Musk’s Assassination Tweet… A Problem?

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‪@xisumavoid‬Shares his thoughts regarding the controversial tweets made by Elon Musk on 𝕏 about the second assassination attempt of Donald Trump and how this could be a call for violence.
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[@stoopingas]

Twitter, the website formerly known as X 🗣🗣🗣🗣

[@Questerer]

The best part is that this entire episode is scripted to ensure Xisuma is not saying something unintentionally hurtfull. So he didn’t make a speaking mistake. It was intenional. 😂

[@PixalonGC]

​@@Questerer yeah, i appreciate that he learned from a past mistake and found a way to better communicate his ideas. talking about serious topics should be scripted edit: i just realised he said that line wrong LOL

[@ender0998]

I thought he said "formally"

[@JavierSalcedoC]

That's how trans must feel😂😂😂

[@deebea6364]

One of the worst 'rebrand' fails in modern history... lololol... Does anyone actually call it X besides Elon?

[@another_jt]

I personally find the "But I was just joking" defense disingenuous . Too many times public figures have been called out for statements, both on social media and in public, that are problematic for various reasons, and their excuse afterwards was that they claimed to be joking, as if that provides a free pass. As for Musk and this particular post, Musk should know better. I find it extremely unlikely that he is just now learning the difficulty in conveying humor/sarcasm in short plain text messages, so to me this excuse rings hollow.

[@valkyrie_pilot]

I like to call this Schrödinger's joke. If anyone has concerns, it was just a joke- But if everyone around you agrees, then you are dead serious. You won't say until it's observed.

[@ZohmBe]

I believe it was not a joke and a serious question that people should be thinking about.

[@mattschwartz7583]

​@@ZohmBe I think that too, because if it really was trumps rhetoric that was inciting this violence, it would be targeting the other side. They are deflecting and projecting this as his fault to absolve themselves of any guilt

[@another_jt]

@@ZohmBe "I'm just asking questions" is a close second to the "just joking" for poor excuses for inflammatory language.

[@Tuhar]

Right - speech should be restricted regardless of intent.

[@TheGarrett9687]

When stuff like this pops up, it makes you think what else they get away with. How could you think that was appropriate.

[@MegaLokopo]

His intention was to point out that the reason someone with middle ground policies has had 2 attempted assassinations is because the media is so biased against trump. Purely based on policies kamala should be the one racking up attempted assassinations. Her policies are much more extreme.

[@JavierSalcedoC]

A working brain😂😂😂

[@mattschwartz7583]

It's not about thinking it's appropriate. They are claiming it's trumps rhetoric that's prompting these attacks, but no one is attacking his opponents. Makes it seem to me like it's the MSM causing this and the the next day they are back calling him a threat.

[@MoEDrA-vr5xt]

​@@JavierSalcedoCA partially rotten brain with hate in heart😂😂😂😅

[@99twenty9]

He also said he would impregnate taylor swift

[@Borapaws]

i think whats also valuable to note is how involved elon has made himself into the politics, bringing trump on sizable twitter spaces for interviews, actually being ENDORSED by trump to lead various financial audits alongside engaging frequently with extremist content in support of it putting aside his place as the owner of twitter and the validity that comes with that (which is why this is even a headline to begin with), his engagement with the material and the audience hes cultivated makes that tweet incredibly concerning despite that, really good video and summary of the whole topic! always happy to see more waffles on channels currently known as X

[@Borapaws]

also it didnt fit the original post, but this does bear a lot of similarities towards his really creepy tweet towards taylor swift which makes this seem a lot less forgivable considering he shouldve known not to be making edgy jokes after that debacle (course if hes even capable of realizing his mistakes when it doesnt immediately tank his profits)

[@Kingv33iscool]

Super sus

[@davidpacifico1019]

Also the fact of how he treats his daughter and his belief in the conspiracy theory of the “Woke mind virus”, he has gone fully insane.

[@GMMisha]

the issue with Elon Musk is that he just doesn't realize we're all not 14 anymore, and that our public behaviour now matters

[@vladu__e]

Yeah, elon is currently the world's most dangerous autistic person

[@shrub8644]

@@vladu__e he's narcissistic more than anything

[@doornumb]

He DOES know his public behavior matters. He knows what he's doing and he knows what he wants. He knows what attracts people and what pushes them away. He knows his intentions.

[@Tuhar]

That's why we need to self-censor and be afraid to discuss current events. 100%

[@cokomishi]

@@Tuharor maybe just commentate on ongoing events with a single ounce of maturity and/or responsibility? jus saying.

[@bruhdotwmv]

Epic tip: don't use twitter

[@Artomlet33]

Alternate tip: Don’t go on political twitter

[@mymo_in_Bb]

epiku ↑

[@llamadrama1090]

that's easy, i live in Brasil!

[@kapifromnevada4697]

Mukyu pfp facts

[@johnwhittaker311]

Musk has a cult-like following, which is why it’s so dangerous that he refuses to think and consider what the impacts might be before he tweets things. For me, the worst bit about that tweet was the word “even,” because that changes the tone slightly to suggest that that’s what he wants. “And no one’s trying to…” would sound like a general pondering, whereas saying “And no one’s even trying to…” makes it sound like he’s disappointed by that fact

[@Dave-cg9li]

Exactly… I read it as a dog whistle statement. Especially coming from someone who generally attracts an audience further to the right 😅

[@Tuhar]

Cult-like? Are you suggesting that everyone following Elon should Jonestown themselves? That's a pretty strong call to action here. Are you sure that you want to word it like that?

[@ChosenSquirrel]

Its important to resist the Nerotic urge to read someones intent. Had a GF who did that to me used the wrong phrase thought I was being cute and she interpreted the opposite meaning. Lesson don't be Nerotic assume the best out of the people around you until its beyond reasonable doubt. You clearly already don't like the man careful that doesn't cloud your judgment.

[@dragonladyusps]

You are so sweet and innocent . Because Musk does it time and time again, he knows what he is doing. There is no kindness or goodness in him.

[@arcanum3882]

@@Dave-cg9lihow about instead of pondering “dog whistles” we address the train whistle of actual assassination attempts on a man

[@witherschat]

I do think that the paradox of tolerance is relevant here. Do we owe tolerance to people whose political ideas are based on being intolerant?

[@sundjinnkari]

Yes. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, even ones you directly oppose. Not sure if you remember, Musk purchased X because he wanted to turn it into a free 'marketplace' of ideas, where we could talk about them and extrapolate the good ones, while attempting to avoid or downplay the bad ones. I respect your question, and I will not ascribe intent to it, however, if that question needed to be asked, we are so far behind finding a common ground of understanding than is possible in a single conversational thread.

