Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Antisemitism and transphobia: It cooks your brain

"On Monday [October 21, 2024], Elon Musk invoked the names of two German Nazis in a tweet while simultaneously disparaging modern pronoun conventions — attempting, as he so often does, to make a joke. (I’m not repeating the text here — not because it’s profane, but mostly because it’s just not funny.)

For context, Musk was responding to a post about a Der Spiegel article that compared him to a media mogul who helped Hitler climb to power.

— Allison Morrow, Any other CEO would have been fired for what Elon Musk just said, CNN, October 23, 2024

Morrow also mentions that the previous month, Musk had promoted a

"widely condemned interview with a Nazi apologist who said the murder of Jews in concentration camps was “humane” and that Winston Churchill was the “chief villain” of World War II. Musk later deleted his X post that called the interview 'very interesting' and 'worth watching,' per the Independent."

— Allison Morrow, Any other CEO would have been fired for what Elon Musk just said, CNN, October 23, 2024

Elon Musk Peddles Political Influence Abroad, Endorsing Germany's Far-Right Party The CEO backed Alternative for Germany in a newspaper piece and claimed his business interests gave him the right to comment on the country's condition. AP, Dec 29, 2024

Eugene Ivanov art of two people in a flying boat

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