What Elon Musk is communicating is what a large number of ordinary Americans are also feeling. For decades they voted Democrat, had left of center leanings, disagreed with wars in foreign countries, were against the military industrial complex and were in favor of legalizing marijuana. Those same people also were in favor of open debate, freedom of speech, freedom of ideas and expression and were generally accepting and had a positive view of their fellow citizens. Over the last decade many of these great people have been told that their opinions are incorrect, bad, racist, homophobic and their country, history, church, culture and sense of self should be replaced with a new artificial view of everything, starting with what a man and woman are. Lying, dishonest, disgusting, weak, pathetic media organizations like CNN continually push the new artificial woke propaganda, in blissful disregard of the thoughts and concerns of the majority of Americans. God bless America. To hell with CNN.

[@keshmen]

I was a republican and now I’m not. The right has become extremist.

[@Fryulikebacon]

You've been binge watching grifters dude. Come up for air.

[@snipman8067]

@@Fryulikebacon what are you on? Obama wasn't a fan of gay rights at first, then he changed. Just look at any politician and their views from 1990-now, you'll see how all of them have been going left, with democrats going left faster. How you take that, I couldn't care less, but the left has been going left and the right has been going left to follow it.

[@Fryulikebacon]

@@snipman8067 nah son, the right has been moving further and further right ever since Obama was elected. Seriously boy you think we’ve forgotten how you crackpots spent his entire campaign and his presidency trying to convince anyone who’d listen that “he wasn’t an American citizen because he was a Muslim”, which by the way figuratively trampled all over his 1st amendment rights. While adding insult to injury by electing the primary proponent of that lie to succeed him? What also hasn’t escaped my eye, because I’m old enough to remember those days, the right has jumped back on its homophobic narrative of the 80’s & 90’s pretending that the whole of the LGBTQ community is after your children. Now that Muslims are scary as they used to be you’re returning to your old classics. Don’t even get me started on the Qanon bullshit. 1990 to now you say, the real republicans are dying out, and you’re replacing them with fruit loops that tell you what you want to hear.

[@ThomasEWalker]

Go read my larger comment. Your perception is triggered opinion. The complaints of the left have never changed, but the right has marched off a loony cliff behind Trump and a strong shift to a far right supreme court over five years. 'Marched' hell - the right RAN off that cliff at such high speed that after 44 years as a republican I had to leave. The right left far right guy Bill Barr behind! The right is still - right now - lining up behind Qanon, Marjorie Taylor Jewish Space Lasers and The Holocaust Never Happened Greene and the firm delusion that Trump won 2020. My eyes are watering from the near-light-speed shift to delusional BS. Jan 6 is ready to refer Trump for prosecution and rioters have been CONVICTED of sedition and conspiracy and a HUGE portion of the right still thinks those were normal tourists. I don't recall ever seeing in my lifetime a set of republicans in Congress who are so outright insane. GONZO. Ignorant, stupid, flat out wrong, flat out liars, flat out seditionists who literally supported an attempt to overthrow an election. NEVER IN MY LIFE. And that kind of movement toward insanity is being reflected right now by insane moves by republican-led state legislatures all over this country.

[@AV8-tur]

Even tho I'm almost independent, I tend to lean right more. I think both parties have become so extreme these days.

[@zaxtoy2431]

This was a surprise. I rarely click on CNN content because it is usually so outrageous. This was measured and logical. Is something changing over at CNN? Please make more of this.

[@bradtaylor77]

Yeah it didnt reak of the usual judgemental CNN eletism. Its a breath of fresh air.

[@dman2765]

The owner of Amazon purchased the Washington Post a major news outlet and no one complained,

[@crystco8088]

Leftists for ya’.

[@vladtheinhaler8940]

That's because he is a Democrat and it is beneficial to their interests.

[@rickc2078]

Same with me when I bought a box of #8 screws lol no one complained.

[@thebigwarthog]

The Washington post has way less reach than twitter plus it’s paywalled. Not the same

[@WinstonSmith24]

That’s called liberal hypocrisy for you.

[@baarni]

This is so true…. I used to be left leaning but since Dems came to power the left has gone off the deep end. I now feel more right of center.