[@witherschat]

@@sundjinnkari I think you misunderstood me. Of course I'm fine with people disagreeing. That's part of a free society. But I'm not talking about general disagreement here. What I'm asking is, should you tolerate people who don’t believe in a tolerant society? Who, given a platform, will do all that is in their power to prevent their opponents from having the same? When people don't play by the rules, do we bow to them and let them slowly take over the system? Or do we kick them from the game? THIS is what the paradox of tolerance is about. Not mere disagreements. So, I ask again. Should we give a voice to the people who will use it to take away ours?

[@sundjinnkari]

@@witherschat Short answer: still yes. Longer answer; In the marketplace of ideas every idea has equal weight to be debated upon, tested, elaborated, and ultimately determined to be beneficial, or non-beneficial to humanity or the various things attached. Fairness to a fault, because the good ideas bubble to the surface due to humanity's inherent nature to want to benefit themselves. The bad ones should sink like a rock to be buried by other ideas. Let's talk slightly about politics, surface level only, for 8 years there's been this rhetoric about how evil a man Donald Trump is, and any defense of him makes the defender an evil person too. That is an attempt to silence voices and ideas. The opposing side engages in something similar, but to the ideas being spouted, there may be a little name-calling but it's nothing that latches on much, overall the content being wrestled with is the idea. The fact that this is continuing to happen means the marketplace of ideas is working properly. Eventually the side demonizing people will fail, and the side demonizing bad ideas will stop needing to tangle with those ideas and move on, because those ideas will be unpopular enough to not get acted on.

[@sundjinnkari]

@@witherschat as my previous comment having been removed I will be generic. Yes, we should still permit people to be able to voice their opinion regardless if they are good ideas or bad. Personal demonization has not really worked well when trying to silence or stop ideas from flourishing. Even demonizing a group of people has still been met with minimal success. Keeping ideas flowing is the backbone of a healthy society, as unhealthy ones which silence voices tend to crumble under their own rhetoric.

[@witherschat]

@@sundjinnkari I wish you were right. But past and current events prove time and time again that you're wrong.

[@duwang2324]

Also he OWNS Twitter he knows exactly what he’s doing

[@WilliamSheen-ee5qi]

Exactly, he knows the message this will send to people, and if he doesn’t he isn’t qualified to be running much of the world online interaction.

[@Tuhar]

Whoa, is this a call to violence against all corporation owners?

[@kolibroidamy]

@@Tuhar why are you spamming the whole comment section with your drivel?

[@Tuhar]

@@kolibroidamy What level of fear are you at? Does any challenge to your line of thinking leave you angry without any real understanding of why? What constitutes the 'whole comment section'? I replied to like 3 comments where I saw pretty direct hypocrisy - does this trigger you?

[@kolibroidamy]

@@Tuhar im quaking in my boots lmfao

[@FB-ey9fv]

this is actually a really well thought out response to this event, and i think in a pretty unbiased way, breaks down the real issues with the post, while separating them from the politics surround the topic. i remember being annoyed at you for your video on the stuff about mr beast because i felt you hadn't properly understood the situation, but you definitely articulated what was wrong in this situation way better than what i could in my head. I'd love to hear more thought out mostly unbiased takes like these cus honestly i feel like they're few and far between (no offense to you on the mr beast thing btw, i did watch the follow up video and grasp the misunderstanding and the point you were originally trying to make)

[@Protofall]

Yeah, I'm proud of X too. He's done well since the Mr Beast correction video.

[@Joscat60]

I, personally, don't even understand how his original tweet could even be interpreted as a joke. It just seems like he's trying to posit a conspiracy theory by implying that there's a secretive reason that there haven't been any attempts on her life

[@crazyjay6331]

I'm pretty sure that's exactly what he means, he is saying that democats are more extreme. Or that there is a genuine plot to assassinate trump, which isn't far fetched.

[@MailableTuba666]

My favorite quote, "X is the pvp server of social media"

[@subjectnivleis7572]

@@MailableTuba666 my favorite is if you don't like the internet you can get off

[@lo0katmyn4me]

It's been stated by multiple people, multiple times, that elon is surrounded by yes-men. It sounds like the joke went over well with people who would never challenge a single breath he takes, but unfortunately the rest of the world is not necessarily the same. But someone who has cultivated a website of who-he-has-cultivated, throwing out a call for violence in that way... Words have a lot of power for expression, and even more for instillation, I would not be shocked if that tweet started something in the works, somewhere in the country.

[@zaydmerhab6167]

Not to mention he is just a complete degenerate

[@stratometal]

He has never had someone slap some sense into him. The only speech that is not protected by US constitution is when you publicly call for violence upon others. Too bad he is such a sniveling weasel that scurries behind his contacts and money to ever be held accountable for this alone. But if he keeps it up...

[@ivanovov.7062]

Hi Xisuma! I’m reading through some of the comments to this video and I’m secondhand feeling shock from it. I hope you don’t get demoralized yourself making these videos and reading the responses that follow. I for one (and many more, I’m sure) believe you to be one of the most genuine creators out there, not only for how you consider your words before making a video on them, but also for how much care you put into being transparent about the whole act of content creation in the first place. Your confidence on maintaining your perspective while still being receptive to others speaks volumes. I hope you are doing well!

[@tobiassalisbury245]

Yeah. It's sad to see people falling into the same trap as X points out about Elon/Twitter in general. Just spewing words without thought is likely to cause more harm than good, and is lacking personal responsibility

[@neociber24]

After reading the comments I think a lot of people are sane even some disagreeding.

[@okarthegreat]

I just thought this was a random political channel, but then I saw the avatar and then the channel name. And I just couldn't help but yell... IS THAT F***ING XISUMA!?!

[@WilliamSheen-ee5qi]

The fact that, regardless of “actual” intent, Musk know this will be interpreted as a call to action is what so angers me. If he doesn’t realize these words can have such an effect, he isn’t someone who should have such power and influence, especially in the realm of social media.

[@skylark556]

@WilliamSheen-ee5qi based on this logic, do you also believe that Biden/Harris/other Democrats shouldn't have power and influence either? They are the ones who've been saying every day for the past 8 years that Trump is a pure-evil fascist dictator that will end all elections if he wins, when they know full well none of that is even remotely close to true? Is that not irresponsible? And then when there are multiple assassination attempts on Trump, their response is to say it's his fault, not theirs. The left side of the isle routinely gets a free pass for saying things that are way worse, which was kind of the point of his tweet. The point is there's alot more incitement of violence on the left side of the isle than there is on the right, and if you just watch what each side says on a day to day basis, it isn't surprising.

