Summary
Elon Musk called for the firing of Wall Street Journal reporter Katherine Long after she exposed racist tweets from Marko Elez, a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employee who later resigned.
Long’s report revealed Elez had posted remarks promoting racism and eugenics.
“Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool,” Elez posted in July, according to the Journal’s review of archived posts.
Musk, who claims to support free speech, labeled Long “disgusting and cruel” and demanded that she should be fired.
Critics noted the hypocrisy of Musk advocating for a journalist’s removal over accurate reporting on a public official’s misconduct.
Musk is officially part of the government now, so this literally is an attack on free speech
Not that any conservative cares.
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They. Do not care. About the law.
Why does this keep needing to be said?
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If it isn’t news to you, why are you saying he hasn’t been vetted or doesn’t have security clearance as if that’s relevant?
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Which other people? What power do you think they have?
And who do you expect to restrain them?
And yes, America is over. It is a fascist dictatorship now. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you will stop expecting this to be fixed by any sort of government or legal opposition which will never come and hopefully actually start working on trying to do something about it yourself. Like taking to the streets when you can.
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I thought the GOP didn’t like it when people get cancelled?
The sooner someone Luigi’s him the better, if only for the fact we would never have to hear the fucker speak again.
Is there a Lemmy fednews? I’ve been lurking on reddit solely for this news, but noticed a distinct change in tone in the past few days, and I think they may be drowning in muskrats before too long.
how are some people still hypnotized to believe this man is a genius? GOD i will forever resent the media for glazing this man for 15 yrs and convincing the public that he’s anything more than a trust fund baby who could by companies and play pretend.
“It’s easier to fool a man than to convince him he’d been fooled.” -Mark Twain
Nvr heard this before. It’s a good one
No can do, stinky Musky boy. First amendment explicitly protects criticism of government agencies and employees. Which is exactly what you’re claiming DOGE is.
The actual intention “free speech”, not what these idiots think it means.
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
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Is there a Lemmy fednews? I’ve been lurking on reddit solely for this news, but noticed a distinct change in tone in the past few days, and I think they may be drowning in muskrats before too long.
So uncovering the disgusting cruelty of others is in itself Disgusting and Cruel? That’s just what a tyrant would say.
He really has gone from a wannabe Tony Stark to a wannabe Homelander hasn’t he?
You don’t get it, he HATES his trans daughter!
Oh no I know, and he hates me because he believes in a version of his daughter who is a gay fashion-loving stereotype who is Musk’s token “Queen” friend, and instead of realizing this person never existed even prior to transition, he’s blaming people like me for taking her from him.
He is really, REALLY becoming fucking absolutely unhinged VERY fast. He is trying to suppress any form of overlook VERY fast and very aggressively. He hasn’t acted like this before. While it is expected, he needs to be told that he can go to hell.
What I fear is that he won’t be asking for people to be fired, he will be soon asking for arrests and I am very, VERY confident he will brazenly calling for hits on people very openly.
always has been, he is the son of a slaver in apartheid SA and iirc grandson of a nazi. of course he is racist too.
now that he is the literal dictator of the biggest empire in the world, i don’t think he needs to worry about softening it anymore. its logical that fascism will serve him judging from the… gestures hes been making. or the casual fascist shit hes been saying for years at this point. or the alleged attempted coups. or the fact hes a billionaire. or …
i think your hunch is correct though. he didnt bother climbing onto that throne not to use it. the silver lining is that he already showed himself incompetent.
Not the grandson or the son, he is aamof a Nazi. US officials are obeying orders coming from a Nazi.
Turns out, racists don’t like being outed.
Elon should know.
It’s soon illegal to not be racistin america.
Off topic, but Racistin is a cool name for a dnd character.
He’s an elf who hates his half-elf siblings.
It’s a medication for racists
They can be from Racistan, a “planet of hats” country with one very ugly defining feature.