[@sebcw1204]

Then you were always right of center. The overton window has shifted to the right. Why else is it ok to take away abortion rights and all these new anti lgbtq laws? Why can't we get pot legalized or tax funded health care? The Dems are not left wing and haven't been ever since they embraced "tough on crime" bills. We don't HAVE a left wing in america.

[@Junksaint]

Vote for those who supported the first non-peaceful transfer of power in hundreds of years? Blood in the Nation's Capitol?

[@deborahfreedman333]

@@Junksaint Vote for the best candidate, for the office. I'm a Democrat, but if I had to choose between a Republican, who freely admits Biden won, and has a valid agenda to reduce crime, or a Democrat who is a pro-BDS pro-BLM racist, and wants to raise my taxes for more social programs for the homeless, I'll vote for the Republican. On the federal front, I'm more likely to vote for a Democrat, because I worry about reproductive rights, but will never vote for a woke racist, who believes in equality of outcome, rather than opportunity.

[@MusikaDeLaCalle]

@@Junksaint You want to really go there? Washington post own by rich Democrat no problem, Elon buys twitter & suddenly big govt want to make a department that concentrate on “misinformation”. The fact that Liberals turn a blind eye on this pretty much says it all, Dems are for “free speech” as long as it fits my “views” mentality 🤡🤡.

[@passchen-fail3704]

Counterpoint, what about the, blood in Seattle in 2020? A summer of love? No one cares about 2020, you like them because they’re on your side.

[@user-gj1ld4uw9v]

And this is why I will never buy a Tesla and was against him buying Twitter...

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Musk is from South Africa (RSA). He was sufficiently liberal in his teen years to dodge the RSA draft and go to Canada. He was sufficiently money-driven to subsequently move rapidly to CA. The guy has no political moral compass. Undoubtedly, he is a gifted businessman with some genius ideas. However, I worry about the stability of a man who would selfishly bequeath his new child with the name X Æ A-Xii

[@MiiLkii7]

You worry about the stability of a man because of what they named their child? I worry about the stability of a man who has the nerve to think and comment such things.

[@thorax9997]

talk about being racist

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

@@thorax9997 How on earth might my comments - as an African myself - be considered racist?

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

@@MiiLkii7 As a specialist in paediatrics, I think about the problems a child might face from his peers when his classmates try to make fun of his name. Naming a child is a great responsibility, and parents need to think, not only of their priorities, but of how this young child will grow up using this name. Just consider class roll call, passports, driving licences, tax forms. Now the recent daughter is named Y, so the youngest kids are X and Y. Why not simply go all the way and name them Child 1, Child 2, etc. This is simply vanity without serious consideration for the long-term implications for the child.

[@rawacademy5450]

@@thorax9997 yo...where can I get those high quality stuff 😶😶

[@teeminator30]

What are you sinking about CNN+?

[@GG-vy1oy]

At least we still have CNN to check the facts.

[@oasis67]

More facts than Fox Entertainment thats for sure.

[@GG-vy1oy]

@Steve D Some folks just don't get it.

[@oasis67]

@@GG-vy1oy He's a 1 month old troll account.

[@ARIA_112]

And Hunter should be in charge of the DEA

[@vertigo2894]

If he was criticising the right they would have called him a foreigner.

[@vladtheinhaler8940]

Instead, it's the left calling him insults, and you making up some irrelevant hypothetical.

[@vertigo2894]

@@vladtheinhaler8940 I don't hear them calling him names, they are rightfully calling him out cause he isn't buying Twitter of some altruistic drive about speech. Anyway, you are not making a point. I pointed out that they are far more bigoted if the person isn;t on their side. Like the horrible things they say about black liberals, with all the undertones.

[@eriv]

CNN mad they thought Elon was on their side

[@artemasward5842]

We stand with democracy against insurrectionists.

[@geodude7116]

Agreed. Without democracy, no policy means anything.

[@clintcoop5717]

So you support Nazis in Ukraine huh??? 2014 was a true coup and insurrection and has caused some serious problems now....all demon lead BTW

[@defiance1790]

No you don’t. You stand with Leftist Propaganda that tells you how to hate any opposing political views.

