Billionaire Elon Musk used obscene language to advertisers during an interview at a New York Times conference. Large companies began to refuse advertising on social network X, which the businessman owns, after Musk published words of support under an anti-Semitic post.
Musk admitted that with this post he “handed a loaded gun” to both his critics and anti-Semites on the social network. The businessman called the comment itself perhaps the worst in the entire history of his posts on social networks, among which, as he admitted, there were many “stupid ones.”
Attention. Further in the text there is swearing.
Answering a question about the boycott of advertisers, the owner of X said that companies that refused advertising on the social network may not return. He called their actions “blackmail”:
If someone is trying to blackmail me with advertising, blackmail me with money, go fuck yourself. Fuck you. It is clear? Hope so.
At the same time, he separately singled out Disney CEO Robert Iger, who earlier during the conference announced from the stage that he did not want his company to be associated with Musk. “Hey Bob, if you’re in the audience,” Musk added after the expletive.
“I am concerned with the reality of good, not with its perception. And everywhere I see people who care about looking good while doing evil. To hell with them,” the businessman also said, criticizing advertisers.
In the same interview, Musk notedthat the advertising boycott would lead to the death of X. “This is something that everyone on Earth will know about,” he said. “We won’t be there, and it will be because of an advertiser boycott.”
Major companies including IBM, Apple and Disney have suspended advertising after Elon Musk wrote On November 15, he posted on his “You spoke the truth” account in response to a post by a user who claimed that Jewish communities support “dialectical hatred of whites.”
Musk has repeatedly stated that he regrets publishing this post, Reuters notes. At the same time, the billionaire denied accusations of anti-Semitism. Amid the scandal, the businessman visited the Israeli kibbutz Kfar Aza near the border with the Gaza Strip, which was attacked by Hamas militants on October 7.
Elon Musk responded to accusations of anti-Semitism: “I wish only the best for humanity” Before that, he agreed with the post about the “dialectical hatred” of Jews towards white people
Elon Musk responded to accusations of anti-Semitism: “I wish only the best for humanity” Before that, he agreed with the post about the “dialectical hatred” of Jews towards white people
2023-11-30 07:11:00
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