CLAY: We’re talking about the Libs of TikTok account and the fact that they’re trying to cancel it at the Washington Post. Well, this is just part of the larger embrace of cancel culture that has all been connected to Elon Musk’s attempt to buy Twitter. Brian Stelter — who, by the way, is reportedly on his way out, Buck, have you heard this? He’s close to losing his show at CNN.

BUCK: (impression) “That’s impossible. He’s an Adonis. No way!”

CLAY: Brian Stelter is concerned that if Elon Musk were to get Twitter, then, man, things would really turn into a gutter-like situation. Here is the man who is soon to lose his job, reportedly, and also a part of CNN+, which is close to being shut down. Maybe talk about that a little bit more. But here’s Brian Stelter.

Stelter later argues that Elon’s desire for a Twitter that respects free speech would turn it into a “gutter” of filth.
“People don’t play in the gutter! Most people don’t want to send their kids to play in the gutter,” he exclaimed, defending arbitrary bannings. pic.twitter.com/wmlq6LNfWJ

— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) April 18, 2022

BUCK: They’re living in an alternate reality here, Clay, where — and there was a joke on SNL over the weekend. I’m not even gonna repeat what the job was but you probably saw it, about, “Oh, this is just so right-wing people can say a word they’re not allowed to say or whatever on Twitter.” We can’t say that a man is not a woman, and a woman is not a man, folks, okay? This is what we’re actually fighting for on Twitter. It’s not so people can be so mean. They’re already really mean.

CLAY: It’s a mean place. But you know what? I actually think what cleans it up is allowing fair fights as opposed to banning people that are winning fights, which is what Twitter does if you’re remotely conservative.