Elon Musk boosts antisemitic tweet, claims ADL and other groups push ‘anti-white’ messaging

Adolf Goebbels
Published on Nov 17, 2023
#Technology #Autos #Venturecapital #TeslaInc
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and owner of X, arrives at the Inaugural AI Insights Forum at the Russell Building on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, September 13, 2023. Elon Musk, the leader of Tesla, SpaceX and X Corp., posted a series of allegedly bigoted tweets on Wednesday that sparked a critical backlash online. Musk first noted acknowledged an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory, then directly accused “Jewish communities,” the nonprofit Anti-Defamation League, and minorities of what he called “anti-white” messages views; his accusations without providing examples to support it. According to Bloomberg, Musk, who is the richest person in the world with a fortune of approximately $225 billion, owns SpaceX, Tesla, The Boring Co., Neuralink, X Corp. and leads several companies that collectively employ approximately 150,000 people worldwide, including his latest. artificial intelligence startup xAI. Musk, who has never devoted his social media posts solely business matters, drew attention to a tweet stating that Jewish people "use the kind of dialectical hatred against whites that they claim they want people stop using against them." Musk responded to this tweet by emphatically agreeing "You told the real truth." “If Musk had not responded to this bigoted bromide, this exchange would have remained in obscurity,” Yair Rosenberg wrote in The Atlantic. In response to Musk's tweet, Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt wrote on "It is indisputably dangerous to use. Promote anti-Semitic theories. #NeverIsNow." The Jewish-led nonprofit works to combat antisemitic incidents, racial discrimination, and hate crimes in the United States, among other things. This is because, by their own principles, they cannot criticize minority groups. Who are their primary threats? CNBC reached out to Musk and now, please check back later." Stop now." Musk has been making provocative tweets for a long time, and his companies, especially Tesla, have faced lawsuits for alleged civil and labor rights violations. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Tesla this year over allegations of racial discrimination and harassment against black workers. However, no case has been concluded yet. Hate crimes expert Brian Levin, professor emeritus at California State University San Bernardino, told CNBC that law enforcement is already tracking generational increases in anti-Semitic hate crimes in North America and elsewhere. “Elon Musk continues his path by encouraging immigration and reinforcing neo-Nazi hatred anti-white Jews, just as the perpetrator of the Tree Life did.” As a result, anti-Semitic incidents and crimes may increase further. "Notorious anti-Semites are celebrating what they see as Musk's complete turn to blatant expressions of Jew hatred. When we saw similar rants from Ye last October, anti-Semitic hate crime has skyrocketed across the country," Levin said. Meredith Benton of Whistle Stop Capital told CNBC that the move could impact Musk's business interests. "Mr. M