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<blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 5958650" data-attributes="member: 54375">speaking of Elon;&quot;He has <a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-11-17/hiltzik-elon-musk-is-an-antisemite-what-can-anyone-do-about-it" target="_blank">openly endorsed antisemitic tropes</a>, called for the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-12-14/column-by-embracing-anti-fauci-and-qanon-conspiracies-musk-tests-how-low-twitter-can-sink" target="_blank">prosecution of the respected immunologist Anthony Fauci</a> (evidently buying into the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-06-04/anatomy-of-a-smear-fauci-faces-the-house-gops-clown-show-about-covid" target="_blank">right-wing fantasy</a> that Fauci helped create the COVID-19 pandemic), and <a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-11-28/column-elon-musks-engagement-with-nazis-and-the-far-right-on-twitter-is-out-of-control" target="_blank">associated himself with a grotesquely ugly conspiracy theory</a> about the assault on the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.He reversed policies at X, formerly Twitter, designed to block hate speech, including racist and antisemitic tweets. That has turned the platform into a hive of repulsive partisan commentary.(Musk blames an imaginary advertisers’ “boycott” for the user decline at X, though the repulsive atmosphere of the platform since his acquisition probably has done more to drive users and advertisers away.)Musk again put his acrid personal worldview vividly on display with his announcement Tuesday that he would <a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-07-16/musk-moving-spacex-headquarters-to-texas-x" target="_blank">move two of his private companies, Hawthorne-based SpaceX and San Francisco-based X, to Texas</a>.&quot;Digby</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fishtm2001, post: 5958650, member: 54375"] speaking of Elon; "He has [URL='https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-11-17/hiltzik-elon-musk-is-an-antisemite-what-can-anyone-do-about-it']openly endorsed antisemitic tropes[/URL], called for the [URL='https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-12-14/column-by-embracing-anti-fauci-and-qanon-conspiracies-musk-tests-how-low-twitter-can-sink']prosecution of the respected immunologist Anthony Fauci[/URL] (evidently buying into the [URL='https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-06-04/anatomy-of-a-smear-fauci-faces-the-house-gops-clown-show-about-covid']right-wing fantasy[/URL] that Fauci helped create the COVID-19 pandemic), and [URL='https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-11-28/column-elon-musks-engagement-with-nazis-and-the-far-right-on-twitter-is-out-of-control']associated himself with a grotesquely ugly conspiracy theory[/URL] about the assault on the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He reversed policies at X, formerly Twitter, designed to block hate speech, including racist and antisemitic tweets. That has turned the platform into a hive of repulsive partisan commentary. (Musk blames an imaginary advertisers’ “boycott” for the user decline at X, though the repulsive atmosphere of the platform since his acquisition probably has done more to drive users and advertisers away.) Musk again put his acrid personal worldview vividly on display with his announcement Tuesday that he would [URL='https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-07-16/musk-moving-spacex-headquarters-to-texas-x']move two of his private companies, Hawthorne-based SpaceX and San Francisco-based X, to Texas[/URL]." Digby [/QUOTE]

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