Kevin Feige didn’t produce anything, he didn’t write a single lyric, and Marvel Studios had nothing to do with it. It was casual, natural, spontaneous. Hulk, or rather, Mark Ruffalohas been confronted with Elon Musk for its acquisition of Twitter, Inc..
Going into context, Musk’s purchase of Twitter for 44 billion dollars became effective and in his first week in command he fired employees, proposed charging 8 dollars a month for the verification badge, among many other unexpected strategies.
Amid the chaos, Ruffalo, who plays the Hulk in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), He asked the also CEO of Tesla and SpaceX to leave Twitter.
“For the love of decency, get off Twitter”
We could say that the one who lit the fuse for the battle between Mark Ruffalo and Elon Musk was US Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who criticized Musk, a “defender of free speech” who seems to have little tolerance.
AOC, as they call the congresswoman, wrote directly to the tycoon on Twitter: “Why should people pay $8 just to block your app when they say something you don’t like? This is what my app looks like since my tweet pissed you off yesterday”.
Me @elonmusk While I have your attention, why should people pay $8 just for their app to get bricked when they say something you don’t like?
This is what my app has looked like ever since my tweet upset you yesterday. What’s good? Doesn’t seem very free speechy to me 🤔 pic.twitter.com/e3hcZ7T9up
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 3, 2022
That AOC tweet was quoted by Ruffalo, who became the Hulk and with all his might wrote on his iPhone: “Elon. Please, for the sake of decency, get off Twitterhand over the keys to someone who does this as a real job and continue with Tesla and SpaceX. You are destroying your credibility. it just doesn’t look right”.
Elon. Please—for the love of decency—get off Twitter, hand the keys over to someone who does this as an actual job, and get on with running Tesla and SpaceX. You are destroying your credibility. It’s just not a good look. https://t.co/34aMtU5h62
—Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) November 4, 2022
But Elon Musk was not going to stay with that and responded to the 54-year-old actor’s tweet: “Not everything AOC says is 100 percent accurate”.
The conversation ended with a response from Mark Ruffalo, who insisted on Musk’s loss of credibility: “It may be so. This is why having robust filters for disinformation and credible verified users has been a popular feature for individuals and advertisers alike. We need those security measures to make sure it’s accurate information, or the app will lose credibility, just like you.”.
Maybe so. That’s why having robust filters for dis/misinformation & credible verified users has been a popular feature for people & advertisers alike. We need those safeguards to make sure it’s accurate information, or the app loses credibility, as do you. And people leave.
—Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) November 5, 2022
We do not believe that Elon Musk is as strong as the Hulk, but what is certain is that the acquisition of Twitter has given him more power, something that everyone, including Mark Ruffalo, must accept.