[@josiahferrell5022]

Nobody should have such power, because it is virtually impossible to remain a well-intentioned individual.

[@PeidosFTW]

It's a problem because this is not the first time he alludes to wanting political violence against whomever he disagrees with. You just have to look at what happened in Brazil. The judge wanted him to do something, he didn't and then the company proceed to get shutdown for not following the law. Afterwards, musk has been constantly harassing the judge and calling for him to be imprisioned

[@subjectnivleis7572]

@@PeidosFTW considering the Jude asked him to censor his political opponent and not tell them why I understand why he said no they did the same to rumble but rumble took the Brazil servers offline and said blame this guy for why you can't access anymore ( super based In my opinion)

[@PeidosFTW]

@@subjectnivleis7572 that's not what happened at all LMAO. He wanted the names to neonazis and the like spreading misinformation. Elon likes neonazis, so he didn't want to do that. That's how it started. You think it's super based of him, but he constantly bows down to governments he agrees with, like turkey, Saudi Arabia or India, would you say that's super based? Why does he delete profiles when these countries ask but not when Brazil asks? It's hypocritical. If neonazis are not your political enemies, you have a massive problem and are most likely a nazi yourself

[@PeidosFTW]

​@@subjectnivleis7572 KZbin removed my comment. This is not what happened. The judge wanted the names of far right people, because they were committing crimes, and he chose not to give the names (eventually did). This is because he agrees with these people. You say it's based, but would you say it's "based" for him to dox and delete accounts when turkey, Saudi Arabia or India ask him to? It's very hypocritical and totally not "based".

[@subjectnivleis7572]

@@PeidosFTW my comments keep getting deleted and I'm now bored I gotta cat to feed and and a sick relative to take care of so whatever this is I don't care enough to keep it going feel free to think what you want I have a life I have to get back too and I wish you well

[@PeidosFTW]

@@subjectnivleis7572 stop defending far right weirdos lol

[@Sphendrana]

He is not unaware of the irony. He is completely self-aware.

[@cantinadudes]

He's autistic so i doubt it

[@KBRoller]

I just want to know how many times Musk thinks he can get away with the "it's just a joke, bro" approach to self-defense?

[@tamnker8465]

I think this was just him doing some classic doublespeak. I think he meant to get the conspiracy theorists all fired up. Y'know, get the QAnon ppl all riled up and spreading misinformation. Even then your point still stands that someone could interpret it as a call to action. No matter what it was a really stupid thing to post.

[@sophiatrocentraisin]

And what do you think the QAnon people will do after being riled up? Elon may be remarquable dumb, but agitating QAnon *is* a call to action with plausible deniability, and I'm not sure he's dumb enough to not know it

[@engeljest]

While I would agree that tone can be hard to interpret over social media, I don’t believe that a situation like this could be ‘blamed’ on social media itself. Someone as involved in social media as Elon Musk should know the dangers of posting a potentially controversial statement online. He should also know that saying ‘it’s just a joke’ is not a good defence whatsoever? Saying something is ‘just a joke’ devalues any negative emotions a person / audience might have felt in regards to the statement(s) and suggests that you can be as cruel as you want under the guise of comedy.

[@sergentspuddy8637]

The account he was replying to was one of his alt accounts btw

[@markgladwell8927]

That's disturbing

[@cooch5096]

Conspiracy

[@dilwindersingh-x7b]

you might like this guy i follow, he covers conspiracies like that, he is called alex jones

[@ConsumerOfCringe]

Not a crazy conspiracy, Musk once had an alt account where he pretended to be his own 3 year old son. Creepy

[@redford4ever]

Congratulation, you just proven to be the people you points as nutjobs on the right. Doge Designer exists, made conference, met Musk IRL. People who think they're different when they really are the same, united in mediocrity.

[@Rodj71]

Musk wonders why does one canditate provoke such response, and the other doesn't..? Really? Is this the Emperor's New Clothes here..? it's because that one is genuinely hostile, combative, racist and embodies everything that is wrong in the western world. And the Gods help us all if he gets into power again. I don't wish any harm on him, but I do want to see him not succeed, and I think the world will breathe a huge sigh of relief too. I'm British, I have no horse in this race, other than thinking about what would be best for the world.

[@druhu4590]

The entire right hates kamala's guts, they just think she should be tried and convicted for her crimes once they have a non-corrupt DOJ.

[@glampixie]

I respect your opinion X but I think you’re wrong on this one. You’ve given Musk far too much credit and good will. When you’re funding the other candidate in the millions of dollars and make an “assassination joke” (which was certainly not a joke) against the other candidate, it’s not just a question (or as he claims, some joke.)

[@joh3981]

I think you neglected to mention one important factor that makes this problematic. Elon musk is the richest man in the world. That alone makes him an idol for many people and whatever opinion he shares has this kind of authority behind it. It is far more likely that a confused person that has already been radicalized to a critical degree will take this tweet as the necessary validation to act on their thoughts, than if it was posted by any other person or even just a celebrity of similar size in audience. The way you put it, it relieves Musk from this responsibility that he has and needs to respect when choosing his words and I don’t think we should be so lenient.

[@sharpfang]

I'm pretty sure it was meant a cynical take of "We are called the extremists, but all the assassins come from their side of the aisle", not a call to catch up on assassination attempts.

[@joh3981]

But it’s already a problem if he needs you to interpret things positively for him. He is the richest man in the world with people idolizing him and taking what he says as gospel. We shouldn’t just handwave such irresponsible behavior or think about it as if our buddy bob said it after a 5 beers in the pub.

[@cuddlecakes7153]

But the last dude was a Republican lol. And iirc the previous one was too

[@NikkiTheViolist]

@@cuddlecakes7153 the last dude was a Republican who donated to Democrats and publicly supported Democrats which I guess means he was a Republican lol

[@aris_32]

​@@cuddlecakes7153 They both were registered so as to vote against Trump in the GOP elections.

[@deebea6364]

Trump has publicly supported and donated to democrats as well so yes they are clearly both republicans 🇺🇸🤣

[@shawnholbrook7278]

The subject matter is no joke. I wish accountability was a thing that rich people were subject to as well as the rest of us. I always enjoy your waffles, even if I am less generous than you are about the basic goodness of humanity. I choose to act as if there is more good than bad, and as if people just need encouragement, even when I am disillusioned. There may be too many negatives broadcast, so I search for positives. You and the Hermits give me peace.

