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

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.

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Post by rco8786 » Tue, May 16, 2023, 5:49 PM UTC

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…

> 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.

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Post by rco8786 » Tue, May 16, 2023, 5:50 PM UTC

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.

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Post by sillywalk » Tue, May 16, 2023, 5:58 PM UTC

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.

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Post by uejfiweun » Tue, May 16, 2023, 5:59 PM UTC

rco8786 wrote: post #7

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…

> 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.