“ADL Has Tried Very Hard to Strangle X/Twitter”: Elon Musk Responds to #BanTheADL

Twitter/X owner Elon Musk expressed sympathies towards the viral #BanTheADL campaign on Friday, lamenting how the Anti-Defamation League “has tried very hard to strangle X/Twitter.”

“As soon as @ElonMusk took over Twitter, the ADL got to work ensuring his promise of a free speech site would not come to fruition,” Irish nationalist Keith Woods said on Twitter. “They even warned that Twitter was now “on deathwatch”. Why do these people get to threaten and extort social media companies like this? #BanTheADL.”

“ADL has tried very hard to strangle X/Twitter,” Musk responded.

ADL has tried very hard to strangle X/Twitter

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 1, 2023

Musk also “liked” two tweets from Woods calling for him to ban the ADL.

Elon Musk likes my call to #BanTheADL

The people have spoken, we want free speech! pic.twitter.com/mM8ukjWEC8

— Keith Woods (@KeithWoodsYT) September 1, 2023

Less than 24 hours after I called on @elonmusk to #BanTheADL, over 100 thousand posts have been made by X users in support of the initiative.

We do not want hateful organisations like the ADL to control the public square any longer! Ban the ADL! https://t.co/5RKiprPjjN pic.twitter.com/XvLsCIH4jl

— Keith Woods (@KeithWoodsYT) September 1, 2023

The ADL pushed to ban Trump from Twitter because he opposed warmongers, Globlolists and Communists #BanTheADL pic.twitter.com/FT4z1J5zdS

— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) September 1, 2023

#BanTheADL has been a top trending topic for over 24 hours now, even though the biggest conservative “influencers” are avoiding it like the plague.

#BanTheADL has been trending for several hours, but none of these big Twitter accounts have even acknowledged it, much less tweeted it.

Why do you think that is? 🤔

(Not an exhaustive list, please post any other accounts not tweeting about this below–for future reference) https://t.co/kNBtOpceN2 pic.twitter.com/IaeZ2VdSc5

— Sam Parker 🇺🇲 (@SamParkerSenate) September 1, 2023

Why are “free speech” advocates like Jordan Peterson, Candace Owens, Charlie Kirk, Jack Poso, Joe Rogan…refusing to join the movement #BanTheADL? pic.twitter.com/JR8rIDDxXs

— Dr. Ricardo Duchesne (@dr_duchesne) September 1, 2023

Jack Posobiec did eventually join in on the hashtag:

#BanTheADL https://t.co/AbNE9KFD8Q

— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) September 1, 2023

Nice to finally see a large conservative account have the balls to jump in help me stand up to these tyrants #BanTheADL https://t.co/cML0eus0hI

— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) September 1, 2023

Charlie Kirk also expressed some support for the campaign on Friday afternoon after being bullied into it but deleted his first tweet out of fear of retaliation:

Charlie Kirk removes his initial post that was stating similar things, but also included the term “anti-white hate.”

He knows who his masters are, even if he is willing to project an appearance of defiance at times.

Call it what it is, the ADL is anti-white. #BanTheADL https://t.co/zsDwUbZHVx pic.twitter.com/ZIYnqOFtsz

— Jean-François Gariépy 🧬 (@JFGariepy) September 1, 2023

Why does a lobbying group for a foreign power get to dictate what Americans are and are not allowed to say on social media?

Quite simply, it’s because they do have immense power — which they wield like mobsters.

Did you know the ADL threatened the sovereign country of Iceland, implying that if they banned circumcision, they would destroy their tourist-based economy by labeling them anti-Semitic.

If the ADL won’t let the people of a foreign country express their will, what makes you… pic.twitter.com/1pA2sZwqIb

— Lucas Gage (@Lucas_Gage_) August 31, 2023

#breaking #BreakingNews
ADL LEADER GREENBLATT ON YE:

“IF WE DON’T GET HIM…THE MYTH SPREADS” pic.twitter.com/1QJb2r12uo

— We Got It (@WeGotIt2k) December 10, 2022

As I reported this morning, the ADL’s allies — Merrick Garland at the DOJ and Gary Gensler at the SEC — are actively threatening Musk with additional lawsuits to destroy his businesses in what can only been seen as a proxy war against him for not bowing before them.

This situation is completely untenable and is only allowed to continue due to conservative cowardice.