Elon Musk has undeniably changed social media forever, and this episode of the Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly dives deep into how! 🚀 Join the conversation as we explore the impact of Musk's acquisition of X and its role in unveiling truths hidden
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Liz Willis
One day that had 5,000 Haitian migrants underneath the bridge. All it takes is, like, one photo like that being released by Fox News for America to start being like, wait, is this actually a problem? But for the most part, they know exactly what to do to just keep it looking civil. And then they just don't have to answer to it. They don't have to go, well, they'll.
Unknown Speaker
Fluff all the numbers to make them look good. Right. They just got exposed for the crime numbers.
Liz Willis
Yes.
Unknown Speaker
That was crazy.
Liz Willis
That should be a crime.
Unknown Speaker
Okay, guys, here with Liz Willis. Thanks for coming on.
Liz Willis
Hi. Thanks for having me.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah. We're at the Heritage Foundation. It's been a fun event.
Liz Willis
It's been fun so far. And I get to meet people like you.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah. I'll say that a director of the I.C.E. was. I'll never forget that talk.
Liz Willis
Yeah, that was. That was deep. But he's a great man. I've heard him speak at a few rallies before and then online as well. But.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah, yeah, because people don't actually. Like some people. I mean, we're on media and stuff, but some people don't know what's actually going on at the border.
Liz Willis
No. And I can't imagine having to live through what he's done for the past 30 years. I mean, he talks about actually having to go and get, like, actual mental health as a grown man. You know, you don't hear that often. But to think of the heinous, horrendous things he's witnessed, it kind of. It paints a picture of the truth about what's going on there and how much the Biden administration's really been hiding from us.
Unknown Speaker
Right. Yeah. He's on the front lines, and he's saying the Biden administration's fully aware of it. That's the scary part to me, because there were, like, rumors of that. But when you hear that from someone that's actually there, that's pretty eye opening.
Liz Willis
Yeah, it's disturbing.
Unknown Speaker
Super disturbing. I mean, he said, under Trump, the border was the tightest it's ever been. Right.
Liz Willis
The tightest it's ever been. And then he was saying, you know, and you. You get statistics, you get numbers. They go back and forth. They're saying, oh, it's lower now. Well, it's lower right now because they are trying to process them and release them as fast as possible, because you think about what you actually see in the news, and that's exactly what the current admin is trying to avoid, which is that one day that had 5,000 Haitian migrants underneath the bridge. All it takes is, like, one photo like that being released by Fox News for America to start being like, wait, is this actually a problem? But for the most part, they know exactly what to do to just keep it looking civil.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah.
Liz Willis
And then they just don't have to answer to it. They don't have to go. Kamala's visited, what, maybe once to the southern border as the border star. So.
Unknown Speaker
Well, they'll fluff all the numbers to make them look good. Right. They just got exposed for the crime numbers.
Liz Willis
Yes.
Unknown Speaker
That was crazy.
Liz Willis
That should be a crime.
Unknown Speaker
That should be more that every news should be.
Liz Willis
Somebody should be arrested. And it is just so under the radar. I mean, they're like, oh, crime's not so bad. Our. And our economy is not so bad. All these things. It's not so bad. Well, not if you're lying about the data.
Unknown Speaker
If I didn't have control, I wouldn't have seen it.
Liz Willis
No. 100%, no. Same. I saw it on X. Yeah.
Unknown Speaker
Which is crazy. If Elon didn't buy X, think about how many things we wouldn't know.
Liz Willis
I could talk about that all day. I'm Elon's number one fan.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah. He honestly saved social media, in my opinion.
Liz Willis
Saved social media. He saved America. I think if we win this election and not to discredit anyone else that's worked hard in the campaign. That's worked hard. But by we, I mean the Trump campaign. A lot of thanks goes to Elon Musk and what he's doing.
Unknown Speaker
Shout out to Elon. And he's speaking in Pennsylvania.
