Elon Musk says he's 'Jewish by association' after Auschwitz visit, sees 'almost no antisemitism'
“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."
He clearly learned nothing.
reminds me of when Justin Bieber went to visit Anne Franks place.
"Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber."
Difference is a 19 year old and a 51yr old.
I expect student shit from a teenager. Someone Musks age? Jesus.
Its my understanding that it was more of a "holy shit, she was the same age as many of my fans" statement.
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...
"No, no, he clearly said Jew-ish!" - George Santos
Could have just stopped there, Elon. 😒
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.
I'm a Jew and I have yet to meet another Jew who has any respect whatsoever for Ben Shapiro.
And, "some of my best friends are Jews/Blacks/Gays/etc." is the oldest line in the bigot book.
I didn't say as much because I kind of thought that was a given. Dude's not even trying. Most half-ass transparent shit ever.
Actually I read this all the other way, like he was trying to suggest something by being one of richest in the world he was “jew-ish” and that two thirds of this rich person’s friends are Jewish.
I second all of this.
The only respect I have for Ben Shapiro comes from his collection of Seforim.
Though that might be more envy than respect, those things are expensive.
"I'm not racist because, you see. My cat is black."
That's how this line reads to me anyway.
Eye rolls can give you headaches
This asshat. Continues his apology tour, and with Ben Shapiro??? of all people. Get bent Elon, you out of touch blowhard.
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
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??
"Almost" only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
Fuck this nazi
Do not devaluate magnitude of that word. Elon is simply idiot and jerk without any empathy, but overinflated ego.
Who granted you authority on how people use a word?
Vocabulary
Nazi
🤦♂️
Whenever I think he can't dig the well of douchebaggery any deeper, he grabs a shovel and proves me wrong.
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.
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.
Asshole.
Elon thinks being Jewish is no big deal basically
It is? Should being any nation have any significance in modern world?
Where does this rank on the, "George Santos scale of Jew-ish-ness"?
WTF is “the Israel-Hamas war”??? Do they mean the genocide of Palestinians by Israel?
I feel he's finally losing his marbles.
He does that for quite some time already
Oh, look, a URL that leads to a cognitohazard!
Wild.
Do what now?
I don't see anything so the SCP Foundation must have scrubbed it already
Is that the wiki thing with all the horror stories?
It's a mixed bag of genres, but yes: https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/
I also considered putting the Bureau of Control
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.
You're right about tesla but much less so about SpaceX.
SpaceX has a huge lead, but there are a lot of "getting viable" rocket companies coming up, like rocket labs and blue origin.
Does the Shark of Inevitability feed on those naturally or is it more of a mistaken identity thing?
Time to nationalize spacex
It doesn't work that way. If it did so many anti Semites would try this.