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submitted 10 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

“I’m aspirationally Jewish,” Musk said. “So I was like, ‘What are people talking about with this antisemitism?’ Because I never hear it at dinner conversations."

Elon Musk said he is "Jewish by association" during a conversation with conservative commentator Ben Shapiro after a visit to the former Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz, Poland.

Musk, the Tesla CEO and owner of social media platform X, made the comments during a conference on antisemitism organized by the European Jewish Association. The association had arranged for Musk to make a private visit to Auschwitz, where an estimated 1.1 million Jewish people were killed during the Holocaust.

"I must admit to being somewhat frankly naive about this. In the circles that I move, I see almost no antisemitism. ... Two-thirds of my friends are Jewish," the billionaire tech mogul said in a video posted on YouTube by Bloomberg Technology. "I have twice as many Jewish friends as non-Jewish friends. I’m like Jewish by association."

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[-] School_Lunch@lemmy.world 229 points 10 months ago
  • goes to auschwitz
  • talks about himself

He clearly learned nothing.

[-] Num10ck@lemmy.world 37 points 10 months ago

reminds me of when Justin Bieber went to visit Anne Franks place.

[-] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 46 points 10 months ago

"Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber."

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 49 points 10 months ago

Difference is a 19 year old and a 51yr old.

I expect student shit from a teenager. Someone Musks age? Jesus.

[-] boywar3@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Its my understanding that it was more of a "holy shit, she was the same age as many of my fans" statement.

[-] Mek@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

As someone else noted, Bieber was young and naive. I don't think he said it to boost his ego; rather, it was just a poor choice of words. Now, Musk, on the other hand...

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 114 points 10 months ago

"No, no, he clearly said Jew-ish!" - George Santos

"I must admit to being somewhat frankly naive about this."

Could have just stopped there, Elon. 😒

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 66 points 10 months ago
[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

“I must admit to being somewhat frankly naive about this. In the circles that I move, I see almost no antisemitism. … Two-thirds of my friends are Jewish,” the billionaire tech mogul said in a video posted on YouTube by Bloomberg Technology. “I have twice as many Jewish friends as non-Jewish friends. I’m like Jewish by association.”

He thinks because he's got a single Ben Shapiro, he's got "twice as many Jewish friends" because all his other "friends" have zero Jewish friends.

I would say "That's not how that math works out" but math has clearly never been his strong suit.

[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 44 points 10 months ago

Eye rolls can give you headaches

[-] CodeName@infosec.pub 39 points 10 months ago

“I must admit to being somewhat frankly naive about this. In the circles that I move, I see almost no antisemitism."

Elon Musk agrees with tweet accusing Jewish people of ‘hatred against whites’

Is he an idiot lacking in self-awareness, or just a good old fashioned liar? Maybe both? The fact that he was getting bad press for his antisemitism and decided that a visit to Auschwitz was a "gotcha" to prove he was a good guy is in itself kind of antisemitic.

[-] ____@infosec.pub 5 points 10 months ago
[-] b3an@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months ago

This asshat. Continues his apology tour, and with Ben Shapiro??? of all people. Get bent Elon, you out of touch blowhard.

[-] AnonTwo@kbin.social 31 points 10 months ago

Is there any "I'm not racist/prejudice" card he didn't use in that statement?

Part X
Watched tragedy (not really)
Not hearing it from anyone
Friends are X
X by association

[-] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 21 points 10 months ago
[-] holycrap@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

He Reuters retweeted some antisemitic shit and got called out and lost advertisers. This is literally a thinly veiled and comically tone deaf PR piece.

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 18 points 10 months ago

Jesus Christ could this guy get any less likeable? He went to Auschwitz because he didn't hear any anti-semitism at the dinner table? The fuck are you even talking about, dude??

[-] restingboredface@sh.itjust.works 16 points 10 months ago

Whenever I think he can't dig the well of douchebaggery any deeper, he grabs a shovel and proves me wrong.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

"Almost" only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.

[-] AshMan85@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago
[-] Llewellyn@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Do not devaluate magnitude of that word. Elon is simply idiot and jerk without any empathy, but overinflated ego.

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[-] mindlight@lemm.ee 11 points 10 months ago

There always at least one duchebag in every group.

If you don't know who in your group that is the duchebag it's probably you who is the duchebag.

[-] candybrie@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Not really. Usually actually kind people don't tolerate being in a group with a douchebag. And douchebags often like hanging out together because they're less likely to have their douchebaggery pointed out to them.

[-] FReddit@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago
[-] theodewere@kbin.social 9 points 10 months ago

Elon thinks being Jewish is no big deal basically

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[-] IronpigsWizard@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Where does this rank on the, "George Santos scale of Jew-ish-ness"?

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

I feel he's finally losing his marbles.

[-] Llewellyn@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

He does that for quite some time already

[-] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 10 months ago

Oh, look, a URL that leads to a cognitohazard!

Wild.

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[-] Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago

I don't see anything so the SCP Foundation must have scrubbed it already

[-] Fudoshin@feddit.uk 1 points 10 months ago

SCP Foundation

Is that the wiki thing with all the horror stories?

[-] Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's a mixed bag of genres, but yes: https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/

I also considered putting the Bureau of Control

[-] m13@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

WTF is “the Israel-Hamas war”??? Do they mean the genocide of Palestinians by Israel?

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Daily reminder to Tesla and SpaceX that you're treading water, and the Shark of Inevitability is closing in. Make your moves or be chomped into tiny smithereenies.

[-] Fudoshin@feddit.uk 1 points 10 months ago

Does the Shark of Inevitability feed on those naturally or is it more of a mistaken identity thing?

[-] ashok36@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

You're right about tesla but much less so about SpaceX.

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago

SpaceX has a huge lead, but there are a lot of "getting viable" rocket companies coming up, like rocket labs and blue origin.

[-] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Time to nationalize spacex

[-] xc2215x@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

It doesn't work that way. If it did so many anti Semites would try this.

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