Twitter owner Elon Musk just blamed the ADL, a Jewish advocacy organization, for the explosion of antisemitism on his platform.
Blaming Jewish people or groups for the hatred of Jewish people is the same perverted logic found in Hitler's "Mein Kampf."
Musk is the world's richest person and his companies are paid billions by the US government.
He posted the message in conversation with Keith Woods, an Irish neo-Nazi whose account Musk reinstated in April a few months after buying Twitter.
@skepticsbookoflists Yes! Both ad spending and posting generate revenue for Twitter, which is in turn handing some of that money directly to neo-Nazis and other bigots.
Most so far are unwilling to act, as you note. And the problem is only getting worse. We are once again ignoring history.
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Well... no. IBM had a surprisingly deep history in the Holocaust, back in Germany in the 40s. I mean, in theory they might have learned their lesson, but I don't think I've seen specific evidence of that.
@nickmartin The classic 2018 comic applies:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/8/8/1786532/-Cartoon-You-made-me-become-a-Nazi
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Funny how, according to the alt-right (aka contemporary far right), none of the anti-fascism or anti-racism orgs seem to be able to do anti-racism right and conduct themselves in a way that gets their approval.
Would like to see a list that does get their approval. Imagine it'll be pretty short.
@Shebeencounter Does the ADL have issues both historically and current day? Of course. Have they also done and continue to do some applaudable work? Also yes.
But right now, that's all kind of beside the point.
The organization is being used by Nazis, in conjunction with the world's richest person, as a scapegoat to justify hatred directed at the Jewish people more broadly as well as Black, LGBTQ and plenty of other marginalized communities.
@nickmartin Nick, with respect, when you say Nazis, does that include or exclude the Israeli government? Because presently, they're a far more evil organization than Elon Musk and his online arch-doofuses. If Elon reduces the ADL's reach, which has captured the US media, btw, that's a W for Palestine.
You should think harder about why you've reacted so quickly to what's happening to an objectively bad organization that works to ensure Palestinians remain in fetters. Problematic at a baseline.
@nickmartin The richest man on the planet is a Nazi. He's paid untold amounts of cash by the country with the most arms manufacturers on the planet and sees that the US really wants to go full-fascist while continuing to be racist and hating anyone who isn't a white American Jesus Cult member.
This whole oligarch thing might have been a bad idea.
Every day #ElonMusk finds a new depth to sink to. Soon he'll be sporting a shaved head and a swastika tattoo on his forehead.
@nickmartin Looks like there may be a genetic component to making up crazy conspiracy theories about Elon's critics.
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Nazi sympathisers running uncle Sam's space program.
Sounds familiar.
@nickmartin I left Twitter after Musk bought it, since there was an explosion of people using the "N" word (and I think it was a safe assumption to assume those people using that word were not black, with whom I have no problem when they use that word).
If (usually white) people feel comfortable using the "N" word, they probably don't like Jews like me. So I left.
This screencap just proves it.
Elon is a standard shitty antisemetic nazi, a crazy man, evil hitlerish jackhole, and a BIG danger to the world.
Musk is using xitter as a weapon.
Why is this POS Alex Jones still on public airwaves???
Has he paid the money he was ordered to pay the families of Sandy Hook?
He shouldn't have enough money to survive outside of a rooming house that cost $200 a month.
Or better yet a fridge box under a bridge!!!
Why was Alex Jones permitted to do anything with his bank accounts after he was ordered to pay the $1.4 Billion to the parents of Sandy Hook?
Judge Barbara N. Bellis said he was not to move money, but he has moved millions upon millions?
The judge needs to secure every bank account, see where the money was moved and then arrest the people hiding the money.
This should be the next RICO indictment!
lmao
So, the far-right has now hijacked the #DropTheADL campaign from the progressive left with their own #BanTheADL?
Anyone who wants to grasp the left's attitude towards the ADL in more detail should read the following Haaretz article from a few months ago (12min read).
Well, what do you mean? You need to be more specific.
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