Private Placement

Keep off the path
Beware of the gate
Watch out for signs that say
'Hidden driveways'
--The B-52s

Leftists are in a quandary as they to preserve their speech controlled, safe space, status quo on Twitter (TWTR). By dissing Elon Musks buyout offer and, instead, developing a 'poison pill' to stave off hostile takeover, the company's board and management demonstrate that they are not running the company for shareholders. Instead, TWTR constitutes their play pen for social engineering and speech control.

Some progressives will be tempted to label Twitter a 'public utility' that is in need of government control and perhaps outright ownership. But they can't do that without running afoul of the Second Amendment. Heck, these pages have argued that Twitter's dependence on government resources already makes it a government-sponsored entity subject to 2A restrictions on censoring.

What progressives really need is someone from their camp who has deep pockets and is willing to outbid Musk to take TWTR private.