“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."
51 Comments
School_Lunch@lemmy.world · 234 pts · 2y
He clearly learned nothing.
Num10ck@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 2y
reminds me of when Justin Bieber went to visit Anne Franks place.
ChrisLicht@lemm.ee · 48 pts · 2y
"Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber."
mosiacmango@lemm.ee · 49 pts · 2y
Difference is a 19 year old and a 51yr old.
I expect student shit from a teenager. Someone Musks age? Jesus.
boywar3@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Its my understanding that it was more of a "holy shit, she was the same age as many of my fans" statement.
Mek@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
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...
anon6789@lemmy.world · 116 pts · 2y
"No, no, he clearly said Jew-ish!" - George Santos
Could have just stopped there, Elon. 😒
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 70 pts · 2y
iorale@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 2y
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 45 pts · 2y
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.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 76 pts · 2y
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.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 23 pts · 2y
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.
Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
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.
gedaliyah@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
I second all of this.
TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 2y
holycrap@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y
"I'm not racist because, you see. My cat is black."
That's how this line reads to me anyway.
Rapidcreek@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 2y
Eye rolls can give you headaches
CodeName@infosec.pub · 41 pts · 2y
____@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 2y
Yes. Both.
philo@lemmy.zip · 40 pts · 2y
Zellith@kbin.social · 16 pts · 2y
I wish SOMEONE would take the fucker.
HikingVet@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 2y
Can we convince the ocean creatures?
Zellith@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
I'll go ask Ben Shapiro. I hear he might know a guy.
Llewellyn@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
He knows nothing about any wet thing
philo@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 2y
b3an@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 2y
This asshat. Continues his apology tour, and with Ben Shapiro??? of all people. Get bent Elon, you out of touch blowhard.
AnonTwo@kbin.social · 31 pts · 2y
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
EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website · 21 pts · 2y
holycrap@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y
He Reuters retweeted some antisemitic shit and got called out and lost advertisers. This is literally a thinly veiled and comically tone deaf PR piece.
prole@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 2y
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??
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 2y
"Almost" only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
restingboredface@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 2y
Whenever I think he can't dig the well of douchebaggery any deeper, he grabs a shovel and proves me wrong.
AshMan85@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
Fuck this nazi
Llewellyn@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
Do not devaluate magnitude of that word. Elon is simply idiot and jerk without any empathy, but overinflated ego.
AshMan85@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y
Who granted you authority on how people use a word?
Llewellyn@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
Vocabulary
AshMan85@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Nazi
Llewellyn@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
🤦♂️
mindlight@lemm.ee · 11 pts · 2y
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.
candybrie@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
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.
FReddit@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Asshole.
theodewere@kbin.social · 9 pts · 2y
Elon thinks being Jewish is no big deal basically
Llewellyn@lemm.ee · -3 pts · 2y
It is? Should being any nation have any significance in modern world?
IronpigsWizard@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Where does this rank on the, "George Santos scale of Jew-ish-ness"?
andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
I feel he's finally losing his marbles.
Llewellyn@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
He does that for quite some time already
m13@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
WTF is “the Israel-Hamas war”??? Do they mean the genocide of Palestinians by Israel?
TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 2y
criitz@reddthat.com · 10 pts · 2y
Do what now?
Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 2y
I don't see anything so the SCP Foundation must have scrubbed it already
Fudoshin@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 2y
Is that the wiki thing with all the horror stories?
Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 2y
It's a mixed bag of genres, but yes: https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/
I also considered putting the Bureau of Control
xc2215x@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
It doesn't work that way. If it did so many anti Semites would try this.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
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.
Fudoshin@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 2y
Does the Shark of Inevitability feed on those naturally or is it more of a mistaken identity thing?
ashok36@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
You're right about tesla but much less so about SpaceX.
mosiacmango@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 2y
SpaceX has a huge lead, but there are a lot of "getting viable" rocket companies coming up, like rocket labs and blue origin.
thesporkeffect@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
Time to nationalize spacex