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Elon Musk and the dangers of the transgender phenomenon: “My son Xavier is dead, killed by the woke mind virus”
The Spectator ^ | 07/24/2024 | Debbie Hayton

Posted on 07/24/2024 8:42:13 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Elon Musk is the richest person in the world but it’s clear that money can’t always buy happiness. The X/Twitter owner spoke movingly of his family, in particular his eldest surviving child, during an emotional interview with Jordan Peterson. “My son Xavier is dead, killed by the woke mind virus,” the father-of-twelve lamented.

‘The people who have been promoting this should go to prison,’ said Musk 

Musk claimed that he had been “tricked” into allowing one of his children who transitioned from male to female to take puberty blockers after hearing that the child might otherwise be at…

Elon Musk is the richest person in the world but it’s clear that money can’t always buy happiness. The X/Twitter owner spoke movingly of his family, in particular his eldest surviving child, during an emotional interview with Jordan Peterson. “My son Xavier is dead, killed by the woke mind virus,” the father-of-twelve lamented.

‘The people who have been promoting this should go to prison,’ said Musk 

Musk claimed that he had been “tricked” into allowing one of his children who transitioned from male to female to take puberty blockers after hearing that the child might otherwise be at risk from suicide.

The billionaire now appears to regret that decision bitterly and has vowed to “destroy the woke mind virus.” Whatever it’s called, the fantasy that human beings can be detached from the harsh reality of biological sex has taken root, especially among the liberal elites of California and elsewhere. Gender identity might be an unprovable and unfalsifiable idea, but it has been lapped up by politicians and policy makers who should have asked more questions and been far more skeptical.

After California became the first state to bar schools from having to tell parents when children change their gender, Musk pledged to move the headquarters of both SpaceX and X from California to Texas. This is a man on a mission. But for Musk, and countless other families, the transgender phenomenon has been so much more than a curiosity on social media.

Gender identity ideology has the potential to tear countries apart; the impact on families, though, perhaps matters even more in some ways. Xavier is now know as “Vivian Jenna Wilson (the maternal surname) and,” according to reports, “no longer wishes to be related to Musk ‘in any way.”

“I was tricked into doing this… the people promoting this should go to prison.” @ElonMusk opens up to @JordanBPeterson about gender ideology’s impact on his son, Xavier. pic.twitter.com/1bdILGNdJE— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) July 22, 2024

Other parents might have taken a different approach to children who expressed a wish to change gender. Some will have said “no” from the outset; some will have gone along with it somewhere on a spectrum between reluctance and enthusiasm. Most worryingly of all, a few might have made the decision for their child, perhaps to deal with their own distaste of gender non-conforming behavior.

But whatever path parents and children go down, evidence is mounting that some young people have been the victims of a medical and social scandal facilitated by doctors and promoted by politicians.

In her review of pediatric gender identity services, Dr. Hilary Cass was scathing of the approach taken by the Tavistock clinic, which was also known as the Gender and Identity Development Service (Gids):

The rationale for early puberty suppression remains unclear, with weak evidence regarding the impact on gender dysphoria, mental or psychosocial health. The effect on cognitive and psychosexual development remains unknown. … Clinicians are unable to determine with any certainty which children and young people will go on to have an enduring trans identity.

Last week, Professor Louis Appleby — chair of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy Advisory Group — rejected the suicide myth, the idea that there had been a rise in suicide rates since puberty-blocking drugs were restricted at the Tavistock in 2020. Appleby concluded that the data does not support such claims and found that “the way this issue has been discussed on social media has been insensitive, distressing and dangerous, and goes against guidance on safe reporting of suicide.”

My own experience as a transsexual who decided to make the change as an adult, has shown me that transition might be an answer to some issues — at least for those with the maturity to consent to the consequences. However, it is certainly not an elixir for every problem, and it leads to new challenges and difficulties in life. Unfortunately this has not always been made clear to children, and their parents, who were sold a dream that can never be realized, however much it was packaged up with rainbows and sparkles.

But for the parents who signed up to gender identity ideology, unfulfilled fantasy worlds will not end with a change of mind. The consequences of those decisions — halted development puberty, changed bodes and poor mental health — will be ongoing. For some it might be easier to maintain the fantasy than live with the knowledge of just what they did to their children. Like those Japanese soldiers who held out in the jungle long after 1945, their battle with the truth will not finish any time soon.

Ultimately, however, these parents were mere customers — and perhaps shouldn’t be blamed. For those who peddled the product, Musk was in no doubt, “the people who have been promoting this should go to prison.” When the lives of children are involved, that is what it might take to finally bring this scandal to an end.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: elonmusk; genderchangehorrors; lgbt; transgender; wokemindvirus; xaviermusk

1 posted on 07/24/2024 8:42:13 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Xavier is dead, but Vivian lives on!


2 posted on 07/24/2024 8:52:43 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: Repeal The 17th

Xavier. Is Musk a Xmen fan?


3 posted on 07/24/2024 9:13:52 PM PDT by know.your.why
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To: rktman

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4 posted on 07/24/2024 9:25:29 PM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: know.your.why

Maybe.


5 posted on 07/24/2024 10:02:43 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: SeekAndFind

Things children are not old enough to understand about mutilation transition processes - they will be sterile and will never bear or father children. They will never enjoy an orgasm as normal people are able to. Some females who assume male identity complete with surgery are not told that their female reproductive organs need to be completely removed. One woman reported that her internal female organs had begun to rot inside her and was shocked and saddened that no one mentioned she would need to have a complete hysterectomy.

Children are not mature enough to understand that what permanence is and that this will never be able to be undone.


6 posted on 07/24/2024 10:07:39 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: SeekAndFind

it takes money to kill the cancer


7 posted on 07/25/2024 3:33:50 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: SeekAndFind

The newGOP is into granny’s, homos and complete wokeness.
Believing the experts is quite deadly. Better to listen to your conscious and follow common sense.
They won’t be held accountable for the atrocities of covid, nor the wokeness.
In fact the republicans eagerly approve all spending is proof.
JDs excuse is.. well the Supreme Court made me do it. The grand ole planned parenthood party.
The big gov pharma coverup of the truth of that pill is unreal.
Any Christian who still supports their Godless GOPP because their grocery bills went up need to remember who their Judge is. Willingly giving hearty approval to evil is warned against in their Bible too.
#WalkAwayChurch #GodlessGOP


8 posted on 07/25/2024 3:34:29 AM PDT by momincombatboots (BQEphesians 6... who you are really at war with.)
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To: know.your.why

Considering that he owns SpaceX and X, I think that he just likes the letter X.


9 posted on 07/25/2024 3:56:54 AM PDT by jmcenanly (You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ― Winston)
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To: SeekAndFind

To The Spectator—I will read your article if it is supported by advertising—I will not pay you to read it.


10 posted on 07/25/2024 4:27:44 AM PDT by yldstrk ( )
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To: SeekAndFind

If the kid isn’t old enough to get themselves a tattoo or pierced ears, the kid isn’t old enough to get puberty blockers and I am not consenting to same.


11 posted on 07/25/2024 4:29:30 AM PDT by yldstrk ( )
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To: know.your.why

Nope. He’s just trendy. Xavier, Xander, Xyler, and many other X-names to choose!


12 posted on 07/25/2024 6:06:29 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide
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To: jmcenanly

He said he named X for his son. X is also ex.

Woke has ended countless family relationships.


13 posted on 07/25/2024 7:03:38 AM PDT by bgill
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