The Ignorance of Elon’s Apology Tour
Somehow he managed to make a visit to Auschwitz about him
Elon Musk had the gall to claim he is “Jewish by association” during a conversation with conservative commentator Ben Shapiro the other day.
He 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 by Bloomberg Technology. “I have twice as many Jewish friends as non-Jewish friends. I’m like Jewish by association.”
The association organized the visit to address a worldwide surge of antisemitism after the start of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
“I’m aspirationally Jewish,” Musk continued. “So I was like, ‘What are people talking about with this antisemitism?’ Because I never hear it at dinner conversations. It’s like an absurdity — at least in my friend circles.”
During the conversation with Shapiro, Musk also addressed “pro-Hamas rallies” on “elite college campuses that are supposed to be … enlightened.”
In his visit to the death camp, Musk was joined by the association’s chairman Rabbi Menachem Margolin, Shapiro and Holocaust survivor Gidon Lev. He laid a wreath at the wall of death and took part in a short memorial ceremony by the Birkenau memorial, the association said in a Facebook post.
This is the same man who tweeted “You have said the actual truth” responding to a post that falsely claimed that Jewish people push hatred for white people in the media and movies.
In that same thread, Musk went after the Anti-Defamation League, whose CEO, Jonathan Greenblatt, had called out the danger of promoting antisemitic rhetoric. Musk has also been condemned for allowing users to post bigoted contents, including antisemitic posts, on the social media platform.
But my personal favorite is when Elon tweeted “Who do you think *owns* the press? Hello.” in response to another user’s remark on “powerful people” controlling the outcome of polling surveys conducted by the media.
As you can see by the tweet’s timestamp, this was back in 2018, long before he ruined Twitter for everyone who isn’t a fascist. I mean come on, could he be any more obvious? This antisemitic trope of Jews owning the media has been perpetuated by white supremacists and Islamic extremists for decades.
I guess renaming it X is ironic, as it’s beginning to feel like a jealous, angry ex that I no longer want to see pop up on my phone’s notifications.
Let’s be real. The only reason Elon went to Auschwitz is in a desperate bid to try to convince advertisers that he isn’t an antisemite. It’s not fooling anyone that hasn’t already fooled themselves into believing racist conspiracy theories.