[@zoobrizz]

Yes. Elon Musk 🇺🇸 = John Galt Who is John Galt? 🇺🇸

[@dskwared2u610]

I consider myself independent. I moved a little left over the years and if my choices are to overthrow the government or endure wokeism, I'm left with "the left".

[@zoobrizz]

Great. You must be for Biden 🤡. 49 year corrupt career politician. 👍👍

[@vladtheinhaler8940]

I would go in favor of abolishing the federal government, which isn't an exclusively right wing idea.

[@LoireValleyChateaux]

CNN'S BANKRUPT STATUS EXEMPLIFIES THEIR NEED FOR A NEW OWNER LIKE ELON MUSK AS WELL. ❤️🙏

[@champaksingh210]

Just remember that you are American first then a Democrat or a Republican. Love this great country and fellow Americans. Stop spreading hate - reject both extremes (left and right).

[@Nyrana]

100% disagree with that diagram. If you look at extremists take a good look at those who would subvert democracy.

[@kukulroukul4698]

sue them !

[@FelixPfaltermann]

Exactly. Especially with Russian disinformation coming from the far left.

[@MrMatt531]

Look at Obama’s 2008 platform and you’ll see exactly how true it is

[@medexamtoolscom]

Ha ha ha, 100% agree with the diagram. It could not be more accurate. I am torn between my disrespect for Musk on the tech front most notably with the hyperloop scam, and what he has been making the news for lately. I hate to say it but I kind of almost have to respect him a bit.

[@Nyrana]

@@FelixPfaltermann I have no idea what planet you are living on but it is Faux Lies and the MTG of the world pushing Russian propaganda. It is the Right becoming Russian UI’s.

[@danieltolson5341]

It’s called the Overton Window and the media selectively focusing on both the Left and Right’s extremes is what broke it.

[@seymourbutts4654]

The media is about clicks ratings and profit.

[@DAndyLord]

Seriously, the 80% of us in the middle are sick of extremists on both ends. I have left and right leaning friends and we get along just fine. It's the 10% of extremists on both sides that make dialog so toxic.

[@richardmaclean7581]

Wow you’re so insightful… Brainwashed much? MAGA FRAUD Conservative Republican Supreme Court Chief Justice Judge Warren Burger 🍔 “The gun lobby’s Interpretation of the Second Amendment is one of the greatest pieces of frauds, I repeat the word fraud, on the American people by special interest groups that I have ever seen in my lifetime. The real purpose of the Second Amendment was to ensure that state armies - the militia - Would be maintained for the defense of the state. The very language of the Second Amendment refutes any argument that it was intended to guarantee every citizen an unfettered right to any kind of weapon he or she desires.“ Conservative Supreme Court Chief Justice Judge Warren Burger

[@clydecmcelroy4638]

Absolutely agree. But the squeaky wheel gets the grease in the extremists on both sides are the loudest.

[@douglasreagan4979]

The Democrat’s strategy to destroy America is pretty simple: Take it, Break it, Then Remake it!

[@OGdadpool]

His political donations are proof enough. He donates across party lines. Used to be mainly democratic but has shifted a bit.

[@evatripp7788]

Many rich business tycoons donate to both parties.they hope to get what they want from either party. That's why we need campaign finance reform. Get rich people & corporations money out of our elections!!! Money is NOT FREE SPEECH, NOTHING FREE ABOUT MONEY. NO MATTER what our CORRUPT, FOOLISH SUPREME COURT RULED. NOT EVERYONE has money to buy elections. Everyone ( MOST EVERYONE 98%) has some way of communicating their opinion thus making everyone equal as it should be in a DEMOCRACY!!! OUR supreme court is either bought or STUPID & doesn't understand the meaning of DEMOCRACY & EQUALITY!!!!

[@ashguy4268]

My favourite bit of this was his expression when he came back from the cut away. He was so happy with it.

[@spiritseeker9531]

I think Musk cares about what will make him richer, no morals or ethic need matter.

[@Alyssa320]

How does helping Ukraine make him richer?

[@spiritseeker9531]

@@Alyssa320 great PR for someone who has done some nasty things. Ie. Read up on what he did in Bolivia

[@vladtheinhaler8940]

@@spiritseeker9531 I saw he made a ridiculous tweet, how is that so terrible?