[@sundjinnkari]

It's a good point you're making. My life has been much less drama involved without Facebook as well. I don't hear from my family, but they aren't itching to send me a text, nor call. I'd say if your social media detoxing you should go for the most, YT, X, FB, IG, and TT, dump them all and feel better about yourself knowing that your thoughts are your own, and they don't have to be immediately spewed out to a gaggle of people every 20 seconds.

[@yoavshati]

If that tweet came from a random person I would assume it's a joke or a genuine question, and I think that it can be very insightful to think about why these assassination attempts are happening The problem is that with the context of who Musk is and what he believes in, it becomes a lot more likely that it's not this 100% innocent joke/question and does have some plausibly deniable call to violence This can be seen as part of the big problem of stochastic terrorism, where people with big platforms never directly say anyone should do something bad, but they are quite suggestive of that idea. This tactic has been used (perhaps unintentionally) by people like Ben Shapiro, Matt Walsh, and other far-right figures against trans healthcare, especially for minors. Specific people they talk about get doxxed and receive death threats, and at least one hospital/clinic had to be evacuated because of a bomb threat I think the problem is that no one tweet or comment is all that problematic on its own, and it can be denied or said to be a joke when people criticize it, but when you look at the big picture there really is a force for radicalization and incitement of violence (and this can happen in any group, not just far-right groups, though they do seem to be more susceptible to it when it comes to violence)

[@coalopalatticus6964]

The biggest question I have about both assassination attempts is why were there two? If i remember right, most presidents who have had assassination attempts only got one regardless of weather they succeed or not

[@tyrsia]

This is why I love Minecraft videos. No politics, and the biggest “outrage” is something fun or silly like scar touching doc’s redstone or X putting silverfish everywhere. Hermitcraft and some other SMP content feels like an oasis in the internet, genuine entertainment without an agenda.

[@antiisocial]

Same.

[@pvic6959]

eh dream and others have had some ooof stuff happen

[@GSFBlade]

What about the mob votes!

[@redford4ever]

"why one candidate attracts this form of attention". Imagine this comment after the second rape attempt on your sister, then someone saying "it's not loaded".

[@deebea6364]

@@GSFBlade the mob votes got unalived this year :o

[@rhysamoment]

Musk please don't put a neuralink in my head and make me worship Donald Trump 🙏

[@theuser810]

Websites that encourage political polarisation like Twitter should be shunned like 4chan

[@AnyKeyLady]

He knew what he was doing, especially during election years and issues that have been going on in the world. Social media apps and app owners should be balanced and unbiased. Not incite hate and violence. Trending tabs seem to be boosted by bots and whilst i want to see mature content, it doesn't mean i want my home page full of OF genitalia. Some people seem to be very impressionable, even at an older age and are being exploited like puppets and some end up going to prison for it. I used to like Twitter but it has been going down hill since 2015/16. Since Elon has been in charge, it just feels like Telegram 2.0. It wouldn't surprise me if Telegram goes bust, Elon will be the first to buy it and merge it like TX. Personally as a parent and with all of the associated nuisances, i would not feel comfortable with an under 18 yr using the app.

[@Tuhar]

Agree x100 for the mainstream media. All we see is comparisons of major political candidates to dictators and calls to violence from the MSM. That is the only rhetoric being used and there is no ability to engage in discourse challenge their claims directly. I disagree with X/Twitter, as that's not a platform that solely focuses on one person or one 'stream of information' at a time like the mainstream media does. You can also speak up if you see something that looks out of place - and actually have an impact on that. Just don't follow Musk. Restricting speech is the first step to the collapse of the nation.

[@gamingdude-ik3dx]

2015/16, yeah, it's no surprise since most of the internet has gone downhill around that era, especially due to events like gamergate, 2016 elections, etc. shit has been changed forever unfortunately

[@AnyKeyLady]

@@gamingdude-ik3dx Kids on vine closing down to and going to YT and other social media apps. We had that when my space dropped after IG but not as bad. KSI, Logan, Jimmy, etc doing the crypto speedruns. Jeffrey Star posted a video on YT launching his 15th Reunion songs and new makeup pallet out of the blue. He's gone to tik tok now after the controversy. It's pure xp farm at this point. I was an adult growing up with these platforms. Too much lore for pre 18's at this point. Chain mail at least. I've upgraded our world and ready for trial chambers. I am nervous but not as nervous as if i post on X!

[@subjectnivleis7572]

@@AnyKeyLady good children should not be using social media in the first place especially unattended

[@krookedliptv9852]

Unfortunately elon's not a decent person LOL. He's extremely far right so..... The funny thing is the two people that attempted to assassinate Trump we're both very staunch Republicans.

[@druhu4590]

I'm genuinely amazed at the kinds of sources you have to immerse yourself in to think the assassins were republican. The second guy was practically drooling over kamala Harris every word. If they registered republican it's because they wanted to vote Trump off of the ballot, a very well know leftist tactic. Might as well since your new candidate doesn't get a primary, right?

[@davidpacifico1019]

@@druhu4590talk about sources, not having any yourself.

[@octocube3607]

Thanks god Twitter was banned here in Brazil

[@starofaetherius]

Youre right on a basic level that this is what twitter does, but based on Musks history i dont think we can assume any good faith. Dude is insane

[@antiisocial]

You have some good thoughts there, X. I took it as an accusation that they, their party or their supporters were behind the attempts.

[@loganrandall5417]

the assassins were democrats. so yes

[@garbotoxins840]

​@loganrandall5417 were they not both registered republicans?

[@OmegaFerretMusic]

The first was most likely a registered Republican for the sole purpose of voting against Trump in primaries. The second has a voting record of purely democrats, and had allegedly donated to democratic candidate funds. He’s a registered democrat.

[@Protofall]

@@garbotoxins840 You can be a Registered Republican while being a loyal Democrat. All the registration really does is let you vote in "your party's" primaries. For example, if you want literally anyone except Trump as president, then it makes sense to become a registered Republican and vote for someone like Nikki Hayley (The runner up Republican nominee) in order to prevent Trump from being nominated. Then after that, you're still free to vote for whoever you want. Republican, Democrat or Independent. Same logic goes for Registered Democrat and Loyal Republican. There are known cases of loyal Democrats doing this, so its not unheard of. We don't know yet if these shooters are in the same boat, but there is evidence of them disagreeing with Republicans and echoing Democrat talking points.

[@soundsofglasswork]

​@@ProtofallThis. I did exactly this for the Republican primaries. It did not make any sense not to. Not like I was losing out on voting for the non-existent Democratic primaries.

