Twitter: "Hellhole of hate"

Only Elon Musk can heal the hellhole of hate he’s created on Twitter

Joe Garofoli

Dec. 4, 2022

Twice in the past two weeks, leading conservative figures have launched anti-LGBTQ, antisemitic Twitter attacks against San Francisco state Sen. Scott Wiener, who is gay and Jewish.

Sane minds agree that Twitter is about to become even more of a dangerous, ill-monitored tinderbox of hate.

What they don’t agree on is what to do about it. Suspending the account of the former Kanye West — which Twitter CEO Elon Musk did Thursday for violating the social media platform’s prohibition against inciting violence — won’t end it. Ye is just the tip of the iceberg of hate.

Greene called him a “Communist groomer.” Charlie Kirk, president of the right-wing Turning Point USA, falsely accused Wiener of backing legislation that would release “thousands of pedophiles” from jail. 

Less than 24 hours later, someone left a death threat on Wiener’s office voice mail, which the legislator said repeated one of Kirk’s falsehoods.

“People like you won’t be able to walk down the street when light comes to the darkness that you’re f—ing, you piece of s—,” the caller threatened Wiener on the voicemail.