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Backlash Spreads Over Musk’s Endorsement of Antisemitic Post

(Bloomberg) -- Outcry over unchecked antisemitic content and commentary on social media site X, some of it endorsed by the platform’s owner Elon Musk, reached a tipping point on Friday, with large advertisers such as Apple Inc. pulling ads and the White House chastising the billionaire. Most...

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

Musk agreed with a tweet that said Jewish people have been pushing "dialectical hatred" against whites, and later criticized the Anti-Defamation League.

www.cnbc.com

Facebook cofounder calls on Elon Musk to resign after Tesla CEO calls antisemitic tweet 'the actual truth'

Elon Musk said a post that accused Jewish groups of "hatred against whites" was the "actual truth."

www.businessinsider.com

Elon Musk’s X ‘shares advertising revenue' with pro-Hitler Holocaust denier

The anonymous account earned more than $3,000.

metro.co.uk

To be fair, you should post Elon Musk's entire thought as it is clearly the ADL he's talking about and not hatred of the Jewish people.

"You have said the actual truth ... The ADL unjustly attacks the majority of the West, despite the majority of the West supporting the Jewish people and Israel ... This is because they cannot, by their own tenets, criticize the minority groups who are their primary threat ... It is not right and it needs to stop ... [T]his does not extend to all Jewish communities, but it is also not just limited to ADL. ... And, at the risk of being repetitive, I am deeply offended by ADL’s messaging and any other groups who push de facto anti-white racism or anti-Asian racism or racism of any kind"

This has been an ongoing battle between Musk and the ADL which has included a threat to sue. Interestingly, right after the threatened lawsuit, the ADL made a big advertising buy on X.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/04/tech/adl-makes-peace-with-x/index.html

 

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So-called Pro-Palestinian group based here in the United States releases map of intifada (anti-Jew terrorism) targets in New York City. Apparently killing NYC Jews is necessary for human rights because all Jews are, in their words, "enemy of both the Palestinian people and colonized people all over the world".

Pro-Palestinian group shares ‘reprehensible’ antisemitic map of NYC targets on social media

A pro-Palestinian activist group shared a frightening map of New York City landmarks on social media.

nypost.com

Nerdeen Kiswani and Within Our Lifetime-United for Palestine: What You Need to Know

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To be fair, you should post Elon Musk's entire thought as it is clearly the ADL he's talking about and not hatred of the Jewish people.

Elon Musk has a long history of antisemitism. You also need to consider that in his statement, as well as that the ADL does not publish anti-white/anti-Asian materials.

 

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Elon Musk has a long history of antisemitism. You also need to consider that in his statement, as well as that the ADL does not publish anti-white/anti-Asian materials.

If you say so. Most of what I’ve seen from him is criticism of groups who threaten his business interests, one of which is the ADL who picked that fight all on their own. So far the ADL has been deftly spinning every statement critical of the ADL into a ton of articles making the statements seem more broadly antiemetic than they are in context. The ADL is certainly better at this game than the FAA or the Fish and Wildlife Service when he bit at those organizations for holding up launches of SpaceX’s rocket. I’ll admit that I would love to see an attempt by the Fish and Wildlife Service at painting Elon Musk as an anti-fish bigot.

"Well yes, I guess I am a speciesist"
-Elon Musk (yes, this is a real quote)

 

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Most of what I’ve seen from him is criticism of groups who threaten his business interests, one of which is the ADL who picked that fight all on their own.

How would the ADL threaten Musk's business interests? What makes you think they started a fight?

 

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How would the ADL threaten Musk's business interests? What makes you think they started a fight?

It was obvious. Didn't you see 'em sittin' there being all Jewish. Just asking for it, I tell ya.

 

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How would the ADL threaten Musk's business interests? What makes you think they started a fight?

They very publicly announced they believed Musk had turned Twitter into a platform for hate and they pulled all advertising. A sizable number of advertisers then also pulled their ads off Twitter. Musk responded there was less hate speech on Twitter after his acquisition of the company and threatened to sue the ADL for defamation with the damages being all the advertising revenue of the advertisers who had left subsequent to their press release. The ADL then made another press release to announce they were going back to advertising on Twitter but ad revenue on Twitter is still way down following the ADL's initial action.

 

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They very publicly announced they believed Musk had turned Twitter into a platform for hate and they pulled all advertising. A sizable number of advertisers then also pulled their ads off Twitter.

I don't think the ADL has that kind of influence. Businesses left because of their customer base, not the ADL. Capitalism.

Musk responded there was less hate speech on Twitter after his acquisition of the company ...

Lying liars lie.

and threatened to sue the ADL for defamation with the damages being all the advertising revenue of the advertisers who had left subsequent to their press release. The ADL then made another press release to announce they were going back to advertising on Twitter but ad revenue on Twitter is still way down following the ADL's initial action.

Sounds like Musk was the aggressor.

 

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White House blasts Elon Musk for promoting 'Antisemitic and racist hate'

The White House said it was "unacceptable to repeat the hideous lie behind the most fatal act of Antisemitism in American history at any time."

www.cnbc.com

X Races to Contain Damage After Elon Musk Endorses Antisemitic Post

LOS ANGELES — Less than 24 hours after Elon Musk endorsed an antisemitic post on X as “the actual truth” of what Jewish people were doing, IBM paused its advertising on the social media platform as X’s CEO, Linda Yaccarino, and others at the company scrambled Thursday to contain the fallout. X...

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“X employees said Thursday that they had gotten calls from advertisers wondering why Musk was making comments seen as antisemitic and why their ads were showing up next to white nationalist and Nazi content, according to internal messages that were viewed by The New York Times. IBM cut off about $1 million in advertising spending that it had committed to the platform for the last three months of the year, the messages said”.

Elon Musk Rips Into “Largest Advertisers” After Disney & Other Media Companies Pause Ads Over Antisemitic Amplification – Update

After Elon Musk's amplification of an antisemitic post, Disney, Warner Bros Discovery, Apple, Lionsgate, and others suspended their advertising on X/Twitter.

deadline.com

 

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All signs point to Israel resuming attacks soon. Primarily based on Biden's public statements pushing for extending the peace. Biden has been conducting diplomacy with Israel in private, pressing them to continue the peace. His public statements indicate that Israel has indicated they intend to resume fighting so Biden went public pleading for peace.

 

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New York Times report says Israel knew about Hamas attack over a year in advance

The New York Times is reporting Israel knew about Hamas attack plans over a year before the Oct. 7 operation, but dismissed them as “aspirational."

apnews.com

 

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All signs point to Israel resuming attacks soon. Primarily based on Biden's public statements pushing for extending the peace. Biden has been conducting diplomacy with Israel in private, pressing them to continue the peace. His public statements indicate that Israel has indicated they intend to resume fighting so Biden went public pleading for peace.

Not gonna say I called it... because I didn't. I was just listening to people who know way more about this stuff than I do.