Elon Musk knows exactly what he's doing.
In the words of Jake Tapper, he is "pushing unvarnished anti semitism at a time of rising antisemitism and violence against Jews."
Musk knows that his "replies" to posts on X are scrutinized by journalists as eagerly as they are devoured by his proud fanboys.
And as Musk surely knows, his comment wasn't just a reply to a post. It was a reply to a reply. Go up one more level, and you see that Musk's "reply" is helping amplify a tweet defending the notion that it's OK to say, "Hitler was right."
With his comment, as The Atlantic's Yair Rosenberg points out, Musk is "literally" endorsing "the conspiracy theory espoused by the white supremacist who massacred the Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue."
On Threads, MSNBC's Chris Hayes put it like this: "This is really disgusting! I, too, am over the genre of 'The bad rich man said something bad' but HOLY LORD."
To quote Yair Rosenberg: "I have no further commentary."
Previous articles from Unprecedented:
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The world’s richest man is not anti-Semitic, he just blames the Jews for all his problems.
Time to X-it
If you haven’t ditched Twitter already, today’s a good time to, at minimum, take your account private and stop tweeting.
“X” Becomes Ransomware
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RIP Twitter
If you stay on X after all you now know about Elon Musk, don’t be surprised if people start asking Y?
Hate Pays
Twitter advertisers are now funding the most divisive and dangerous voices on social media
“I Didn’t Believe This Was Real...”
No biggie. Just Elon Musk voicing support for a violent coup and the end of US democracy.
The Bloke Mind Virus
Bill Maher tells the racist, misogynistic, journalist-censoring, authoritarian-loving billionaire destroying Twitter he’s doing an awesome job saving free speech
Saudi Arabia’s Useful Idiot
Musk’s admission about Twitter’s falling value would alarm most investors. But $1.9B is chump change for the Saudis—a small cost to kill Twitter.
Elon’s Neo-Nazi Super Bowl Party
Twitter’s Dark MAGA owner is cashing in on hate during TV’s biggest live event
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