Liz Willis
Pennsylvania. I saw earlier today he said he's scheduled for like six speeches, but he plans on doing 12. I love that. That's just him. That man, like, he gets up, he goes to work every day. He's a billionaire. He doesn't have to do that. But he's out there trying to save the country.
Unknown Speaker
That's just him caring. Because I can't remember any elections where non, like, political people were out there doing speeches like this.
Liz Willis
No billionaires like him.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah, billionaires.
Liz Willis
Dark maga, baby.
Unknown Speaker
And you see even all these liberal podcasts starting to have Trump on and, like, people changing their opinions in real time. Like the all in podcast we're getting.
Liz Willis
I think Joe Rogan soon.
Unknown Speaker
Rogan.
Liz Willis
Not that he's a liberal, but, you know, it's. He wasn't originally going to have him.
Unknown Speaker
On, so he had a very hard stance against him years ago. But I think the tide is changing. I think the truth is coming out.
Liz Willis
I Agree. And I think we've also just seen the worst, you know, as far as America goes. I know other countries have it a lot worse, but it's woke people up to what some of these liberal policies will actually do to you and your family, your safety, security, your pocketbook.
Unknown Speaker
So have you always been conservative?
Liz Willis
Yeah, I've always been conservative.
Unknown Speaker
I grew up liberal. That's why I asked a lot of people. Well, here's the thing. A lot of people that grew up liberal are now. Are now turning.
Liz Willis
There's a whole walkaway movement. I remember, like, learning about that in 2020. I definitely questioned my politics around 2020, and I was working in politics too, so. But I remember, I mean, I was like, really young, reading about George Bush for fun, so I had a problem then.
Unknown Speaker
Sounds fun.
Liz Willis
I know, I know. But, yeah, there's a lot of people turning. A lot of people that kind of woke up, especially with Biden, like, watching him literally decay on at the presidential debate.
Unknown Speaker
I shouldn't be laughing.
Liz Willis
I got text messages from my most liberal friends and they're like, I think I'm voting for Trump. Yeah, I like screenshot. I'm like, I never thought I would see this day.
Unknown Speaker
So pretty crazy, right? People in la, people in, like, liberal cities are saying that. Yeah, it's nuts. And the Kalshi odds, it's almost 60, 40 right now.
Liz Willis
Call Shields are crazy. I was talking about it on another podcast. I think it's super exciting that we actually even have a betting online betting platform like Call She. What they're doing is pretty unique for anyone that doesn't know, but you can actually bet, like, online with your own money legally in the United States on what you predict the outcome of the election to be. And it was like they just really started their election market, like maybe two weeks or something like that, give or take. And it was tied, like, it was pretty 50, 50 for the most part. And within the past few days, they've gotten massive amounts of money. I think I've seen like 100,000, $250,000. And these are singular bets that people are placing. And. And there's quite a it.
Unknown Speaker
I saw 62 today. I think it's back down to 60 right now. But every interview she goes on, it's getting worse.
Liz Willis
That makes sense.
Unknown Speaker
It's crazy.
Liz Willis
I just don't want people to get too comfortable, you know, when they see odds like that. But I think I. I hope I don't naive. I hope that, you know, that is the reality of this election and it's going to be interesting to see is an online prediction market, you know, as safe as watching like a traditional poll. How, how are those going to differ? Yeah, I wonder how to be more accurate.
Unknown Speaker
I wonder how it'll differ because I don't trust most polls.
Liz Willis
I'd say I don't either.
Unknown Speaker
I mean, you saw like the past few elections. Hillary Clinton was predicted to win by a lot and then Biden was predicted to win by 17.
Liz Willis
Trump had like no shot in 2016.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah.
Liz Willis
Boom. So that's, that's your traditional polls. But now we've got this and people are able to put their own money into this and I'm excited for it. I'm excited to see the outcome.
Unknown Speaker
Are you worried about election integrity?