[@stephenburning9452]

I'm Stephen from Missouri and you

[@jacc5844]

LOL the media is so butt hurt by this billionaire 🤣

[@schweik2145]

When your choices are between authoritarianism or democracy, I don’t think that you should be so proud of being in the middle. Pick democracy. Fight against the right. Fight against Republicans. Not because you favor or are biased toward the left, but because you support democracy. When people protested against white supremacists in Charlottesville, that protest did not make them far left, it just made them decent human beings.

[@theresgoldinthesecomments4067]

You all have harassed people who do not think like you.

[@ryblack5032]

ALWAYS VOTE RED!❤❤❤

[@chrissdevano]

Cant believe Americans often refer to their country as the pinnacle of democracy when their entire government consists of a single left party and a single right party

[@lk3309]

Yeah I've never voted party line. I usually votte libertarian since it's closet to what I believe. There should be 4 or 5 parties to make corruption less likely.

[@larrysmac]

@@lk3309 HAHAHA...Libertarian is just code for anarchists.

[@ogathingo8885]

Every citizens should think independently , vote for the candidates , who has policies that is good for the common good, who protects the constitution and not to a party that follows blindly it’s leader like in the cultish system….

[@user-nf9gm8gs6d]

America, soon you will be turned off gas, electricity, oil, logistics and Internet))) And we will open the border with Mexico))) That's when you bitches think about who you're messing with. There will be the United States of Russia))

[@keithhoss4990]

Absolutely 👍👏

[@ninianstorm6494]

@@keithhoss4990 obama and Smith-Mundt Act in 2012/2013 which legalized propaganda by US government to be used ON the US people jan 6 is false flag to frame trump for break glass similar to ukraine coup 2014 to oust current president by cia shoot at both guards/protesters or hide among protesters to shoot at guards kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGrVn6KbZp2kadU 1. wesley clark reveal 2000 to 2012 all rig for kill iraq to syria kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZ7Ve4V-rMeJfZo 2.dnc kill 50 in vegas/portland, thugs attack with stand down cops san jose/charlotte, burn loot several months, sabotage afgan withdraw using russia bounty smear to give taliban equip kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6nSfWuqfbiUbck there is selective outrage from cia/media similar to ukraine 8 years bombing cuban missile crisis 2.0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/laGqnHmDndRpedE kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2aZZ6Ofm8mhi5Y kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4rQdKePgapsoZI usa lied about sending troops to fight isis enter syria, then it change to assad must go, they had turkey kill kurds so pelosi can stay in syria everyone remember nbc threaten follow jury with later to use thought police thugs? they gave protest t- shirts to san quan mayor puerto rico to lie about never receive hurricane maria aid destroy cali prop187 and create daca=south america stay cheaper than normal for outsource by throw away portion of their population for usa to take care of. arrest all that hate withdraw from syria because they rig 2000 to 2012 kill iraq-syria but shameless blame russia! only then can we give all medicare, lower living cost inflation, wage regain value

[@88badstang]

Look what orange man bad syndrom got us.

[@Shadowx157]

Say this speech to the morons on the deep right, that'll no matter the circumstance, policy, or persons will always vote Republican even if it's for a dictator..

[@clairemercer3099]

Since when does giving your workers decent pay and hours far left? Didn't Elon Musk just buy a super yacht?

[@vladtheinhaler8940]

Simple minded take

[@piccalillipit9211]

I dont think he did?

[@citiremedia1824]

Not to mention his workers’ filings of discrimination against Tesla... He needs to pay more attention to that😒

[@WinstonSmith24]

His employees can all just pee in bottles like the owner of Amazon and the Washington Posts employees have to.

[@thecosmicsnail]

You are thinking of Jeff Bozos 🤡. Musk owns a house that he rents out for special occasions. He actually doesn't have many personal belongings except SpaceX...lol. He had a tiny home 800sq ft at one of his factories he lived in. However, during the make or break period of Tesla he often slept on the factory floor. Material things don't matter to him. Saving the human race does.

[@Ohreallybro95]

I know smerconish is not a prime time host but this guy is the most reasonable articulate person at CNN.

[@userjoe4321]

CNN needs to employ more commentators like this man - fair and balanced. Refreshing.

