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You have a very skewed view of who’s buying the F150 and who they’re selling the Lightning to.


No I have a very very correct view of who is buying both the F150 and the Lightning...


Sorry but all you say in you post is a bunch of baseless personal assertions pushing a specific personal political take that has no substance or credibility.

The Ford F150 is no niche product. It's the most popular car in all US states except in 5 or 6 states. According to some sources , "the vast majority of these new trucks are [sold] in large and medium-sized cities."

https://hedgescompany.com/blog/2018/10/pickup-truck-owner-de...

So unless you want to claim that white males living in large urban centers from all corners o the US are not Twitter's demographics, your view is baseless and completely detached from reality.

But be my guest and point out the best source you used to source your claim.

And lastly:

https://marketing.twitter.com/en/success-stories/ford-f150-l...

Hard to explain, isn't it?


>>So unless you want to claim that white males living in large urban centers from all corners o the US are not Twitter's demographics

That is not my claim at all, my claim is the people that are freaking out about Elon owning twitter, that are freaking out about having a more free speech platform, that are freaking out that conservatives views will not be instantly banned by twitter "trust and safety" are not white males living in or buying trucks in Medium to Large cities in largely fly over country outside of Coastal West, and Coastal North East states which seems to be where most of the people freaking out are based from.

Ford suspending ads on twitter is doing a disservice to ford, to appease people that were never going to buy a F150 in the first place. The twitter users Ford is targeting either does not care, or supports Elon's changes.

>>It's the most popular car in all US states except in 5 or 6 states.

Yes, and what states are those?? All blue states, and specifically Silicon Valley.

>>"the vast majority of these new trucks are [sold] in large and medium-sized cities."

I dont think that is the "gotcha" you think it is... There are plenty of Medium and even large cities in "fly over" country, further most dealers in large and medium sized cities so even if you do not live in one, or plan on using your truck in one, chances are you are traveling to a Large or medium sized city to buy the thing.

I currently live in a Medium sized city, but my truck was bought in a large city (the 3rd largest city in my state) and my previous truck was bought in the state capital even though I lived in a town of 1500 people at the time... The dealer I bought it from was a 4 hour drive away.


> conservatives views will not be instantly banned by twitter

I see assertions like this a lot. Please show me the person who has been banned from Twitter for advocating for lower taxes or social benefit cuts. Or even, if you want to stretch the definition of “conservatives views”, gun rights and climate denial.


>>Please show me the person who has been banned from Twitter for advocating for lower taxes or social benefit cuts.

That would be republican public policy views, not conservative views. They are different things.

Conservative views are less about the economy and more about culture, family, traditional gender roles, faith, etc.

There are all kinds of examples of that being banned espically since TOS is written for a progressive or left world view

Remember the banning of Babylon Bee for satirically misgendering a trans high profile public offical was the catalyst that started Elon talking about buying twitter in the first place




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