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Musk says George Soros ‘hates humanity,’ compares him to Jewish supervillain

26 points by IndoorPatio 3y ago

IndoorPatio 3y ago
Soros dumps Tesla stock. Musk responds, "Soros hates humanity."
rbanffy 3y ago
That is... Suboptimal.
pinewurst 3y ago
https://archive.ph/LnmMB https://archive.ph/LnmMB
Arnt 3y ago
Elon Musk just seems awesomer and awesomer. A spectacle. His work at Tesla and Space-X showed vision, persistence, focus, insights, … and now this? EDIT: The downvoters might do well to keep in mind that "awesome" does not mean "admirable". "Spectacle" also does not.
- rco8786 3y ago
  Yea I agree. He seems like a literal different person since the Twitter takeover. That, or he's always been like this but done a good job of hiding it.
  - Arnt 3y ago
    Maybe he's just done too many 16-hour days in a row. I don't personally agree with the direction of his work. Like, Mars? Why really? But the world would be a better place with more CEOs with longterm vision and persistence, and fewer twittertwits.
uejfiweun 3y ago
This seems like more than a bit of a stretch to me. I don't really think of Magneto as a "Jewish supervillain". In fact I highly doubt almost anybody knew Magneto was Jewish. This attempt to paint this as an anti-Semitic attack seems totally unfair to me. Moreover, Soros is a guy from another country who pours money into the USA to get leftist DAs elected who don't prosecute crimes. Krasner, Boudin, Gascon, etc. He has openly admitted to this. I have an ENORMOUS amount of criticism of this that has literally NOTHING to do with Mr. Soros' religion, or background, or anything. Hiding behind this wall of "any criticism of me is racist" is a serious bullshit move IMO.
- rco8786 3y ago
  > In fact I highly doubt almost anybody knew Magneto was Jewish. This attempt to paint this as an anti-Semitic attack seems totally unfair to me. I have no skin in this game...but Elon most definitely knows that Magneto is Jewish when making that comparison. Whether or not other people are aware of it is irrelevant.
  - uejfiweun 3y ago
    I mean is that a guarantee though? If I was looking for a random OLD supervillain to compare to Soros I'd probably go with Magneto or Saruman as well! How do we know Musk wasn't just picking some old man supervillain? In general I'd like to try to believe people aren't just blatantly racist.
    - giraffe_lady 3y ago
      Does it not feel weird to go so far afield to find an alternate explanation when the obvious one fits his other actions, statements, and recent political affiliations? Are you going to notice when you cross over from "giving someone the benefit of the doubt" to "making excuses for racists?" Is it possible you already have?
      - uejfiweun 3y ago
        I really don't feel like I'm going "far afield" here. When I think "Magneto" the first things that come to mind are "X-men" and "old" and "wheelchair". AFAIK I literally have never seen any info saying he is Jewish until today. And according to the commenter below this detail of Magento was invented in 2008, well after many of the movies were made.
sillywalk 3y ago
FTA: "he made his comments three days after Soros’s investment fund reported that it had sold all its stock in Tesla" I really, really dislike Musk.
rsynnott 3y ago
Musk-watching has become a bit like Trump-watching. "Surely this, finally, is the thing that will make his weird fans give up on him", about once a week. The secret appears to be that there is no level of arseholeishness, abhorrence, or just plain stupidity which will cause the faithful to forsake Dear Leader.
TheLoafOfBread 3y ago
Yes the Jew! Are we back in 1930s? Is Musk going to lead American National Socialist party to get some living space in Canada, whilst building concentration camps for undesirables to cleanse USA of woke-humans?
rsynnott 3y ago
> Musk, who has gutted Twitter’s media relations department, could not immediately be reached for a response. WaPo, as a respectable broadsheet newspaper, delicately avoids mentioning that they got a poop emoji in response to their enquiries.
IndoorPatio 3y ago
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attacked George Soros on Twitter Monday evening, days after Soros’s investment firm disclosed it had sold off its entire holdings of Tesla stock, in remarks that closely mirror right-wing conspiracy talking points about the billionaire. https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/05/16/musk-fans-conspiracies-about-george-soros-after-billionaires-fund-dumps-all-tesla-stock/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/05/16/musk-fa...