[@uf9309]

CNN has a new target

[@BillySBC]

Didn't help that the fool put a target on his own back with a sign below it that says "Kick Me!".

[@dman2765]

Ppl are angry about this purchase because the media don’t want ppl to speak freely and question what is being said, but it was fine as long as you can block and cancel anyone who they disagree with, damn shame

[@keithhoss4990]

👍

[@californiavolcano9676]

Not a musk fan but when I took my poli-sci classes, I learned that the political scale is a circle - the extremes of both parties ends up in totalitarian government regardless of the economic system. The middle ends up with a strong middle class and a wealthier society. Seem both sides are necessary to prevent inevitable destruction of freedom if one party gets too strong. Bernie and Ted are more alike than either would wish to to admit.

[@1flash3571]

Sorry to say that Center DOES not necessarily make a STRONG society.

[@jeffperteet2327]

Saying the far left has moved would hold some water, if they had legislation to point to. He's attacking the easy target, and letting the ones with responsibility off with just a "no fan of the far right".....there's no center because the hardest right has used fear and actual legislative power to pull the center, not the other way around. So he has no point

[@desertdragon2397]

The best thing I did for tuning out the insanity was signing off Twitter forever. Knock yourself out Musk.

[@crystco8088]

You won’t be missed 😊.

[@rickc2078]

Me too, Musk should get into one of his rockets and go.

[@user-xz7hx2yc1m]

You can never afford a Tesla Model S, can You?

[@telo6739]

Exactly, we will truly miss you LOL

[@MyName-pl7zn]

@@crystco8088 like trump. Lol

[@sphhyn]

From a my (European) point of view the political landscape in the US has shifted drastically towards the right in the last 20 years. What they call left in hardly centre in my opinion. Although I myself have certainly become more conservative as I got older.

[@vladtheinhaler8940]

It actually hasn't.

[@sphhyn]

@@vladtheinhaler8940 Russian bot?

[@sebcw1204]

You're absolutely right. Part of that shift is the normalizing of far right positions such as trans hatred and growing antipathy towards the scientific consensus. Those on the right are so blind to the shift that they perceive anything not in lockstep with their ideologies as being "radical leftism"

[@Tezorus]

I think you're right. Just comparing the Bush era conservative with the Trump ones show an insane shift toward right and extremism. It doesn't mean that the same didn't occurs to the us left but it is way less sever in my opinion. I mean Bernie was already there and hasn't change most of his views for the past 20 years. And the whole "woke" thing is use by both sides to fuel their own extremism but is really way less influencial than what they say.

[@vladtheinhaler8940]

@@sphhyn Is that the automatic response to anyone who disagrees with you?

[@joseph6929]

Wow, cnn actually being reasonable

[@Someone-wh8hi]

Your left is actually pretty right ...

[@davidmackenzie681]

CNN is gonna come for Elon like if he’s Trump or something

[@Asynthetic]

I like how Elon trolls everyone.

[@BigBoogookie]

Why?

[@davidguelette7036]

Musk is an attention junkie.Kind of reminds me of someone else.

[@gf5617]

Yes but he "takes the piss"

[@Gus-op5ff]

Who is he trolling?

[@kukulroukul4698]

@@davidguelette7036 we are BORN ''junkies'' ! You wouldnt FUNCTION without stimulants

[@marktoettrupdk]

Elon Musk cancels the fermi paradox and saves us from ourselves

[@jameswalters3571]

Love how CNN is so boomer it doesn't even know to call it a meme

[@shaunkellison1761]

He did it in Stick Figure cartoons because He’s trying to keep it simple for CNN to be able to understand. Looks like he didn’t go far enough unfortunately

[@KrisKYL]

You think you did something, huh?

[@wokechoke6845]

@@KrisKYL - They got you to respond.

[@chancock4222]

Elon: "if you can show me the math as to how you can end world hunger with X billion dollars I will liquidate stock and give you that money." Done. Here's how it will work. Elon: "Meh...I'm gonna buy Twitter instead". Yeah dude, we remember that.

[@chrisbammer4946]

They never gave him the plan to end world hunger. They gave him a plan. That only fed 145 million people and only for one year.