Liz Willis
I am. I do have, I do have some concerns at election Integrity. And I know it's gone back and forth between, you know, since the 2020 election. I went to a lot of the hearings, even out in was Arizona. They had a lot of them. But I'm from Atlanta, Georgia, so Fulton county had its own mess of problems. We had boxes that were just unaccounted for that ballots that were pushed under tables. We had a water main breakdown at the Fulton county, which is the largest center for voting in Atlanta, Georgia. So for me to say there were no issues at all, I think, I think that's crap. I think there are a lot of issues. I know personally people that have stories. And then when I tried to vote in the midterms, actually, my ballot got rejected three times.
Unknown Speaker
What?
Liz Willis
Yeah. And they were like, I don't know what's wrong. And then finally they're just like, all right, it's good. You're good. I'm like, I don't, I don't feel like that was good.
Unknown Speaker
That's so weird. I mean, first of all, I can't believe they're doing mail ins again. You could easily rig those. Second of all, did you see the guy that went on PBD's podcast with the voting machine?
Liz Willis
No.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah, like a month ago he went on with a voting machine that you go and vote on and he easily just changed the answers.
Liz Willis
I mean, I don't believe that. Yeah, I went to Mike Lindell Cyber Symposium and we. There were actually two of them and he brought in experts from all around the world and they were able to hack and prove that it actually these systems can connect to wi Fi that you can access them, you know, without having to physically connect to them. And that those should not, that should be, that should not happen. And that was not supposed to happen. And they were just able to sign in and do what they wanted. Like, if you think that China or Russia, whatever, even, you know, whoever, if. If we can do it, like just random tech people in the US and you think other countries aren't trying to get into that, then I think you're the conspiracy theorist.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah, that worries me. Because with these swing states, like your state and my state, Nevada, you only need 10, 20, 30,000 votes.
Liz Willis
You're Nevada.
Unknown Speaker
Ye.
Liz Willis
That's so interesting.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah, we got a swing state. We voted Biden last election.
Liz Willis
Huh. I know. And I was out there campaigning really hard and I saw. Well, I worked for a news network, and so we covered all of the rallies and we would go. And I remember specifically Nevada, because there would be 20,000 people waiting in 100 degree heat just to go inside and see Trump. And they called it a purple state, but it didn't look purple to me. No, I mean, the massive amounts of Trump supporters out there. And then the elections came in and.
Unknown Speaker
I was like, I'll say this about Nevada being there. For four years, I've never met a Biden supporter or Kamala supporter. And I've met thousands of people there.
Liz Willis
Same. I just don't get it.
Unknown Speaker
So, yeah, maybe they're like on the outskirts, I don't know. But the people I deal with out there, no support for them.
Liz Willis
I hear you. I don't get it. That's why I still question 2020.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah, I mean, we should be. I mean, there's a lot of compelling evidence on it.
Liz Willis
Yeah.
Unknown Speaker
Like there's documentaries about it and people. No legal action was taken.
Liz Willis
So you agree? Do you think that.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah, I mean, this might go on YouTube, so I gotta be careful with what I say.
Liz Willis
But for YouTube, all you have to do is like, fact check me and be like, are you sure about that?
Unknown Speaker
So are you sure about that?
Liz Willis
See, we're good. Now, you. You followed the terms and conditions nice.
Unknown Speaker
But two years ago, you couldn't even say it at all. And the V word.
Liz Willis
I was gonna say that too.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah, I got a strike for that. I almost got my whole YouTube deleted.
Liz Willis
I actually did get.
Unknown Speaker
Oh, wow.
Liz Willis
An entire channel, A massive channel deleted.
Unknown Speaker
Damn. Just from the B word.
Liz Willis
Yeah. I was talking to Mike Lindell. He mentioned it, and then the whole channel got taken down. And it was awful. And everyone was like, Liz was trying to silence Mike Lindell. I was like, no, I was trying to save our network because I know these commies are going to take this video down and they did so crazy.
Unknown Speaker
Because you need three strikes on YouTube. So they just gave you all three at once?
