Twitter CEO Elon Musk fired back on Sunday night after facing backlash for tweeting that his pronouns are “Prosecute/Fauci” earlier in the day, a reference to chief White House adviser Anthony Fauci.
“Elon, please don’t mock and promote hate toward already marginalized and at-risk-of-violence members of the #LGBTQ+ community,” astronaut Scott Kelly, the twin brother of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), responded to Musk’s tweet. “They are real people with real feelings. Furthermore, Dr Fauci is a dedicated public servant whose sole motivation was saving lives.”
“I strongly disagree,” Musk replied. “Forcing your pronouns upon others when they didn’t ask, and implicitly ostracizing those who don’t, is neither good nor kind to anyone. As for Fauci, he lied to Congress and funded gain-of-function research that killed millions of people. Not awesome imo.”
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Musk’s Sunday evening tweet is the latest attack against the nation’s top infectious diseases doctor, who plans to step down from his government roles later this month.
The newly minted Twitter CEO also previewed plans to release files from the company’s internal systems showing how the social media platform grappled with pandemic-related decisions, dubbed the “Twitter Files.”
Musk at times has sparred with Fauci and other infectious diseases experts, calling concern over the coronavirus “dumb” in the early days of the pandemic and ending Twitter’s policies about COVID-19 misinformation once he took over the company.
He later shared a meme on Sunday showing Fauci telling President Biden, “Just one more lockdown, my king.”
“The woke mind virus is either defeated or nothing else matters,” Musk tweeted on Monday morning.
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Musk fires back after criticism of gender pronouns tweet about Fauci https://t.co/vmxR6i0Lwf pic.twitter.com/aX9lvuDzM2
— The Hill (@thehill) December 12, 2022
To all the Tesla owners out there, do you really want to support a man who has Steve Bannon’s politics with Donald Trump’s personality disorders? https://t.co/x1791Kpk1u
— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) December 11, 2022
.@elonmusk seems to be on the side of election deniers and appears to believe their conspiracy theories are more important than Trump’s actual efforts to overturn an election & his incitement of insurrectionist violence. Bad news he’s in charge of an important civic platform. https://t.co/YNBj4lxqsT
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) December 10, 2022
Nothing to see here. Just Twitter owner Elon Musk amplifying and agreeing with conspiracy theorist Lara Logan who was recently banned by Newsmax (too extreme for Newsmax!) after going on a QAnon-style rant about “elites” who “dine on the blood of children.” Totally normal. pic.twitter.com/BI0jA2ibaC
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) December 10, 2022
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 11, 2022
to elton john: let me know what I could do to get you to come back onto my crime scene
— kilgore trout, death to putiner (@KT_So_It_Goes) December 10, 2022
Exactly. Trump. Musk and Trump (and Kanye!) seem to have some emotional issues. But the real problem is that people around these guys will indulge them for whatever reason: Money, power, entouraging, etc. They're the ones who should feel the shame that Ye/Trump/Elon can't. https://t.co/F6vmp2ajy0
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) December 12, 2022
Very good, succinct 🧵 by @RadioFreeTom on why you should remain on Twitter.
I’ve met some wonderful people on this hellsite and I’d regret seeing them leave.
Meanwhile, the weirdos can’t drown out good content no matter how loudly they scream into their megaphones. https://t.co/Zr3lEONnEz
— Mark Strauss (@MarkDStrauss) December 12, 2022
Lighten up, Francis https://t.co/A5LiiuwVmq
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) December 12, 2022
I suspect Musk is pulling this *bleep* to appeal to the Trumpies. He’s turning Twitter into another haven for magas and assorted nutcases.
Someone told me about a new social media site called Post News. It seems to be a more civilized alternative to Twitter. The site pledges not to allow crazies like magas and conspiracy loons into its membership. I started using it today and so far, so good.
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