[@cosmicsatan7116]

Lol you poor souls

[@ninianstorm6494]

@bill blow are you aware there is a scheme to help rich/china get cheaper than normal investment? first ukraine coup 2014 to install hunter biden=united fruit company 2.0 Guatemala then have ukraine declare join nato/do shady bombing donbas=Cuban missile crisis 2.0 2. then use refugee program abuse=toss away population for usa to take care of in order for ukraine stay lower inflation/living cost than normal 3. same with destroy iraq=dump iraq population to europe in order for iraq stay cheaper than normal for Halliburton investment 4. destroy cali prop187 and create daca=south america stay cheaper than normal for outsource by throw away portion of their population for usa to take care of. all of these 3 examples killed value of minimum wage when wesley clark said 7 countries 5 years=12, so 2 term each between bush obama play bad good cop kill iraq to syria kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZ7Ve4V-rMeJfZo

[@crystco8088]

You know you can become a billionaire and end world hunger, right? No one will dictate what you do with your own money.

[@tomstamford6837]

Oh but the fanboys neatly ignore that. He is like that person you don't like, no one likes, but always says, "If you ever need anything just call me, I'l be there." Because they know they will never be called upon, but puff their egos and make themselves sound humble and generous as they offered. Oh speaking of remember, remember he was palling around with Jeffrey Epstein and was quick to call someone who really did something to help others, a pedophile, when his idiotic 'offer' to help backfired and was told to go away, thus getting the hump over it.

[@rodiculous9464]

I think part of the problem, is no extremists think they're extremists

[@acedia4453]

Elon Musk said he is buying Dominion next and incorporate that technology to Tesla. He can make 100 cars a day and 60 more will show up over night.

[@trentnichols3661]

Elon didn’t change views. The “me” stick figure is in the same place. The lines moved

[@user-nf9gm8gs6d]

America, soon you will be turned off gas, electricity, oil, logistics and Internet))) And we will open the border with Mexico))) That's when you bitches think about who you're messing with. There will be the United States of Russia))

[@TheMajortanner]

John McCain to J6. Why hasn't the right moved on the silly cartoon?

[@ecurewitz]

In reality the right moved much further to the right, while the left also moved a bit to the right as well

[@eby2257]

@@TheMajortanner The right hasn't changed. The left has gotten more wacko over time.

[@studiohq]

@@ecurewitz Na the left is big ticket so it hasn't really moved mush at all

[@obamanyoutubetookmychannel3560]

Twitter laughable, i can careless about Twitter i don't have one, remember when Elon Musk manipulated the bitcoins?

[@dannychong7842]

UN CHIEF IN UKRAINE? Iraq war don't count cos it happen in the 90's even UN cheated the whole world on who have mass destruction weapon? (Other refer to the topic about meaning of love in my video since 8th Feeling is a science theory in book of and don't forget Alan Walker cos Dajjal did not come alone) Tuyhry

[@MajorAnthonyNelson]

No…. But I remember when Joe sold out America in Ukraine for his crack addict son to get $83,000 per month with the most corrupt gas company in the country with zero experience. But nothing to see you there right ? What if it had been Don Junior? You leftys attitudes would change quickly

[@clydecmcelroy4638]

The bitcoins? Really? Do you mean cryptocurrency? Bitcoin is only one. There are thousands.

[@douglasreagan4979]

Why are liberals afraid of him? Im more afraid of the Biden "Ministry of Truth".

[@fixthesegames6303]

Yeah you hated him then too

[@DannyPoet]

You have not mentioned one policy.. how is this actual news & not just a celebrity gosip culture mag.

[@Chopperdoll]

Love Elon Musk ❤️

[@theprogressiveprimary9864]

Far leftism to Elon Musk (and probably also Smerconish) is Medicare for All/single-payer healthcare, strong unions, free college, and a $15 minimum wage. In my country, Denmark, we have had government healthcare for everyone as long as anyone can remember. We have strong unions, which also means we have a high minimum wage (approximately $20). We have not only free college, but free college with student grants of around $800-900 per month. This highly contributes to Denmark having one of the worlds most wel-educated populations, and a thriving economy, in spite of being with few natural resources. But we don't have people with wealth like Elon Musk, fortunately. The net worth of Elon Musk is equivalent to the national budget of Denmark, a country with almost 6 million people. This really tells a story of how one person can hold enormous sums of wealth and potential hostage for millions of Americans, because Elon Musk almost pays no taxes. And the consequence among many others is the hundreds of thousands of homeless or near-homeless people all over the U.S., struggling with healthcare bills, student loan debt etc. What a waste of potential of the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.