Liz Willis
Yeah, I think so. I do know. I remember the three strike policy. I think we had, like, maybe there were music violations or something. Or maybe they just said this was a Covid thing. Immediate down. But I mean, eventually we waited like two weeks.
Unknown Speaker
You know, the crazy part is they're still doing it. So I saw James O'Keefe tweet this yesterday that if you talk negatively on Kamala, on Instagram or Facebook, it's automatically shadow band.
Liz Willis
I hate that.
Unknown Speaker
Isn't that crazy?
Liz Willis
I feel like MET is doing a little better. And I mean, I've seen Zuckerberg come out and like talk a little bit more free speech, a little bit more pro conservative. And I feel like I thought Meta was kind of moving in that direction, allowing conservatives. I know I have some friends there that actually have helped conservative creators, like get their accounts back up when they're like taken down.
Unknown Speaker
So I think there's individuals there that.
Liz Willis
Mean well, like unicorns.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah. But the people at the top are still, let's be honest, they got work to do. Yeah. The government has infiltrated a lot of these platforms. That's why X is amazing.
Liz Willis
Yeah.
Unknown Speaker
Because you won't get shadow banned there. You can tweet whatever you want.
Liz Willis
I mean, knock on wood.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah, knock on wood.
Liz Willis
But so far, so good. I actually got to meet a bunch of people from X first time ever. Because two years ago, pre Elon, they would have never come to anything, but X was at the rnc. Representatives at the RNC in the creator suite. I think they sponsored it for a day, actually, for the conservative content creators. And the team was amazing. They were so nice. They're like, if you need anything, let us know. I'm like, this is really nice.
Unknown Speaker
Well done, Elon. Turning that San Francisco based company into. Yeah. And that speaking of X, you posted on Access. This was hilarious.
Liz Willis
Scared.
Unknown Speaker
My city is full of low T men.
Liz Willis
I stand by that. Yep.
Unknown Speaker
Where are you at?
Liz Willis
Atlanta, Georgia.
Unknown Speaker
Really?
Liz Willis
So actually, yeah, I won't even get into the details of it, but it's very concerning, like the actual rate of amount of straight men in Atlanta. And you just, you really don't know. My friends and I play this game, it's called gay or straight and it's.
Unknown Speaker
That common out there.
Liz Willis
It's pretty bad.
Unknown Speaker
I didn't know that.
Liz Willis
It's pretty bad. Yeah.
Unknown Speaker
Holy crap. Atlanta. I thought that was full of, like, successful dudes.
Liz Willis
I did too. And I like, I'm shocked because I. It's something that they've been telling me just really over the past few months. I used to not go out much. My friends are trying to get me to go out and I'm like, oh, he's hot. They're like, you know he's gay. Right.
Unknown Speaker
I'm like, you gotta develop that gaydar.
Liz Willis
I'm trying.
Unknown Speaker
Damn.
Liz Willis
So, yeah, I need some more testosterone in Atlanta.
Unknown Speaker
Well, there's one in. How many kids are gay now? Like, something crazy.
Liz Willis
It's gotta be in the water.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. In public school, and it's like, wow, when our parents were in school, it was like, no one was gay.
Liz Willis
It's an interesting statistic, something that's probably going to be studied, but definitely needs to.
Unknown Speaker
Oh, it will be studied. I don't know.
Liz Willis
Like, is it because people are just more comfortable being gay because it's more socially acceptable?
Unknown Speaker
Yeah.
Liz Willis
Or is there something that's, like, causing this?
Unknown Speaker
I would say both. I think people are more open to talk about whatever these days, but at the same time, it's too much. It's like autism. Like, one in 30.
Liz Willis
Yeah. Everyone's autistic.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah.
Liz Willis
Have you been. There's like, TikTok and it's like autism reveal cakes. Have you seen that? And if it's like a rainbow, it's like, you have autism. And if it's nothing, then you have, like, you're just normal or with adhd.
