Summary
Elon Musk called for the firing of Wall Street Journal reporter Katherine Long after she exposed racist tweets from Marko Elez, a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employee who later resigned.
Long’s report revealed Elez had posted remarks promoting racism and eugenics.
“Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool,” Elez posted in July, according to the Journal’s review of archived posts.
Musk, who claims to support free speech, labeled Long “disgusting and cruel” and demanded that she should be fired.
Critics noted the hypocrisy of Musk advocating for a journalist’s removal over accurate reporting on a public official’s misconduct.
Musk is more disgusting than anyone else other than his orange bf
He needs to be shot. Idgaf who sees this. Come see me.
How about no and fuck you, fascist.
Oh the little snowflake is feeling hurt…
Well of course, uncovering the crime is worse than committing it in this administration
Can we fire Musk… into the sun?
That’s a lot of ∆v, can we fire him out of the solar system instead?
One problem would be that he’d expire happy, because he was doing “cool exploration stuff”.
Perhaps it would be more environmentally friendly (which would upset him) if he was “retired” in a more traditional, boring, normal manner (which would upset him), on Earth.
He could then be composted and used to grow flowers, in some kind of “All-Nations LGBTQ+ Peace Garden” (which would upset him).
The amount of special K in his body would probably fuck up the flower garden
Man, now we’re debating hypothetical scenarios about how to best get rid of toddleresque billionaire mad kings?
It’s no small wonder “the left” in America has been taking daily losses the entire time I’ve been alive.
I don’t want to piss in the All-Nations LGBTQ+ Peace Garden tho :c
And risk him initiating alien first contact? How about sending him to Venus?
Just fire him, from orbit into the earth. Way more efficient
And risk him coming back to earth? Just aim for a vaguely circular solar orbit near the asteroid belt. He can pretend he’s on his way to mars forever.
I mean I’m fine with him coming back to earth, at a very high velocity
Compromise, send him to Venus.
We could try but he’s likely to explode if we use one of his rockets.
There’s a Tesla in sun orbit. Why not sending him there?
What did the sun do to deserve that?
Would be a better use of nasa resources
Turns out, racists don’t like being outed.
Elon should know.
So we can add Irony to the things he doesn’t understand
Is this the same guy who’s been rehired already?
Press freedom is a threat to
societyElon and must be stopped! Heil Elon!What a fucking moron. Why is no one stopping him.
You can’t lay a finger on an oligarch, so no one bothers.
Law: He’ll get pardoned, pre pardoned and whatever other bullshit he can think up.
Pitchforks: People have to unwillingly partake in the machine or the machine will crush their family. They can’t risk going up against the security detail of one of the richest people alive.
Marijuana: sorry that’s about as far as I can type for the night.
Main takeaway: That is a very good question that too few people will ask themselves before it affects them.
Musk is officially part of the government now, so this literally is an attack on free speech
Not that any conservative cares.
I mean, I think it’s specifically more targeted at freedom of the press, and the 1A really only prevents Congress from passing laws to limit free speech or the press. So while I agree with you 100% in principle, I don’t think what Musk is doing is illegal here, he’s just a fucking asshole.
they keep saying he’s part of the government, but congress never vetted and confirmed him… he doesn’t have security clearance….
They. Do not care. About the law.
Why does this keep needing to be said?
My guess is that a lot of people don’t realize or accept that the game is already over and the constitution is as good as shredded. A lot of people think that if only one person would put one in his brain case or vote him (Trump and Elon by extension) out, we could return to normal. The Republic is cooked, we’re right now, as a society, deciding what happens next.
Because it’s the root of the problem and is important to be repeated constantly.
Congress took an oath to defend the Constitution. Let’s see who cares.
Congress also has specific authority over making laws and allocating money. You’d think they’d have the self-interest to protect that authority from whatever baboon tried to take it, especially an unelected one
that’s not news to anyone
If it isn’t news to you, why are you saying he hasn’t been vetted or doesn’t have security clearance as if that’s relevant?
other people care about the law and are still in the government… you act as if it’s all over.
the laws they’re currently breaking are our best chances of restraining them.Which other people? What power do you think they have?
And who do you expect to restrain them?
And yes, America is over. It is a fascist dictatorship now. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you will stop expecting this to be fixed by any sort of government or legal opposition which will never come and hopefully actually start working on trying to do something about it yourself. Like taking to the streets when you can.
if it was a fascist dictatorship, we couldn’t take to the streets.
it’s not over, and i’m not placing all of my faith in the government to correct itself either….
taking to the streets is great, but so is stuff like petitioning and writing to political representatives….
when they start shooting protestors, then it will be a fascist dictatorship.
this is good: https://pocan.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/pocan-introduce-elon-musk-act-ban-federal-government-contracts-special
there are a lot of people in government still fighting back… including federal employees….
the state department flew it’s flag at half mast….
it can feel like we’re defeated, but we’re not… yet….
he’s part of the government, but congress never vetted
So just like the rest of the Trump kakistocracy, then.
With the way the Dems, King, and even Bernie are rolling over and letting them do almost everything they want, they’re not gonna start bothering with vetting now.
sure
I thought the GOP didn’t like it when people get cancelled?
It’s always different when they perceive themselves as the victim.
And they’re always the victim.
“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
Rules for thee but not for me
Nazis turn out to be self-serving unprincipled assholes. It’s really a surprise.
If only there was nearly a century of history behind us we could have drawn on to see this coming.
Yes, she’s the disgusting one, not the guy who was “racist before it was cool.”
And people still defend this Nazi.
And
peopleNazis still defend this Nazi. --FTFY
My grandfather, a WWII veteran, would be rolling in his grave if he saw the rise of Naziism in this country.
And he was the type of person who would openly call for ass-whuppin’ if he saw one in person.
Unfortunately propoganda is very effective and most of the people who would outright call for groups to be placed in concentration camps simply for their existence can’t see any coorelation to them being like NAZI’s.
Person I work with today, “I wouldn’t want to to go the Superbowl because someone would drop a nuke on our heads”. To which I responded, thankfully that has never happened. To which they responded, “Well people don’t even know what sex they are anymore.”
So attempting to unpack any of that leaves me starting with the fact that they apparently mistrust transgender people so much that they fear they have the means and motivation to launch a nuclear attack on the President of the United States. Kim Jong Un really might want to meet these people.
This person also calls every person of Hispanic descent we drive by an illegal that thankfully Trump will round up soon.
It’s all blatant bigotry, but they can’t see it themselves.
Sounds like your gramps was a good dude
Elon Musk, the Nazi?
He’s a bit of an expert on what’s “disgusting and cruel.”
Elon: But look at the disgusting stuff she uncovered!! It’s as if she said those things herself by publishing that!
