NEWS FLASH: The First Amendment only prevents the government from censoring you… it does not in any way prevent private citizens or companies from censoring you while on their property or while using websites they own. And that’s the way it should be.

Pretty sure you made a mistake when submitting your resume and the editors were so desperate to hire after the loss of talent. This is Jalopnik a car site, you were thinking Jacobin which is the socialist rag. Easy enough a mistake, you can apply here and move on. https://jacobinmag.com/contact

can’t believe how many fucking idiots think the first amendment applies to their tweets on a platform owned by a private company

Musk is only about free speech when it’s good for him. Otherwise it’s non-disclosure agreements and firings.

Ok, that’s one way to not get banned.

Bikes aren’t green. Yes, they are efficient, but they actually have far worse emissions than a passenger car. At least in most western countries that have pretty strict emission regulations on vehicles.

I mean....that’s 0.033% of the US population in terms of deaths, spread out over the next 28 years?!?! That might as well be nothing when you take into account statistical error. You have to scale this stuff, 13.4 million lost work days is 478,571 lost days every year over the next 28 years. Working population of the…

Is this car news?

Might indicate that it has been some time since these people actually collected a paycheck.  Funny but I remember seeing online comments at various times during BLM protests stating that people who had real jobs and were actually earning a living didn't have time to protest.  Maybe they were on to something.

Oh, they’re totally truckers, just the kind that are surprised by heavy traffic, complain about driving 2 whole hours, need a convenient bathroom, can just stop working for several weeks straight, and with a few exceptions don’t actually drive semi trucks.

If you’ve heard any of them being interviewed, they actually believe that 90% of the US supports them.

They thought it through the same way the Jan 6 people did: with a literally messianic reverence for Trump and his capacity to “save” them.

I understand that ignorance is bliss, but do these idiots have any idea how much everyone else is laughing at them daily?

Once again, the radical right is not taking responsibility for their own actions. they blame others. What do they do when they are actually working? Can’t they go more than 2 hours without having to stop to take a whiz? Maybe they should have done that before they left Hagerstown Speedway or their hotel rooms. Like a…

Meh, middle aged white guys are allowed to point guns at cops with impunity.

Man date freedom? I didn’t know those truckers were all gay.

My favorite talking point of theirs is that fuel prices are too high and hurting them financially...while they drive around in circles all day, burning $5.00/gal diesel.

Maybe the issue is that the other stations are price gouging?

“OUR PRICES SO LOW OUR COMPETITORS ARE SUING US!”

Everyone loves a “free market” until it’s time to pay people more or lower prices