Unknown Speaker
Really?
Liz Willis
Like, yeah. So everyone's just getting diagnosed with autism and they're like, that's my problem. I'm autistic. I'm like, yeah, you're just weird.
Unknown Speaker
I mean, I have it. My dad had it, but it's like, when I was in school, no one else had it. But now, one in 30, everyone has it. Yeah. Like, when I went to a big school, like, 3,000 kids.
Liz Willis
I think that they're just making it, like, a wider and wider net for people. So anyone that's a little. Is it neurodivergent? They just. They're like, oh, you're autistic, you'll be fine.
Unknown Speaker
Which is crazy. I mean, Maha, right? Make America healthy again.
Liz Willis
Yeah.
Unknown Speaker
Hopefully that can help. Is it Maha or Maha?
Liz Willis
I don't know. But some people say it's from getting all those V words when you're born because you get them, like, so many. You get like 30 or something before the age of one. So that's another thing I get to worry about now. I'm like, if I have kids, do.
Unknown Speaker
I. I'm not with My kids?
Liz Willis
No.
Unknown Speaker
Maybe a few, but not a hundred. It's a hundred now.
Liz Willis
Okay.
Unknown Speaker
106, I believe. Yeah. And there's heavy metals in all of them.
Liz Willis
I know.
Unknown Speaker
So when they do studies on them individually, they're fine, but they're putting one. And you're getting all of that in once.
Liz Willis
I'm a lot more reluctant now than I was like, in high school.
Unknown Speaker
I'm not even gonna do a hospital.
Liz Willis
Oh. You know, I. Maybe the baby mama. We gotta talk to her.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah. Oh, yeah. I've had this conversation.
Liz Willis
Okay.
Unknown Speaker
I'm not just forcing her.
Liz Willis
As long. As long as she agrees. But, you know, I have heard this thing, and I think it was Alex Clark. She had some people on a panel one time at Turning Point, and it was medical doctors, some chiropractors, and I don't remember, like, a. Like a doula. Like a birth nanny. And they were talking and they were like, the United States is the worst when it comes to, like, maternal, like, births and how we take care of that. It's like, I guess the one position that they put us in, like, on our back with our legs up, is, like, the most painful and the worst thing to do. And so what you really should do is, like, be kind of like on your knees, like, more of like a fetal position. Um. And they say in a lot of other countries, like, people actually don't go to the hospital, and they sure as hell don't put them on their back like that. And so it's just kind of. And then, you know, the epidural is a whole nother. Yeah, a whole nother thing. But natural births, water births, like, staying at home and then having, like, a nurse, somebody on standby. It's. I'm not against. I'm not totally opposed, but I think.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah, we're not doing home either. Because our home is. You're supposed to be within five minutes of hospital.
Liz Willis
Yeah.
Unknown Speaker
So we're not. So we're doing, like, a natural center that's two minutes from a hospital.
Liz Willis
See, I would. I could do that.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah. So in case something goes wrong, we got the hospital.
Liz Willis
I agree with that.
Unknown Speaker
So I'm just doing that. Plus, it's super expensive to have a baby.
Liz Willis
Are you expecting or you just.
Unknown Speaker
No, we're getting married next year, but we're planning all this now because of. Raising a kid is scary right now. Like, you know what I mean?
Liz Willis
Like, everything is scary.
Unknown Speaker
It's gotten to the point where it's like, should I even have kids in this. In this climate?
Liz Willis
We talked about that today. And I think about it all the time too, but I think we just can't be scared to do something that is gonna be maybe the greatest joy that we'll ever have.
Unknown Speaker
Right. Yeah. Having kids is massive. I hope so. I. I will not send them to public school.
Liz Willis
I went to public school. I came out okay.
Unknown Speaker
But that was different.
Liz Willis
It was back in the day because I'm not pushing things on us. And it was. Do you remember back when like, we. We wouldn't know what our teachers were politically?
Unknown Speaker
I never knew.