[@MK_MitKit]

i dont believe he genuinely wants anyone to be hurt, but i do think the tweet was attempting to be some sort of political statement (perhaps suggesting that anti trump people are more violent/radical) that he passed off as a "joke" when people got mad

[@SamSam-ds9ny]

Yet he never stopped actively trying to hurt LGBT people through his words and actions

[@squiddler7731]

Yeah, pretty much. If you say something like this to your group of half a dozen friends, then it's a little spicy but ultimately harmless. But you say it to an audience of millions, including thousands of people who worship you and hundreds who are known to be violent, it becomes extremely dangerous and irresponsible.

[@trollconfiavel]

You don't need to believe, he has already hurt millions

[@WilliamSheen-ee5qi]

Unfortunately, I think Musk knows (Or should know) the impact that this “ joke” will have, that it WILL be interpreted as a call to action, at least by some who would act on it. It is incredibly irresponsible to post this either if he put no thought into people’s interpretation or if he did.

[@LinkRammer]

@SamSam-ds9ny the actions being...?

[@mackthisarrowhearth295]

Humor is an excuse. Loads of people, have the mentality that calling it a joke disarms something said enough to get away with it. It almost never was a joke, unless one takes accountability for the poor taste...

[@ac_in_tuc4473]

you said a mouth-full and imo you are correct. thinking about what you say and how you say it is important. keep up the good works me dude and thank you.

[@AnyKeyLady]

The world is a dangerous place, when there are extremely rich man child's in power. Let that sink in.

[@weird5967]

Seems to me the only man-childs are the ones trying to use violence to deny America it's democratic process.

[@thefrostychemist]

You're giving way too much credit to Musk for expecting innate good in him, considering the things he's had to do to get to where he is. This is not the great, nuanced take you think it is

[@NoTisMeSweenPai]

I barely watch any minecraft content anymore, as I've just gradually moved on to other things, and will likely return later. But Xisuma's waffles were always the best as its laced with wisdom, trying its best to be unbaised and really get to the core of the issue, understanding all facets surrounding the issue, (or trying to) and delivering a good opinion. I watch these all the time!

[@TheBestDay900]

My controversial take, and one I don't strictly believe in, is that Musk is undeniably not stupid, but his view tends to favour himslef way more than he favours the people (or his workers). He saw an opportunity with trump to get into politics, work for his aims, and possibly ending up as the next us president - not impossible to think that he got some fomo. All of his outrageous posts, comments and behaviours in the recent past could be him getting trump's favour only to factually get in a position of power to then serve his own agenda, which doesn't have to be necessarily catastrophic for the people and the planet on a long term (hopefully). On a side note, I believe nothing justifies a trump presidency and musk might as well seek allies in the dems if his purpose transcends the affiliation. It's just a tought, I'm ready to chat about it and hear other opinions :)

[@justyce_yt]

Even if he tried becoming president, he wouldn't win 😆. Even if Trump wins and brings Elon into his cabinet, Elon has no chance against Vivek Ramaswamy, JD Vance, or Tulsi Gabbard, who I could see rerunning in the next election

[@LeafHasLeft]

4 years ago i would have possibly given elon musk the benefit of the doubt but here and now elon has shown a pattern of disrespect and blatent calls for violence. He consistently comments and agrees with self proclaimed nazis on twitter and has been pushing a right wing hate brigade in line with the republican party, including against immigration (somehow forgetting he himself is a migrant) It is truly abhorant. That being said I don't agree with biden or kamala either. Both American political parties here in 2024 are right wing in nature, and I cannot support anyone who is currently letting genocide happen against the people of palistine.

[@ninjakiwigames5418]

I don't know how long has it been since I last seen the pondering emoji being used for actual pondering and not for hint, hint, sarcastic pondering.

[@GreenDeemonll]

🤔

[@mjdxp5688]

Musk is a large public figure and he should know better than to spread such harmful things such as this. If it really was a joke, joking about assassination attempts should never be seen as funny. However, I have a feeling it was only partially joking and intended to try and get people riled up. He's promoting the conspiratorial mindset.

[@mjdxp5688]

Not to mention he just recently made an extremely creepy post targeted towards Taylor Swift asking if he could give her children. This behavior is not acceptable in any circumstances.

[@mollof7893]

I believe he is simply immanture. I used write bad stuff online and then say "it's just a joke" when I was younger.

[@hlantian7563]

"Turns out that jokes are WAY less funny if people don't know the context and the delivery is plain text" This is internet 101, you account for this as you're writing if you're a competent internet user

[@shaneseem-sin3856]

The problem is that Elon musk consistently spouts right wing talking points so when he says something like that, people will not think he's joking because the context they have of him shows that he's a right wing extremist

[@shaneseem-sin3856]

I don't even think he's joking. I think he's lying to stay away from another legal battle

[@mymo_in_Bb]

What's also important to mention is that Musk is that kind of deranged individual. I don't believe for a second that the tweet wasn't meant as a call to violence disguised as an attempted joke. I do believe he intended for it to be disguised as a joke from the start and that it wasn't just an afterthought, but given that he's literally a fascist, I think we all know what the real intent was. The intent his fascist audience would catch on.

[@27aowilliams]

The second tweet was a red herring to force you to look at the formerly deleted tweet. The subject of context was brought up to highlight what communication skills were needed to interpret his initial statement, on the matter. The second tweet actually highlighted the opposite tools needed to get the first, which is no context. This was to show that a lot of people don’t know how to discern statements. Hence “joke” and “context” being specifically used when in reality his fist statement wasn’t a joke nor needed context. He deleted the initial post as a tactic to get you to look, perceive, and discuss it. He was very strategic with what he did. He pointed out his opponent’s flaws while getting you to focus on what he said. This was a trap to get you pondering 🤔

[@27aowilliams]

Essentially, the second tweet was a double entendre to point out the weaknesses of people’s communication skills.

[@Shortnamesareoverrated]

Who told this man to be SMART 😭 thanks x your a genius

[@TheDanielradio]

Very charitable interpretation of Musks intent n all that which I understand. Musk comes across like an attention seeker with way too much money for his own good. I recommend everyone to take anyone who paints themselves as a genious with a pitcher of salt.

[@asmylia9880]

"It is part of our democraric society to get along" Should people have done the same with the nazis? After all, germany used to be a democracy as well, wasn't it?

[@trollconfiavel]

USA did it with the nazis after the war ended. Maybe that's why they attacked the victims of the axis right after.

[@Protofall]

That is different. The Nazis were literally banning opposition parties. At that point Germany stopped being a democracy. Which is why after the war ended, the allies made an effort to de-nazi-ify Germany and denounce them, and trials were held for their war crimes. Same kind of issue with Communist countries like Cambodia or China too.

[@asmylia9880]

@Protofall trump tried to overthrow democratic elections and is now spewing racist lies and conspiracies that is getting Haitians killed.

