THE EMERGING RIGHT-WING CONSENSUS: ELON MUSK IS A RINO

You probably assume that right-wingers are thrilled by Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter. I certainly thought they were. But apparently not anymore.

Here's Breitbart, reporting news that previously appeared in the New York Post:

Elon Musk is standing by Yoel Roth as Twitter’s “Head of Safety & Integrity,” a notoriously left-wing employee with a history of fiery political tweets who previously equated members of the Trump administration with Nazis.

The Breitbart story reproduces this exchange between Musk and Liz Wheeler, a right-wing podcaster:

We’ve all made some questionable tweets, me more than most, but I want to be clear that I support Yoel. My sense is that he has high integrity, and we are all entitled to our political beliefs.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 31, 2022

Here's what's upsetting Wheeler:

Yes, that person in the pink hat is clearly a bigger threat to your brand of feminism than ACTUAL NAZIS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

— Yoel Roth (@yoyoel) January 22, 2017

Mr. Pizzagate, Jack Posobiec, is angry, too:

Every member of this group of 'divergent views' called for Trump to be censored while he was the sitting President of the United States https://t.co/vcOGZ9NZUV

— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) November 2, 2022

Also upset is the right-wing influencer Catturd, who became famous for being repeatedly retweeted by Donald Trump early in 2020:

LOL - @elonmusk should just go ahead and put Rob Reiner, Hunter Biden, Barack Obama, Elizabeth Warren, Bette Midler, and Cher on the new Twitter moderation council ... They're actual to the right of the far left lunatics he's considering. I was 100% wrong - nothing's changing.

— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) November 2, 2022

I admit when I'm wrong and I was 100% wrong about @elonmusk changing Twitter.

The new Twitter moderation council is just a bunch of far left fanatic groups who were never targeted here.

No average Joes, no real Conservatives, no one to represent the PEOPLE ACTUALLY TARGETED!

— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) November 2, 2022

Catturd also thinks Twitter is repressing his tweety brilliance:

They’re doing the algorithms on me again - 😂 they have Elon duped - being little ass kissers in front of him then doing the exact same censoring when he’s not looking.

This is why nothing changes unless you take out the trash.

— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) November 2, 2022

Musk may actually try to mollify advertisers by putting some effort into keeping Twitter bearable for people who aren't right-wing trolls, predators, and shitposters. But to his conservative fan base, that won't be acceptable. He's supposed to turn Twitter into 8chan with Gab overtones.

The right doesn't want free speech. The right wants complete dominance of the culture. If Musk can't give right-wingers that, they'll conclude that he's a RINO -- or a Democrat.