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Elon Musk blames ADL for lost revenue, says he's 'against anti-Semitism of any kind' (www.nbcnews.com)

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[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 95 points 1 year ago

So he lost advertisers not because of antisemitism, but because someone complained.

Makes perfect sense.

[-] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 58 points 1 year ago

I'm sure the prospect of having your company's name displayed alongside actual Nazi content has nothing to do with it.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

No, no - he means he blames the ADL for making most people not like Nazis.

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[-] athos77@kbin.social 32 points 1 year ago

Remember, he grew up a rich white boy in full apartheid South Africa, and never matured beyond that. He has no ability for self-reflection or introspection. Which means he's never wrong, so someone else must be to blame. So far, that's included religious, racial, and sexual minorities. He's only going to grow more deranged as time goes on.

[-] Alto@kbin.social 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Rich white boy whose parents wealth directly came from apartheid oppression*

[-] bizzle@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago

What did his parents do? Because wow that explains a lot.

[-] Cabrio@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Emerald mine.

[-] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Weren’t they also weapons smugglers? He talked about him and his dad flying with a plane load of contraband including AK-47s.

[-] Cabrio@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

How else do you arm your private security to keep your slaves in line.

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[-] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 67 points 1 year ago

He can’t accept for one second that HE is the one who fucked Twitter, so now he’s blowing a dog whistle and saying the ADL did it. Ok.

[-] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago

Malignant narcissists never make a mistake.

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[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 7 points 1 year ago

I guess the only time the ADL is credited for helping solve a problem is when they weren't the ones to actually help solve it at all

[-] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 61 points 1 year ago

DARVO (deny, attack, and reverse victim and offender).

[-] alienanimals@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago

Literally every single day we have idiots doing Musk’s PR work for free.

Downvote Musk spam. The billionaire doesn’t need your help ensuring his businesses stay in the 24 hour news cycle.

[-] alternative_factor@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

Usually I agree with that but this is such an obvious example of blazen antisemitism that it is newsworthy. I'm sorry but this is on the same level as Henry Ford and Lindberg.

[-] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

I am happy to help Musk further reduce his advertising revenue, but it does appear he's pretty good at doing that himself.

[-] yata@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Deliberate ignorance is not the answer. Allowing him to do his shady shit unnoticed is not a good idea, regardless of how much of an attention craving narcissist he is.

[-] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"I am ✋the 👌least anti-Semitic person ✋◀️▶️✋, ✋▶️◀️✋ you 🫵 have ever met👌"

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[-] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

Didn’t he make reply-tweets such as “interesting” on obvious anti-Semitic tweets?

[-] bloopernova@programming.dev 31 points 1 year ago

Does anyone believe a word he says anymore?

[-] the_wise_wolf@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

I think Elon does

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[-] Veraticus@lib.lgbt 30 points 1 year ago

Blame the victims! Nicely done.

[-] downpunxx@kbin.social 24 points 1 year ago

Blaming the Jews for your problems, problems you yourself have caused and continue to cause, precisely what Musk is doing here, is the very dictionary definition of antisemitism

[-] Supervisor194@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

"I denounce antisemitism! This is all the Jews' fault."

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[-] roguetrick@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago

Like the ADL has sway anywhere. They've gone too far into equating criticism of Israel meaning antisemitism. His problem is that he's actually platforming Nazis.

[-] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago

IMO if the ADL wasn't having an impact shining a spotlight on Musk's behavior, Musk wouldn't be threatening them.

[-] Drewfro66@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Not to mention that they consider "ACAB" to be hate speech. The ADL is a Liberal-Zionist institution and no one left of AOC should take them seriously in any regard.

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[-] jtk 9 points 1 year ago

Say one thing, act the opposite, people take the action over words. Shut your mouth and do the right thing instead of objectively lying with every stupid word.

[-] regbin_@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Why would he blame Intel for releasing Alder Lake?

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 6 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Elon Musk posted that he was against antisemitism Monday and blamed the Anti-Defamation League for lost advertising revenue since his acquisition of X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

A spokesperson referred NBC News to a general statement the organization made in response to a recent #BanTheADL campaign on the platform, which Musk has engaged with.

Imran Ahmed, the nonprofit's founder and chief executive, accused Musk of bullying in a statement at the time, describing the suit as "straight out of the authoritarian playbook."

"While we have no way to actually verify if the company is de-amplifying antisemitic content, we have found that Twitter is failing to take down tweets that clearly violate hateful conduct policies," the report said.

"The data conclusively shows that there is a correlation between Musk’s arrival and a broader perceived acceptability to posted hostile content on Twitter," the university said.

In April, the social media site received backlash for seemingly stepping back from a longstanding policy that aimed to protect transgender people on the platform.

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