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

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

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Post by ksherlock »

uejfiweun wrote: post #6

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 h…

Apparently, that backstory was invented in 2008, 45 years after his debut (1963).

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

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Post by Arnt »

rco8786 wrote: post #8
Arnt wrote: post #5

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.

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.

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.

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

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Post by rsynnott »

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.

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

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Post by giraffe_lady »

uejfiweun wrote: post #10
rco8786 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

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.

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?

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

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Post by uejfiweun »

giraffe_lady wrote: post #14
uejfiweun wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

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?

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.

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

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Post by uejfiweun »

ksherlock wrote: post #11
uejfiweun wrote: post #6

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 h…

Apparently, that backstory was invented in 2008, 45 years after his debut (1963).

Yeah I mean it's pretty obvious that WaPo political operatives just dug this unknown detail up in an attempt to smear Musk as an anti-Semite, because that's easier than actually trying to argue with his claims via fact and reason.

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

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Post by greedo »

uejfiweun wrote: post #16
ksherlock wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apparently, that backstory was invented in 2008, 45 years after his debut (1963).

Yeah I mean it's pretty obvious that WaPo political operatives just dug this unknown detail up in an attempt to smear Musk as an anti-Semite, because that's easier than actually trying to argue with his claims via fact and reason.

It's pretty clear from the movies that Magneto was a Holocaust survivor. I'm pretty confident that Musk knows this, and was clearly peeved that Soros had recently sold his T$LA holdings. The man's pettiness knows no bounds.

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

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Post by rsynnott »

> 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.

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

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Post by IndoorPatio »

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-fa...

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