[@asmylia9880]

@@ProtofallShould people just have gotten along with the nazis more in the Weimarer Republik, for example, when the nazis wasn't in government? Like, when the nazis committed the famous Beer Hall Putsch? Should've people just compromise with the nazis better?

[@Protofall]

@@asmylia9880 I don't know much about pre WW2 Germany, so I can only guess what the Nazis were like back then. I can't really comment on that specific example. Although, I find it interesting with modern day Germany and the AfD party. There's been talks of banning them, but I don't think the AfD gets violent. I think I heard something about corruption in the party, so maybe there is a real issue there, not sure. I tend to er on banning parties, because not everyone they attract is perfectly aligned with them. For example, the AfD are strongly against immigration. Regardless of what you and I think of that topic, the reality is that many German people, who support them, are "normal" people who notice the issues of immigration in their daily lives and want it addressed. They then vote for the AfD not because they fully agree with them, but because they're one of the few parties willing to do something about the issues that affect them. If you ban a party, then their voters interpret that as they themselves being silenced, which leads them to get angry and cause more issues. Basically, banning a party should be a last resort when there's little to no hope left for the party. Otherwise, the best response is for the other parties to recognise why people vote for those parties, and then apply policies based on those which are respectful. Kind of like how Germany's government recently announced some new boarder control measures after the AfD got 1st and 2nd in two state elections.

[@tyrsia]

X talking about X

[@PixiePink]

love were focusing on this but totally letting Jack Black get away with his

[@snailymitch]

Huh, am I missing something? Wasn't Jack Black the one who was against making "jokes" out of killing political figures?

[@OmegaFerretMusic]

It was Jack Black’s bandmate, not him.

[@rosethorngaming]

Jokes are also less funny when they hold power to influence people.

[@stevenmachen]

I liked the Twitter formerly known as x joke that second time lol

[@peacefulfungoloid8624]

I don't see the comedy in the post, it's leaves a sour taste in my mouth.

[@thespudlord686]

There is no comedy in it Elon cares only about the rich

[@philipprinkens4659]

I just look at the "Trump Train Trails" and think to myself. Yeah there is violence against the Biden/Harris Campain aswell just not yet against the heads of it for some reason. But yeah its disheartening and sad whatever side experiences or calls for violence. Liked the "Twitter formerly X" wink by the way.

[@dragonladyusps]

I have had many people across my state, town, and other places in the country, over the past few years, state how they are waiting for the Maga control and "the word" so they can start to "deal with" and " take out" anyone they feel is a Democrat accordingly

[@joannecarr6649]

Thank you! I am very encouraged by hearing such thoughtful, level-headed words. I just wish we all looked for insight such as yours instead of jumping to conclusions.

[@xombiemike]

I couldn't agree more, X. I'm glad you have taken the effort to point this out. Those in a position of reaching many people have responsibility with their right to free speech. When there are consequences to what is said, it becomes more than thought. This tweet could absolutely be a call to violence just as you said. For Musk to brush it off as a joke is an insult to his own integrity. I used to be a Musk fan when I thought he was progressing humanity with technology, however I have come to realize he's just a guy who has made some lucky and some unlucky purchases in companies and just pretends to "run" them or work in a way that deserves real credit. What a tragedy that those with the most resources seem to often become negative people who descend into hateful conduct rather than being the leaders society as a whole can look to when needed.

[@ApteryxRainWing]

Never thought I'd see a hermitcraft player talk about the circus that is United States politics

[@cantinadudes]

"And no one is trying to assassinate kamala" yea ask yourself why elon... whats the problem with trump... think about it

[@druhu4590]

Is Trumps problem that he's too principled to encourage political violence against his opponents? Like did you seriously just say "tons of assassination attempts against this guy, therefore this guy bad?" Because by that logic you must just hate all of putins political opponents.

[@davidpacifico1019]

⁠@@druhu4590when did Biden or Kamela ever invite violence against him? Weren’t the assassins republicans who were disappointed with trump? Doesn’t it make sense that a man as vile as trump would have a fair share of haters considering the fact that his actions led to people’s deaths (like those caused by the abortion ban initiated by judges that Trump appointed)? I may not be a fan of political violence, but I can understand why people would so frustrated with a man that potentially could have killed a loved one of theirs or otherwise made their life hell. What’s the equivalent to this for Biden or Kamela?

[@johnwest6690]

You're the sort of person I try to surround myself with. Sadly the people with your intelligence and emotional maturity in the world seem scarce.

[@yusaki8064]

I’m fortunate enough to say that I have never used Twitter. So I usually manage to avoid stuff like this. But some big things do seep through onto social media I do use like KZbin. Your point about lacking tone on a tweet made me think of the importance of tonal indicators. Most often used by autistic people online they are used to specify whether something is a joke or serious or sarcastic or light hearted or whatever other tone that can’t be understood over text. I honestly think we would all benefit from using them a bit more in text online. To avoid misunderstandings. Whilst I don’t personally get Elon Musk’s “joke”. He probably could’ve saved himself a lot of trouble if he had ended the post with /j /srs

[@galacticmechanic1]

The thing is, the madness of the world is created by people.

[@GreenDeemonll]

What about natural disasters?

[@CrystalFier]

What's wrong with it is literally freaking everything.

[@Protofall]

Good video X. I agree for the most part, I've been saying for ages how text-based conversations are so easy to misinterpret, which is why I like to use things like "strikethrough" or Reddit's "/s" for sarcasm. With Elon, at this point I just assume everything he says is a joke. Even when I saw this tweet out of context, I still assumed it was a joke. He's a bit too much of a coward to actually advocate for someone's death, and to me the 🤔emoji makes it sound more sarcastic somehow. I also find it interesting how a lot of people (Not including you) and media love talking about how much they hate Trump and want him dead, but as soon as Elon makes a sarcastic tweet about Joe and Kamala, they lose it. Their hypocracy couldn't be clearer. I don't want Trump, Biden, Kamala or any politician to get assassinated. That's not how a democracy works. If you want to "get rid of them", then do it by voting. X said it well, "If no one disagrees with you, then you're not living in a democracy".

[@justyce_yt]

Well said 🔥

[@DrKvo]

Yeah, there's enough context to suggest it wasn't a joke. There isn't enough context to know if he was genuinely pondering it, or intentionally inciting violence. Regardless, due to the nature of the platform he owns, inciting violence with such a communication is the obvious result. If it wasn't his intent to do so, its extreme negligence on his part. For the richest billionaire on the planet, with US DoD contracts, to post this in the largest social media platform that he owns, should *never* happen. I don't think it matters what his intent was, I think such a communication should be looked at criminally.