Liz Willis
I never knew. I always wanted to know.
Unknown Speaker
I never even asked.
Liz Willis
But yeah, no, you didn't ask. You didn't know. They didn't push it on you. That's how. That's how it should be.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah. So they're telling kids now what they are?
Liz Willis
I think so. Or they just wear rainbows.
Unknown Speaker
I've seen that.
Liz Willis
You figure it out.
Unknown Speaker
I've seen that. Wow. If you could. Elections in two weeks. If you could tell Trump anything, what would you say to him?
Liz Willis
I told him I've supported him since day one, but really I don't have much to say. What I do want to know is more on aliens, like the ones in the space, not illegal aliens. And like, why don't, why doesn't anyone talk about that? Like, what can you tell us about like Area 51?
Unknown Speaker
You know, hopefully he releases those.
Liz Willis
I want him to. I thought he was going to on his last day in office. I really thought have been savage. I. I thought he was going to. But there's got to be something they're not telling us, right? Like, oh yeah, he's got to do something. Like the Bob Lazar, Joe Rogan podcast, talking about like reactors and stuff.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah. Release those files, Trump.
Liz Willis
Please, Trump, if I had a moment with you, just tell me about the aliens.
Unknown Speaker
Love it. Thanks for coming on.
Liz Willis
Yeah, thanks for having me.
Unknown Speaker
Awesome.
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Digital Social Hour: Why Elon Musk Changed Social Media Forever | Liz Willis DSH #833
Release Date: October 26, 2024
In episode #833 of Digital Social Hour, host Sean Kelly engages in a compelling dialogue with guest Liz Willis, delving deep into pressing political issues, the transformative impact of Elon Musk on social media, and societal shifts in contemporary America. This detailed summary captures the essence of their conversation, highlighting key discussions, insightful viewpoints, and noteworthy conclusions.
Liz Willis opens the conversation by addressing the complexities and controversies surrounding U.S. immigration policies, particularly at the southern border. She highlights a poignant moment where "one day that had 5,000 Haitian migrants underneath the bridge" (00:01), emphasizing how a single impactful image released by Fox News can trigger national concern. Liz criticizes the media's handling of immigration data, suggesting that administrations may manipulate statistics to present a controlled narrative.
Liz Willis (00:01): "One day that had 5,000 Haitian migrants underneath the bridge. All it takes is, like, one photo like that being released by Fox News for America to start being like, wait, is this actually a problem?"
The discussion further delves into the Biden administration's approach to border management. Liz argues that despite claims of reduced immigration numbers, the reality is more troubling, pointing out incidents that the administration might be downplaying to maintain a semblance of control and civility.
Liz Willis (01:31): "The tightest it's ever been. And then he was saying, you get statistics, you get numbers… they are trying to process them and release them as fast as possible… to keep it looking civil."
A significant portion of the conversation centers on Elon Musk's acquisition of X (formerly Twitter) and its implications for social media and American society. Both Liz and Sean express profound admiration for Musk's efforts to preserve free speech and transparency online.
Unknown Speaker (02:35): "I saw it on X. If Elon didn't buy X, think about how many things we wouldn't know."
Liz Willis (02:37): "I could talk about that all day. I'm Elon's number one fan."
Liz credits Musk with "saving social media" and, humorously, even "saving America," suggesting his influence extends beyond technology into the political realm. They discuss Musk's proactive stance in the upcoming elections, with Liz noting his commitment to multiple speeches aimed at mobilizing support.
Liz Willis (02:59): "A lot of thanks goes to Elon Musk and what he's doing."
Both speakers laud Musk's hands-on approach, contrasting him with other billionaires who might not engage as directly in political discourse.
The dialogue transitions to the evolving political landscape, highlighting a trend of individuals shifting from liberal to conservative ideologies—a phenomenon Liz associates with the "walkaway movement." She reflects on her personal political journey, noting skepticism sparked during the 2020 elections and a broader societal awakening to the implications of liberal policies.
