Researchers say Elon Musk 'instrumental' in amplifying anti-migrant narratives after Belfast knife attack

https://www.thejournal.ie/elon-musk-instrumental-in-amplifying-anti-migrant-narratives-after-belfast-knife-attack-7069969-Jun2026/

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BillyClark@piefed.social · 86 pts · 58d (5 replies)

Musk is a migrant himself. He's not anti-migrant. He's just simply a racist.

jaybone@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 58d

Sometimes people forget, it’s possible to just be an asshole, without having to belong to some special category. But yeah he’s also a racist too.

a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 58d (2 replies)

He can be both.

krisevol@lemmus.org · 3 pts · 58d (1 reply)

But he isn't anti immigrant.

a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 58d

Oh, he is also wildly stupid.

Prior_Industry@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 58d

Plenty of migrants or the children of, go into politics and enact policies to pull the ladder up behind them.

binux@sh.itjust.works · 57 pts · 58d (1 reply)

darvocet@infosec.pub · 22 pts · 58d

This brings me joy

Mihies@programming.dev · 33 pts · 58d

Is anybody actually surprised?

BiteRabbit@reddthat.com · 31 pts · 58d (1 reply)

Meta, specifically Facebook, was successfully sued by the Rohingya people for genocidal mongering, and the Kenyan people are now following suit.

a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 58d

Hope they get a windfall.

phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 20 pts · 58d

Seize his assets and put out an international arrest warrant on him.

theacharnian@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 58d

And somehow it's Piker and Uygur that get banned from the UK.

BigMacHole@thelemmy.club · 9 pts · 58d

FORTUNATELY all he's doing and Stoking Politician Violence and NOT showing Support for Dying Babies so it's NOT Terrorism!

-The UK!

SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 58d

NO FUCKING SHIT

prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 58d

It's just not enough to take your trillion dollar valuation and fuck off

enkille@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 58d

is it me or does his face have that trump orange hue in this photo?

Malyca@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 58d

I'm sure he's pouring in dirty money to help too