[@DannyLilly]

Xisuma being the adult in the room as usual.

[@oblivious_waffle]

This is why tone tags exist

[@thespudlord686]

@@rixterz11 No, they exist to help those that can't discern tones through plain text

[@SagaEf]

@@rixterz11 ? nothing? Once you've learned how to interpret tone, you can't unlearn it. You can get in the habit of not using it, but you cannot lose it. It's like how you cannot be un-potty-trained or how you can't reasonably forget your primary language. People who can infer tone at the average level don't just wait until the end of a piece of text to determine the tone, they begin guessing the tone from the second they finish reading a completed thought within the text. If you learn to understand tone in speech and also have an inner monologue, you cannot avoid the almost automatic interpretation your brain performs. It would be exceedingly difficult to make tone indicators so prevalent and redundently used that children would have diminished tone reading abilities. You would have to start using tone indicators constantly in verbal speech to undermine it at the root. As we know from history, redundent parts of speech are often slowly phased out if they are auxillary. There's a reason why most languages naturally get rid of syllables from words when they aren't enunciated well.

[@ViewingChaos]

​@@rixterz11Nothing? If you can discern tone through text then you can safely ignore them. I think the help it provides to people who struggle is worth it. Reading a couple extra letters isn't going to degrade quality of communication

[@silverunicorn3653]

Well said

[@sophiatrocentraisin]

Nah, you're giving way too much credit to Elon. He's been shown to be disingenuous several times now, we're absolutely in a case of "irony doesn't exist, sarcasm does": unless your sarcasm is clear beyond a shadow of a doubt, what one writes is actually what one means. Moreover, given some of his past takes, including JQ posting, calls to SA Taylor Swift, and transphobia, often in a barely veilled way, it's pretty safe to assume it was a call to violence with an attempt at plausible deniability. In any other case, given his audience, it's still stochastic terrorism

[@RemotHuman]

to me it doesn't sound like a joke, but not a call for violence either, I think he's saying trump must threaten someone's power for him to be attempted on, and kamala must not

[@drunkenskunkproductionsdsp8094]

The issue is that the two would-be murderers were Republican voters to begin with and that Musk is too busy trying to battle against the "wOKe mInD viRUS" instead of keeping promises to his followers that he should've done 4 years ago. To top it all off, he constantly rants time and again about "free speech" and "freedom" while he spams mass layoffs and censors any criticism put toward him about his business practices, only separating people further and reinforcing that he's a hypocrite.

[@Notchjrgaming1269]

Both of them were more centrist then anything supporting what everyone they thought was better at the time not everything is red vs blue mate

[@phillbosque2183]

His tweet itself isn't a problem, but it lacks context in and of itself, that why he removed it. As far as it being a "joke" I'm not sure how, but my interpretation of it is that he's drawing attention to like you said, the asymmetry of political violence in the US. More than just the left being drawn to hate and violence though, it also highlights that all things being equal, there is a sense of inevitability around Trump being reelected. The left has no confidence in Harris, otherwise they wouldn't resort to violence. Moreover it also hints at conspiracy- the deep state reacting to a candidate that goes against the system, and a population brainwashed by the media (the media as a tool of the deep state) to "remove literally hitler"

[@castlebeki]

Not everything that passes through your mind should make it on world wide communication websites. If you are pondering on something, ask close people first, not the world.

[@redford4ever]

"why one candidate attracts this form of attention" looks a lot like blaming women's dress for rape attempts. His point was precisely that one side feels so self righteous it is blind to its own authoritarian leaning toward political violence and... you kind of illustrated it here. And you're one of the super cautious, moderate one. Maybe the real worthy pondering to be done is indeed the one he was pointing at.

[@deebea6364]

Tbh I think there is a lot of complexity and to blindly assume one side is responsible for either or both attacks is also short sighted and worth pondering - people and motives are complex, and it's hard to find authentic information... There are a lot of theories and conspiracies out there, and I think it should all be taken with a grain of salt (rather than just finding one that nicely fits our own narrative), Any politician out there is very aware of the risks, and it is not one sided... In some ways Trump is actually good for both sides... he is able to farm his supporters for cash, while dems are able to farm their supporters for cash because of trump... and the media gets to farm us for clicks

[@redford4ever]

@@deebea6364 I am not going into the debate of conspiracy. The fact is that left painted Trump as a threat to democracy, now minimize not one but two attempt on his life and has an history of minimizing attack on the GOP personalities. If you don't know what cases: well that's my point. And BTW I am French voting far left. But I can't stand BS. The current progressive side (which again, is my aspiration too) is engaged more and more into the very authoritarian leaning it accuses the other side of. Including the recourse to political violence - sure, not word for word, but the rhetoric in unquestionably toxic. We need more courtesy between dissenting opinions and the question isn't who started the reckless partisanship we all have to suffer in but who will start undoing it.

[@sophiatrocentraisin]

Well thing is the ones who did the two attempts at Trump's life were (as with the overwhelming majority of politically motivated acts of violence) Republicans, i.e. meant to be on Trump's side

[@stratometal]

Joking about such subjects is wrong in any form of context. Death is not a joke, never has been and never will be. On top of that, add the fact he is the owner of a communications platform, has huge influence over millions of people, has more money than anyone else, and you end up with a recipe for people understanding he is encouraging and maybe even paying for such a thing. So NO, its no joke, its an irresponsible thing to do from a man so disconnected from his own humanity he misses the point in life. In other words, a total douche (because YT will block the one I really mean.). To think otherwise and defend him is encouraging influences to say crap like this and if it is another influencer it is just as irresponsible.

[@krinkrin5982]

What I find most interesting is that special forces/security have failed twice so far in stopping the attackers. I wonder why...

[@deebea6364]

I thought Special forces shot at this guy before he got off a shot?

[@johnoswald9143]

At least he deleted it. Context is the main issue of the social media era. I was worried about watching this video but as always xisumavoid kept a level head.

[@arcanum3882]

I’ll say that anyone attacking that poorly worded tweet without voicing concern at all about the *actual* assassination attempts on the former president has their priorities out of wack.

[@ArtArtisian]

I agree, though each of these assassination attempts reminds me of something I was told in high school. Political killing is what the second amendment is for. Idk how widely this belief is held, but it was relatively normalized in my red hometown. Thus the outrage from the right feels hollow to me. Idk.

[@GreenDeemonll]

@@ArtArtisian The USAs gun laws are a joke, but sadly that cant be the case because all the death isn't funny. But they are in a miserable state. Just like the State itself.

