Kathy Griffin wasn’t that upset when Elon Musk suspended her from Twitter as she believes the platform was getting too hateful since his takeover. The comic wrote a bit for Newsweek and mentioned she appears like “we’re dwelling in an invasion of the physique snatchers” proper now amid the rise of antisemitism on this “Hitler 2.0” period.
“I used to be planning to go away Twitter after the midterms as a result of it had simply gotten too ‘Musk-y,'” Griffin defined.
“Then, on November 6, Elon Musk suspended me from Twitter for impersonating him ― I modified my account identify to Elon Musk and tweeted pro-choice feedback and ‘#VoteBlueToProtectWomen.’ Sufficient folks clearly thought it was actual,” she continued.
Musk mocked Griffin amid the drama and mentioned she was “suspended for impersonating a comic.”
“He then tweeted a ‘joke’ about me, earlier than deciding on November 18 that he would reinstate me with, await it, Jordan Peterson and Babylon Bee. He even name-checked Donald Trump in the identical tweet,” Griffin continued.
The Babylon Bee is a conservative satirical web site that was kicked off the platform in March for a transphobic tweet about U.S. Assistant Secretary for Well being Rachel Levine. Peterson, a controversial psychologist and creator, was beforehand banned. In the identical message, Musk introduced a choice had not but been made about Trump, however he later introduced the previous president can return to Twitter.
“Musk misspelled my identify, on function I assume. That does not hassle me, however please, Elon, do not put my identify within the firm of white supremacists like Trump,” Griffin wrote within the op-ed.
The previous My Life on the D-Listing star mentioned she has been making an attempt out completely different social media apps like Put up and TikTok in latest weeks.
“I used to be shamefully hooked on Twitter, it was arduous for me to not maintain checking it. However I do really feel saddened, as a result of no matter this ‘Hitler 2.0’ state of affairs that I really feel right here we’re coping with, it is so pervasive,” she added.
“One of many causes I stayed on Twitter is that I do know lots of the oldsters adopted me for the enjoyable popular culture stuff. So I could not assist however throw in, ‘Let’s have a look at if we are able to vote for Stacey Abrams, my pals in Georgia,'” Griffin continued. “However I do really feel like we’re dwelling in an invasion of the physique snatchers over right here. It is nuts.”
Griffin went on to say she’s been disheartened by how feminine pals and #MeToo figures, Amber Heard, Monica Lewinsky and Mia Farrow, have been handled on-line… though Musk’s Twitter takeover cannot be blamed in these cases. The comic believes “there was a lot misunderstanding round their conditions.”
“I do not love that no one actually ever apologized to Mia. Folks form of apologized to Monica. However Amber is a buddy of mine and I very, very a lot imagine her,” Griffin wrote. “What I noticed with that state of affairs made me really feel so discouraged.”
Musk hasn’t responded to Griffin’s op-ed.
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