No. NOT a joke. Detestable Trumpian cop-out “JK” is BS…& potentially deadly.

“Hours after what the FBI called a 2nd attempted assassination of #Trump, Elon #Musk wrote on his social media site — and then deleted — a post suggesting it was odd that nobody had tried to kill President #Biden or Vice President Kamala #Harris.

Musk said the post on X had been intended as a joke.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/16/us/politics/musk-deleted-tweet-biden-kamala.html

Elon Musk Deletes His Post Asking Why No One Has Tried to Assassinate Biden or Harris

His remark, just hours after what the authorities said was a second assassination attempt on Donald J. Trump, immediately drew outrage.

The New York Times

2/ Via my old pal over at the hellsite,
Elizabeth de la Vega, former federal prosecutor:

In all seriousness, as a former federal prosecutor, I can tell you that a statement like Elon Musk's below DOES require an immediate visit by the U.S. Secret Service. That is the protocol in every similar situation.

@GottaLaff
Let's hope that visit happens soon.

Maybe Elon will finally realise that posting shit like that isn't funny. There are limits to freedom of speech.

#HateSpeech #fckelonmusk

@GottaLaff but will.they actually do it? Or keep giving that goon a pass?

@GottaLaff

That’s not even possible in every situation. The Secret Service would be chasing nuts down all day even with way more people than they have now.

People like Elon Musk and Kathy Griffin, who was very explicit, may get immediate visits (in Kathy’s case, I’m sure she did.) Musk they kind of have to treat with kid gloves because of his reach. Will they put a scare into him, step up surveillance? Of course they will.

With everyday Joes and Janes it’s about repetition and escalation.

@RodneyPetersonTalent She didn't say in every situation.
@GottaLaff Would we know it if such a visit had occurred?
@Eetschrijver Probably not
@GottaLaff Good. So he may have indeed had such a visit.
@Eetschrijver @GottaLaff He *did* delete the post.
@merileedkarr @GottaLaff Well, yes. After having been grilled over it by influentials.
@GottaLaff
My joke with my dentist this morning was "Third time's the charm." He laughed, but said I probably don't want to post that on social media or I might find myself under surveillance."
What a boring job that would be.
New Hampshire Libertarian Party Says Anyone Who Assassinates VP Kamala Harris ‘Would Be an American Hero’ in Deleted Tweet

The official Twitter account for the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire deleted a tweet claiming "anyone who murders Kamala Harris would be American hero."

Mediaite

@GottaLaff

Right? The SS should be breaking down their door.

@GottaLaff
It may be why he deleted it. Either some one on his security detail told him or he already had the visit.
@GottaLaff Furthest thing from a joke: stochastic terrorism by the owner of one of the biggest hate platforms in the world
@GottaLaff That’s the fallback excuse for all of these asshats when they are cornered… “I didn’t mean it.”

@GottaLaff @patmadigan

It even has a name; "Schrödinger's douchebag". Here Urban Dictionary:

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=schrodinger%E2%80%99s%20douchebag

Urban Dictionary: schrodinger’s douchebag

One who makes douchebag statements, particularly sexist, racist or otherwise bigoted ones, then decides whether they were “just joking” or dead serious based on whether other people in the group approve or not.

Urban Dictionary

@patmadigan @GottaLaff
I was about 6 when my dad taught my behind in no uncertain terms that saying 'Just Kidding' doesn't work when you've done something hurtful

Rich Ytguys seem never to learn that one 🤔
🤬🤡🤮

Where's the #DOJ? #SecretService? Someone really should paddle his ass

#ElonMusk #StochasticTerrorism

@GottaLaff Elon is showing himself to be a detestable human being.
@GottaLaff just when I think this guy can't get any lower, he then pulls something like that. Unbelievable. Has no idea what the consequences of his actions could be. Or he does, and doesn't care..
@Emerald_nova he does, and he means it.
@joes @Julima42 he probably is on drugs. He shouldn't have any control over what he has. Wish he could be ousted from his companies.
@GottaLaff extremely typical teenager/adolescent behaviour for a 50-something billionaire asshole. Everything is just a joke, nothing is serious, but in reality they are exactly that callous and idiotic.
@GottaLaff
They just can't help themselves from putting the hate out there. "JK" doesn't cut it.
@GottaLaff Yeah, sure. That's why he hurriedly obliterated it. Because it was a joke. 🙄
@GottaLaff
You know, the older he gets, the more evil that nasty s.o.b. gets. And cray cray as well. He seems to just love stirring the caca. A sort of trumpian spirit animal, no?
Aaaaaand he thinks his little "joke" drew outrage bc of delivery and lack of context? Seriously?

@GottaLaff

Strip all his business connections out of government; just nationalize those companies like SpaceX. As long as that's done during Biden's or Harris's term, it's perfectly legal, right?

@GottaLaff what? ! 😳The post “intended as a joke” up long enough to plant a seed, a hint to the crazies with guns. Despicable. Is Elon Musk even human or some other alien life form? Is he some kind of hybrid AI concoction? I do not recognize him as a human.

@GottaLaff

Congress needs to discuss his government contracts and his detestable nature... he's not pro-America... just a greedy racist nazi.

@tdwllms1 It KILLS me how the govt is codependent … Musk is a damn threat
@GottaLaff He should delete his account.
@ralph058 he should be arrested
@GottaLaff @ralph058 Arrested?
I wonder why ….... No, don’t say that, that is not a joke.
#VoteBlueToEndTheMadness
@ericschutte @GottaLaff
One of the financial papers said that if Harris wins, massive numbers of centimillionaires and billionaires will leave the country.
My response is, don't threaten us with a good time.
DoS, cancel their passports on the way out.
(I was told that surrendering you passport out of country creates a catch 22. You have to return to the states to get a new one. You can't get back in the states without one...or committing a crime getting there)

@GottaLaff
What's a joke to your friends in the Nazi Bar is deadly serious outside it.

I trust the Secret Service is paying Mr Musk a visit today to discuss his open threat/speculation

@GottaLaff doesn't incitement to commit terrorist acts carry a hefty prison sentence?
@GottaLaff So while the NYT doesn't think a threat on two people's lives are funny, they think the threat of sexual violence can be perceived as "joking"? WTAF.
@GottaLaff What a P.O.S this guy is! I'm not a Trump supporter but I don't, and would not, wish this on anyone. Nor should anyone else, especially someone with such influence.

@GottaLaff
Wer eine öffentlich, mit seiner Riesenreichweite gestellte Frage der Art "Warum wurde eigentlich auf XY noch kein Attentat verübt?" für einen Witz hält, ist ein asozialer Psychopath.

Er bräuchte sich doch nur mal vorzustellen, wie er es denn fände, wenn jemand mit großer Reichweite postete: warum wurde auf IHN eigentlich noch kein Attentat verübt?
Das fände er doch sicher nicht witzig! Ich glaube sogar, er würde gerichtlich gegen so einen Post vorgehen.

@GottaLaff Elon: I bought Twitter to make it better, more free speech-friendly. Also Elon: I was just kidding about that, ok?

@GottaLaff

So to be clear, the punchline of the joke is: "someone might murder the first female president ha ha ha"?

@GottaLaff Elon is just expressing the cultural norms of the techbro. Their favourite thing is Schrödinger's Joke.
@GottaLaff
I feel like he may have deleted it after receiving, let's say, "emergency legal advice."
@GottaLaff Maybe he should stop making "jokes" sonce he clearly sucks at it. I would love for him to stop talking at all, actually.
@GottaLaff I thought that you had to be at most 14 years old to play "Schrödinger's Asshole."