26 points by IndoorPatio 3y ago

IndoorPatio 3y ago

Soros dumps Tesla stock. Musk responds, "Soros hates humanity."

rbanffy 3y ago

That is... Suboptimal.

pinewurst 3y ago

https://archive.ph/LnmMB https://archive.ph/LnmMB

Arnt 3y ago

Elon Musk just seems awesomer and awesomer. A spectacle. His work at Tesla and Space-X showed vision, persistence, focus, insights, … and now this? EDIT: The downvoters might do well to keep in mind that "awesome" does not mean "admirable". "Spectacle" also does not.

rco8786 3y ago
Yea I agree. He seems like a literal different person since the Twitter takeover. That, or he's always been like this but done a good job of hiding it.
- Arnt 3y ago
  Maybe he's just done too many 16-hour days in a row. I don't personally agree with the direction of his work. Like, Mars? Why really? But the world would be a better place with more CEOs with longterm vision and persistence, and fewer twittertwits.

uejfiweun 3y ago

This seems like more than a bit of a stretch to me. I don't really think of Magneto as a "Jewish supervillain". In fact I highly doubt almost anybody knew Magneto was Jewish. This attempt to paint this as an anti-Semitic attack seems totally unfair to me. Moreover, Soros is a guy from another country who pours money into the USA to get leftist DAs elected who don't prosecute crimes. Krasner, Boudin, Gascon, etc. He has openly admitted to this. I have an ENORMOUS amount of criticism of this that has literally NOTHING to do with Mr. Soros' religion, or background, or anything. Hiding behind this wall of "any criticism of me is racist" is a serious bullshit move IMO.

rco8786 3y ago
> In fact I highly doubt almost anybody knew Magneto was Jewish. This attempt to paint this as an anti-Semitic attack seems totally unfair to me. I have no skin in this game...but Elon most definitely knows that Magneto is Jewish when making that comparison. Whether or not other people are aware of it is irrelevant.
- uejfiweun 3y ago
  I mean is that a guarantee though? If I was looking for a random OLD supervillain to compare to Soros I'd probably go with Magneto or Saruman as well! How do we know Musk wasn't just picking some old man supervillain? In general I'd like to try to believe people aren't just blatantly racist.
  - giraffe_lady 3y ago
    Does it not feel weird to go so far afield to find an alternate explanation when the obvious one fits his other actions, statements, and recent political affiliations? Are you going to notice when you cross over from "giving someone the benefit of the doubt" to "making excuses for racists?" Is it possible you already have?
    - uejfiweun 3y ago
      I really don't feel like I'm going "far afield" here. When I think "Magneto" the first things that come to mind are "X-men" and "old" and "wheelchair". AFAIK I literally have never seen any info saying he is Jewish until today. And according to the commenter below this detail of Magento was invented in 2008, well after many of the movies were made.

sillywalk 3y ago

FTA: "he made his comments three days after Soros’s investment fund reported that it had sold all its stock in Tesla" I really, really dislike Musk.

rsynnott 3y ago

Musk-watching has become a bit like Trump-watching. "Surely this, finally, is the thing that will make his weird fans give up on him", about once a week. The secret appears to be that there is no level of arseholeishness, abhorrence, or just plain stupidity which will cause the faithful to forsake Dear Leader.

TheLoafOfBread 3y ago

Yes the Jew! Are we back in 1930s? Is Musk going to lead American National Socialist party to get some living space in Canada, whilst building concentration camps for undesirables to cleanse USA of woke-humans?

rsynnott 3y ago

> Musk, who has gutted Twitter’s media relations department, could not immediately be reached for a response. WaPo, as a respectable broadsheet newspaper, delicately avoids mentioning that they got a poop emoji in response to their enquiries.

IndoorPatio 3y ago

Tesla CEO Elon Musk attacked George Soros on Twitter Monday evening, days after Soros’s investment firm disclosed it had sold off its entire holdings of Tesla stock, in remarks that closely mirror right-wing conspiracy talking points about the billionaire. https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/05/16/musk-fans-conspiracies-about-george-soros-after-billionaires-fund-dumps-all-tesla-stock/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/05/16/musk-fa...