[@dirtylabrat958]

Wasn’t sure where you were going with this topic, but you made a lot of good points.

[@stormerplayson]

elon has no moral compass, i swear

[@garbotoxins840]

His daughter is alive and well, but he talks on podcasts with transphobes about how his "son" is dead, not even acknowledging that his daughter is living her life happily. What a scumbag, to act like your own child is dead just because of your own bigotry, what a disaster of a human being and a father.

[@LeoS.B.Rosevillte]

Elon needs to be investigated

[@jadonconstantine4930]

I respect your critical thinking, and enjoy your videos, but I think this was an acceptable post. It seemed to be more directed at getting people to think about it than actually calling for it. Also, for as many inflammatory things that leaders on the left side of the aisle say about Donald Trump, of course there have been assassination attempts. I'm pleased that you address your concern here and give your two cents, but with dozens of examples of worse language that has lead to actual attempts... I wonder why you singled out this one from Elon Musk. Just curious, not trying to be contentious.

[@magiwastaken]

I think talking about a recent example by a person that is well-known is relevant to making sure that people hear and understand his point. I'm sure that X wouldn't have made a video on it necessarily if Musk hadn't followed it up with "it was just a joke" (basically). This way, X also got to talk about that humour, calls for violence, nuance, assuming positive intent, a platform made for generating outrage, and more in one comprehensible video. I think that's pretty good since you can also follow his train of thought quite nicely here.

[@jekyl-gaming]

I don't have an X account so thanks for sharing this! The problem with taking Musk's comment at face value is that it demonstrates a lack of understanding of how T's polemic rhetoric inspires violence, both in his defense and at his expense. Biden/Harris are not inspiring violence, so there are no attempted assassinations - why, dear Musk, is this so difficult to understand? He seems like a smart guy most of the time 🤷🏼‍♂

[@MegaLokopo]

Biden and Harris have been calling for violence against Trump for years. That is why Trump has had 2 attempted assassinations, and Biden and Kamala have had none. Trump's policies are middle ground, Biden and Harris have the extreme policies. Whether or not you like them, they are extreme. And you can't deny the media has been biased against trump and constantly calling for violence against him ever since her turned out to be running as a republican in 2016.

[@justyce_yt]

Biden/Harris aren't inspiring violence, at least not directly. But what they are doing is demonizing their opponent. They also don't discourage "the media" from doing so either. When enough hate is built up on one singular person, violence is bound to happen. For example, if everyone told rumors to Person1 that Person2 made fun of their mother, Person1 might decide to harm Person2. These rumors could be truths, lies, or exaggerations. But most people are too angry to listen to the other side, because of how deeply they believe either the rumors or the people who shared them. So, they make rash actions without confronting Person2 peacefully. This is why I said, "Not directly." Also, I find it interesting that you said, "Biden/Harris are not inspiring violence, so there are no attempted assassinations-" As if President Trump is inspiring violence? I also don't think Elon has a lack of understanding, but instead a different world view and attitude. Anyways I feel like I'm rambling. This is what I get for trying to counter-argument ✨at night✨🧽

[@ratlinggull2223]

Musk is by no means smart. He's just filthy rich.

[@witherschat]

Elon Musk has never been that smart. He just has a good PR team. But nowadays, he's posting himself instead of letting his PR team review things.

[@elmacho2789]

Elon needs to stop saying words

[@TiredMoonRabbit]

We can interpret tone and intention based off of how a person has talked before, musk constantly speaks in ways like this, he nay not have been calling for violence but he was trying to suggest that these attempts are being caused by the left, which with any bit of research can be proven to not be true. Elon has lost almost all of his leeway because of his actions and behavior in the real world as well as the online world. That's just my opinion though.

[@magiwastaken]

If you ever have to think about whether or not you should post or say something, chances are you shouldn't. It's a problem, however, when people never get to that point. When you constantly get affirmed by others on literally anything you say (see Musk's cult-like following, also "echo chambers"), I think it really destroys that part of you that ever second-guesses anything you do or say which results in statements like that made. Now, I do want to always assume positive intent but it gets harder to do so when you constantly see behaviour like that occur. Musk's utterances aren't only problematic once or twice but rather frequently. He keeps saying atrocious things, telling wild lies, spreading misinformation, and when he gets challenged for it, he attributes the outrage he caused to cancel culture and a lack of humour. As you pointed out, X, there was no punchline. When he likened Trudeau to Hitler, there was no punchline or setup or anything in there. I do like the odd dark joke or two but jokes need to be done well. Simply calling for violence or claiming something outrageous isn't humour. A streamer/youtuber by the name of Sneako also rather frequently shouts out slurs and then claims it's just humour. It's weird. Musk is just critically unfunny but his hivemind of a following tells him that he is so he believes it. It's really weird. He doesn't even understand what a joke is or isn't. If I claimed that "Xisuma is a racist", that wouldn't be a joke. According to Musk's logic, it would be, I guess. Anyway, thanks for talking about this. I wish people understood nuance better these days.

[@KingKrafted03]

I personally don’t have twitter so I never see stuff like this but indeed no violence is ok even if it’s your opposite political view

[@Notchjrgaming1269]

Wait what game is that in the background looks like no mans sky kinda

[@RunicTitan]

I thought you were reading something from some news site at first :p

[@TheStabbedGaiusJuliusCaesar]

You actually thought Musk was advocating the death of another human being? Seriously, I had higher thoughts of your intelligence.

[@antithesis-audio]

You can infer a lot of intention and meaning via context, history, and a person's beliefs. Elon has been signal boosting extreme right-wing, oftentimes openly identifying f*scists, by leaving replies using the same "pondering" emoji and words like "hmmm interesting" and other signs of agreement. He has serious allegations of sexual assault and abuse coming from a multitude of women, engages in anti-worker union busting, and has explicitly stated a number of horrible beliefs of his own. He's also among the richest people in the world and doesn't really need defending, he needs to be held to a much higher standard than the average person because of his position of power. People want to separate the politics from this, but politics identify a person's values, how they perceive the world, what they thing is right and wrong, and Elon has shown time and time again that he has values most people would find objectionable, or outright evil. It might be easy to treat him with neutrality if you don't understand the gravity of the ideology he is flirting with, and the types of people he is giving credit and attention to, but he is definitely not exerting a net positive force on the discourse or the world at this point.

[@NikkiTheViolist]

even if you're a mind-reader you're not always in the clear because a lot of mind-readers need to be in person in order to read their minds

[@Rippertear]

I wholeheartedly agree- the problem with Elon Musk's post is that Elon Musk is posting. /j

[@GreenDeemonll]

The problem is that and X or Twitter or generally social media itself.