- Dustin Moskovitz referred to as for Elon Musk to resign after he agreed with an antisemitic put up.
- Musk replied to a put up that accused Jewish teams of “hatred against whites,” calling it the “actual truth.”
- Musk has additionally threatened to sue the ADL after it reported an increase in hate speech on X.
Fb cofounder and Asana CEO Dustin Moskovitz mentioned Elon Musk ought to resign after Musk referred to as an antisemitic put up on X the “actual truth.”
“I call on Elon Musk to resign,” Moskovitz mentioned Wednesday in a put up on Threads.
He later posted that Musk ought to resign “(from everything).” The Tesla CEO has a hand in six corporations, together with SpaceX and X, previously often called Twitter.
Moskovitz’s feedback got here after a Wednesday alternate on X during which a consumer referred to as for an finish to antisemitism.
One other consumer on X made an antisemitic remark in response to the put up, saying that “Jewish communities” had been pushing “hatred against whites.” The consumer mentioned western Jewish individuals had been supporting “hordes of minorities” flooding their international locations — and now had come to the “disturbing realization” that these minorities did not like them an excessive amount of.
“You have said the actual truth,” Musk wrote in response to the antisemitic put up.
The put up echoes the “great replacement theory” that many white supremacists subscribe to. It contends that non-white immigrants to the US and different western international locations are changing white populations. The idea is oftentimes invoked in opposition to Jewish supporters of immigration.
Musk confronted swift backlash
The response to Musk’s obvious assist of a consumer who helps such a racist idea was swift.
Tesla investor Ross Gerber said he deliberate to interchange his Mannequin Y with a Rivian on account of Musk’s remark.
“Getting a flood of messages from clients wanting out of tesla and anything to do with Elon Musk,” Gerber wrote on X. “Many saying they are selling their cars as well. What is he doing to the tesla brand???!!?!?”
Wavelength cofounder Marc Bodnick posted screenshots of Musk’s comment to X and wrote, “Elon’s antisemitism is still shocking.”
Matt Blaze, McDevitt Professor of Pc Science and Regulation at Georgetown, mentioned in a put up on Mastodon that “Musk’s latest unfiltered reveal of his character (anti-semitism edition this time around) makes it all the more unfortunate that some communities still haven’t moved off Twitter/X/whateveritis.”
CNN anchor and New York Occasions bestselling writer Jake Tapper mentioned on Threads that Musk was “pushing unvarnished anti semitism at a time of rising antisemitism and violence against Jews.”
Kara Swisher, a tech journalist and podcaster who has reported on Musk for years, mentioned Musk is “promoting hate.” “There is a difference between free speech and speech designed to hurt people,” Swisher mentioned.
In a collection of posts on X later Wednesday, Musk took digs on the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a bunch that the billionaire threatened to sue in September after the ADL documented an increase in hate speech on X since Musk’s takeover.
“At the risk of being repetitive, I am deeply offended by ADL’s messaging and any other groups who push de facto anti-white racism or anti-Asian racism or racism of any kind,” Musk later wrote on X. “I’m sick of it. Stop now.”
Musk additionally mentioned his feedback did not “extend to all Jewish communities, but it is also not just limited to ADL.”
Musk and Moskovitz didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark forward of publication.
A spokesperson for ADL referred Insider to a put up from ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt on X.
“At a time when antisemitism is exploding in America and surging around the world, it is indisputably dangerous to use one’s influence to validate and promote antisemitic theories,” Greenblatt wrote on X.
Greenblatt has beforehand mentioned that Musk’s habits is “dangerous and deeply irresponsible.”
“We need responsible leaders to lead, to stop inflaming hatred, and to step back from the brink before it’s too late,” Greenblatt mentioned in September.
In September, Musk pushed again in opposition to criticism round antisemitism on X. Throughout a dialog lasting greater than an hour hosted by Ben Shapiro on X in September, Musk mentioned he could not be antisemitic as a result of he is “aspirationally Jewish” and has been to Israel.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) instructed Insider earlier this month that the non-profit group has recorded an almost 400% enhance in antisemitic incidents throughout the US, together with reported assaults, harassment and vandalism, since Hamas launched terrorist assaults on Israel in October.
ADL recorded a complete of 312 antisemitic incidents between October 7 and October 23, 190 of which it mentioned had been immediately linked to the Israel-Hamas warfare. Because the October 7 assaults, the ADL recorded 54 antisemitic incidents on faculty campuses, 43 of which the group mentioned may be immediately linked to the warfare.
It is not the primary time Moskovitz has been essential of Musk. He referred to as Tesla and SpaceX “scams” that Musk bought away with earlier this yr.
