Posted on 05/05/2022 2:01:03 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
Twitter users ripped into The New York Times after the liberal newspaper wrote an extensive piece attempting to paint tech billionaire Elon Musk as a man with immense "white privilege" in an apartheid South Africa riddled with "misinformation" and racism.
On Thursday, The Times tweeted the article along with the commentary, "Elon Musk grew up in elite white communities in South Africa, detached from apartheid’s atrocities and surrounded by anti-Black propaganda. He sees his takeover of Twitter as a free speech win but in his youth did not suffer the effects of misinformation."
Meanwhile, reporter John Eligon promoting the piece, co-authored with Lynsey Chutel, by tweeting:
"Elon Musk grew up in a South Africa that saw the dangers of unchecked speech: Apartheid govt propaganda fueled violence against Black people. Musk didn't experience that. He grew up in a bubble of white privilege. @lynseychutel & I explored his early life.
The Times went to such depths in their research of the Tesla CEO that they even reached out to several of Musk’s high school classmates and relatives, who illustrated the history of a "segregated white" community consumed by "anti-Black" propaganda, far removed from the atrocities "white political leaders inflicted on the black majority."
Classmates offered no recollection to The Times of things he said or did that "revealed his views" on politics, and characterized him as a "loner" with no close friends, although some Black schoolmates recalled spending time with a young Musk.
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The Nazi Times
“Apartheid govt propaganda fueled violence against Black people”
Really?
Seriously, really?
But he’s an African-American!
Podcast host Saagar Enjeti noted on Twitter that The Times itself reported that Musk:
“1. Had non-white friends growing up in apartheid SA
2. His own father was an ANTI-APARTHEID politician
3. He literally left so he didn't have to serve in apartheid military”
And yet, “They still insinuate he is a racist.”
“The whole piece is dog-— but ‘unchecked speech’ is precisely what apartheid South Africa did NOT have. And to the extent this article establishes anything it is that the young Musk was, by South African standards, a progressive,” UK journalist Alex Massie tweeted.
“It's official, apartheid South Africa suffered from too much free speech,” Wall Street Journal Editor Elliot Kaufman noted.
“Utterly depraved character assassination in the NYT today simply because a billionaire wants to strengthen a fundamental American right outlets like the Times have desperately been trying to hem up for the last five years ...” Daily Caller Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Ingersoll wrote. “
Very Interesting.
Has Musk actually Fixed Twitter?
Gotta say, you are technically correct.
So Government-funded speech is free speech? He sorta has a point. Prohibit NPR, PBS, government-bailed out MSNBC, government-bailed out CNN...
I will hazard a guess that even as I type this, dem operatives are scouring Musk’s immigration paperwork to find a reason to strip him of his citizenship and deport him.
Well Musk has close to 90 million followers on Twitter, even before taking over.
Most of his followers support him.
The Nazi Slimes!
Actually, Elon Musk was born in Canada. His family moved to South Africa when he was young.
Pravda On The Hudson
His dad was a member of the anti-apartheid party. And Musk left SA at 17 so he would not be inducted into the army, which was a part of the apatheid leadership at the time.
To Canada?
He is Canadian as well as South African
Who will take American astronauts to the Space Station if Musk takes SpaceX to Canada?
The term “white privilege” is racist.
Let’s hope they keep this up all the way to the midterms, 2024 and beyond. Democrats I know like my Aunt are getting really sick of this crap. I told her finally she is REALLY becoming “woke”.
Yeah he grew up in a good neighborhood so let’s eliminate Space X, Tesla and PayPal.
Stupid leftist jackasses.
Plus their whole mission is to prevent Free Speech.
NYT should no longer exist.
SUE the bastards, Elon...make them spend exorbitant amounts of money to defend
And do it quickly, you’ll be amazed at how quickly the fake BS coming from other woke idiots and Corporations will stop
Nope.
Born in South Africa.
His mother was born in Canada.
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