[@swimminginthoughts]

Your country sounds terrible.

[@captainwin6333]

Musk isn't the centre of any politcal landscape I recognise. He's filthy rich and avoids taxes while so many of his fellow countrymen and women suffer. There's nothing to be admired about that.

[@johburale4991]

I agree with you, the right wing Republicans party gives cooperate welfare to the rich and bilioniors.

[@alumpyhorse]

Well put. I live in the Netherlands and Democrats in America = center right in NL. I wish we could duplicate Katie Porter, Stacy Adams,other key players that are knocking it out of the park. And get stuff done. One can dream

[@HawaiiTalks]

Let's be real. Your country is absolutely miniscule and by that, extremely less complicated. You are trying to compare apples to oranges here.

[@adamsaunders3413]

I don't care what musk thinks, Oligarchs shouldn't have so much influence either way. Its not just Russia that has an Oligarch system at the expense of everyone else in society. Too much wealth in too few hands has never been good for any civilisation.

[@rickc2078]

You care, you're here.

[@adamsaunders3413]

@@rickc2078 im just checking to see if he has been anointed president yet.

[@rickc2078]

@Vintage Bollinger Business Oligarch = Wealthy and influential business man. There are several types.

[@adamsaunders3413]

I bow to ur superiority . u must be a yank

[@pc4mlc451]

Such an accurate cartoon. What's more funny is his complete burn on AOC. That was absolutely golden 🤣

[@vertigo2894]

No it's not, the right has gotten way more right

[@pc4mlc451]

@@vertigo2894 Absolutely incorrect. It's not the right that has gotten more authoritarian through cancel-culture and sick mob mentalities. It's the left. You guys don't even make any sense anymore.

[@pc4mlc451]

@@vertigo2894 Example: 20 years ago both Liberals and Republicans could easily define what a "woman" is. Now it's just Republicans.

[@vertigo2894]

@@pc4mlc451 LOL Oh here we go. So the right essentially trying to overturn a democratic election is not extreme enough for you? What do they need to do for them to be extreme, round up people and put them in concentration camps? You creatures are so absurd, so friggin absurd it hurts the soul. What is "cancel culture"? You mean Republicans cancelling Liz Cheney? You mean when Trump is trying to cancel thje Senator from Alaska? Maybe you mean when people are literaly attacking Republicans in airports and on the streets for being against Trump? What you things mean by cancel culture is public reaction to your behaviour. No government or any other entity can shield you from judgement by your peers. That's a part of life an social medial simply made us more connected so we see what others are doing more. I have no idea why rejecting someone is deserving of any less support than accepting someone. The right to be an as____le is no less important than the right to reject the as---loe provided its within the confines of the law. I have no idea why this is even in contention. You want to force private entities to give you a platform against their will? Everyone rejects people and things they dont agree with, its human nature. Elon Musk called a man a "pedophile" because the man told him the truth about hsi submarine being the wrong size for a mission, Elon wanted attention for the mission. He also cancelled a customers Tesla order cause he criticised Tesla lol You poor ignorant fools.

[@vertigo2894]

@@pc4mlc451 So? How does that make the right not any more right wing? The right has gotten more right wing.

[@itsjustcharlie9810]

Wow, normally I’m one to avoid CNN but this was an actual good report.

[@DeltaTango2024]

Was it tho? Over elons meme? I do like how smerconish is a proud moderate tho. That typically gets you called a fascist

[@jozigalm8159]

im shocked lol. every other lefty piece is screaming Hitler at Musk.

[@travishart2721]

@@DeltaTango2024 i listened to the whole video and he actually agrees with his Elons stand even praising him for always changing his political attitude as it shows experience growth

[@douglascutler1037]

My version of the cartoon would be this: The liberal runs to the left but the conservative also runs to the right leaving the centrist in the middle stretched thin in some kind of weird sci-fi reality warp.

[@NPClownumber81googolplex]

How did the conservative run more right?

