Friends of the Bee,
He’s the second richest man on Earth. He’s the man who will lead us to Mars. He’s a relentless advocate for online free speech.
He’s Elon Musk, and he’s... a fan of the Babylon Bee?
You bet he is. Elon knows what so many others have already discovered: The Babylon Bee is the internet’s home for only the finest satirical content.
But there’s more to it than that.
You see, as an advocate for free speech, Elon Musk also knows that the Bee has been the target of left-wing Big Tech bullying for years now. We have had our social accounts suspended, our content flagged, and even been threatened with shutdowns.
As we watched Twitter and Facebook ban Donald Trump for life, and then watched Amazon, Google, and Apple pull the plug on Parler, which was our largest source of social media traffic at the time, we knew that it could just as easily have been us.
The internet is quickly becoming a very different place, and one that is more hostile than ever to our freedom of speech and thought. But we can forge our own path in it -- together. I’m sending you this email to invite you to join the Babylon Bee as a subscriber, and to help us preserve a place online where humor, community, and free thought are upheld and cherished.
Left-run Big Tech companies are selectively enforcing their policies to silence political opposition on a grand scale. They're doing it blatantly, right out in the open. And they're doing it with impunity. It doesn't end with Trump and Parler—it begins with them.
Free speech advocates like Elon Musk know this. As an informed media consumer, I’m sure you do, too.
When we first launched our subscription service, the primary reason we gave for supporting us was to help us reduce our dependence on Big Tech. That hasn't changed. In fact, as Big Tech has become more tyrannical, the need for independent financial support has only increased.
Join with this growing community of free speech lovers, humorists, and at least one Mars-loving billionaire as we continue the fight to defend free expression from the left-wing censorship of Big Tech.
From our whole team, thank you for your loyal readership and support.
Copyright © 2020 Babylon Bee, All rights reserved. |