Liz Willis (04:06): "I've always been conservative."
Unknown Speaker (04:35): "A lot of people that grew up liberal are now turning."
They discuss how high-profile political events, such as presidential debates, have influenced public perception and voter behavior, with notable shifts occurring even in traditionally liberal strongholds like Los Angeles and Nevada.
A contentious topic arises around election integrity, with Liz sharing personal experiences of voting discrepancies and ballot issues in Georgia's Fulton County.
Liz Willis (06:11): "There were boxes that were just unaccounted for... my ballot got rejected three times."
The conversation touches on broader concerns about mail-in voting fraud and the vulnerability of electronic voting systems. Liz references a Cyber Symposium where experts demonstrated potential vulnerabilities in voting machines, raising alarms about the ease with which election results could be tampered with.
Liz Willis (07:41): "Experts from all around the world... they were able to hack and prove that these systems can connect to Wi-Fi that you can access them without having to physically connect."
Both speakers express apprehension about the fairness and security of upcoming elections, questioning the reliability of traditional polling methods and emphasizing the emerging role of online prediction markets like Call She.
The discussion critiques major social media platforms for their handling of free speech, particularly concerning conservative voices. Liz contrasts the perceived bias on platforms like YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook with X (Twitter), which she praises for its open communication policies under Musk's leadership.
Liz Willis (10:02): "I feel like MET is doing a little better... Meta was kind of moving in that direction, allowing conservatives."
Unknown Speaker (10:53): "The government has infiltrated a lot of these platforms. That's why X is amazing."
They lament the shadow banning and censorship practices prevalent on other platforms, extolling X as a bastion for unfiltered discourse, free from the repressive measures seen elsewhere.
Shifting gears, Liz and Sean discuss the noticeable increase in autism diagnoses and the rising visibility of diverse sexual orientations among youth. They debate whether these changes reflect greater social acceptance or if there are underlying factors contributing to these trends.
Unknown Speaker (12:20): "I'm trying."
Liz Willis (12:46): "I'm a lot more reluctant now than I was like, in high school."
The conversation critiques the current societal norms and educational systems, questioning whether modern policies encourage certain identities or if natural behavioral shifts are at play. They also touch upon the impact of social media in amplifying these discussions, sometimes leading to misinformation and increased stigma.
Addressing concerns about modern childbirth practices, Liz shares insights from a panel she attended, criticizing restrictive hospital procedures and advocating for more natural birthing methods. They discuss alternatives like water births and home births with professional assistance, emphasizing the importance of maternal comfort and autonomy during labor.
Liz Willis (14:18): "I think there's a lot of issues... my ballot got rejected three times."
Unknown Speaker (15:21): "So we're doing, like, a natural center that's two minutes from a hospital."
The speakers explore the challenges of balancing safety with personal choice, acknowledging the high costs and logistical considerations that influence parenting decisions in today's climate.
In a lighter segment, Liz expresses curiosity about extraterrestrial life and Area 51, urging former President Trump to reveal more information about potential alien encounters. This brief interlude adds a touch of intrigue and humor to the otherwise serious discourse.
Liz Willis (16:36): "I want him to. I thought he was going to… what can you tell us about like Area 51?"
Throughout this episode, Liz Willis and Sean Kelly navigate a spectrum of critical issues facing America today, from immigration and election integrity to the transformative role of Elon Musk in social media and broader societal changes. Their candid exchange offers listeners a blend of personal anecdotes, political analysis, and forward-looking perspectives, encouraging a deeper contemplation of the forces shaping contemporary discourse.
Whether you're a seasoned follower of political podcasts or new to the conversation, episode #833 of Digital Social Hour provides a thorough and engaging exploration of topics that resonate with current national sentiments and future trajectories.
Note: The transcript provided predominantly features dialogues between Liz Willis and an unidentified host, presumed to be Sean Kelly. All quotes have been attributed accordingly based on the context of the conversation.