[@blakethegreatone2058]

The right didn't move in the cartoon. Only the left. The left stretched everything that former Democrat views are viewed as right wing.

[@douglascutler1037]

@@NPClownumber81googolplex "How did the conservative run more right?" Well, maybe not run but at least a few more paces towards the authoritarian precipice . . .

[@MrMatt531]

Conservatives have actually moved more to the left now. For instance, being pro gay marriage is much more mainstream on the right than 10 years ago

[@medexamtoolscom]

Oh, are you so unobservant as to think the conservatives are more extreme now than in the George W. Bush era? My version would be this: The liberal zooms to the left on a motorcycle, while the conservative walks to the left. The conservatives have grown up since then a bit. Back then they were trying to put creationism into the science class for crying out loud.

[@douglashagedorn7717]

I've been an independent since I've first registered to vote. And I've moved from not voting Republican to I'm not GD ignorant enough to vote for a seditionist/republican.

[@chasthanhburns123]

So you developed brain damage along the way?

[@jaysonoweh2227]

Bot accounts

[@Jomzi01]

Don't think your vote matters

[@douglashagedorn7717]

@@Jomzi01 the first two specific words that you've chosen definitely describes you to a T

[@Jomzi01]

@@douglashagedorn7717 why is that? Have you downloaded the evidence from the AZ audit? Oh you don't know about that huh?

[@AMCastillo95]

This is the best CNN commentary I’ve seen in a long time

[@susanrosegale6646]

What we really need is ranked voting and more parties.

[@schweik2145]

Smerconish, why is it important to be in the ‘center’ of the left and right? Why do you think that’s important? Why not let your ‘center’ be correct principals, like honesty, decency, and shame? Who cares about where someone rates you on a left or right scale? There is also something else very important that you are missing. I assume you are defining ‘right’ and ‘left’ based on alignment with certain ideologies, but that’s not the world we live in anymore. There was a time when people with right and left leaning ideologies could get together and debate topics, but they would both be operating from some minimal base of basic honesty and decency, and they would have the discussion in good faith. I’m not a member of either party, and I don’t align myself with any left or right wing group, but it’s hard not to recognize that the right has devolved to a point that they are overtly and fundamentally dishonest, and grossly lacking in decency and shame. They do not act in good faith. They instead try to manufacture fear and outrage for their own personal benefit. Indecency seems to be the point for most of what they do and say. How is it that you can ignore this? I can remember a time when I worried about Muslim terrorists, and how they were radicalized in mosques. Now we have a much larger and more dangerous group of extremists on the far right that have been radicalized on social media, and by Fox news and similar propaganda outlets that only minimally pretend to be actual news. The difference is, that while terrorists or hostile foreign goverments may threaten life and property, they would never threaten our democracy. The Republican party however, absolutely is threatening our democracy. I won’t bother citing all the examples, but if we get election officials and legislators who will not act in good faith in carrying out their duties, it’s game over for democracy the United States of America. We will become like Russia with Putin. Ruled by a corrupt and immoral minority, who ignore and subvert fair election results. There is no group on the left who is threatening this.

[@athlonz2007]

Nobody needs shame tho, decency however...

[@schweik2145]

@@athlonz2007 none of us are perfect, so if you’re honest and if you’re decent, you will necessarily feel shame. That in turn will help you to be more decent. It’s the circle of life. The antelope eats the grass. The lion eats the antelope. Yada yada yada.

[@ivosanchez3431]

​@@schweik2145 Smerconish would never acknowledge any of your points, which to most of us are clearly accurate, He's anchored in the pre-trump right, and totally biased, thats why he's so keen on demonstrating he's neutral.

[@alisonmadden6471]

Amen

[@gulliblegreedyignorantindi1427]

Well said. Totally on point. Wish I could be so we'll spoken.

[@videoettaceo8900]

Yeah. Biden is really extreme 🤣🙄

[@zoobrizz]

Hilarious. He’s just lost 🤡

[@vladtheinhaler8940]

Extremely deficient in cognitive abilities.

[@sundager8735]

A meme, your that scared and upset over a meme, the antibodies reaction to free speech tells a lot

[@ilovepinkroses5167]

He's got to break it down to the simple minded people who watch #CNN