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“I’m aspirationally Jewish,” Musk said. “So I was like, ‘What are people talking about with this antisemitism?’ Because I never hear it at dinner conversations."

Elon Musk said he is "Jewish by association" during a conversation with conservative commentator Ben Shapiro after a visit to the former Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz, Poland.

Musk, the Tesla CEO and owner of social media platform X, made the comments during a conference on antisemitism organized by the European Jewish Association. The association had arranged for Musk to make a private visit to Auschwitz, where an estimated 1.1 million Jewish people were killed during the Holocaust.

"I must admit to being somewhat frankly naive about this. In the circles that I move, I see almost no antisemitism. ... Two-thirds of my friends are Jewish," the billionaire tech mogul said in a video posted on YouTube by Bloomberg Technology. "I have twice as many Jewish friends as non-Jewish friends. I’m like Jewish by association."

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[–] mhague@lemmy.world 136 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

He says there's no antisemitism in his close circles, as if that matters, but it's also a lie because he himself backed a "Jews are trying to replace whites" post on Twitter.

Also, he said he was Jewish by association because he has a lot of Jewish friends. Different brand of ridiculousness from what the headline implies.

[–] Wootz@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago

"Dude, I'm not racist! I have so many black friends!"

[–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 year ago

Yeah, this would be a dumb thing to say even if wasn't bullshit.

I mean, plenty of people don't encounter antisemitism in their daily life. So what? I don't either, for the most part, because I don't associate with antisemites, but I'm not dumb enough to imply that my social bubble represents the wider world. I am capable of reading, so I do have some idea of what goes on outside my bubble, and I am cognizant of the limits of my personal experience. The conversations I personally have at the dinner table do not have broad social implications.

[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 98 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] bigkahuna1986@lemmy.ml 58 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is high school level cringe.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Worst. I feel like HS kids have better awareness.

I'm bumping this down to middle school.

[–] nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Why does EVERY racist repeat the "but my best friend/wife is Black/Asian" trope? It's like they can't resist

[–] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hope the ghosts follow him around to haunt his antisemitisic ass.

[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 37 points 1 year ago

Haven't the poor souls suffered enough..

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

This guy is a piece of shit.

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

When Trey Parker and Matt Stone had a bunch of lily-white Mormon missionaries sing the line “Africans are African but we are Africa”, they were making a joke. This fucking guy, however…

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

“Jewish by association”

Sounds pretty not good. Cultural appropriation with a side of self centeredness.

Also, pretty antisemitic.

Are there better words to clearly label this?

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

eric cartman

[–] xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

A musky behaviour

[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People who got the memo by visiting one of the former concentration camps will not run their mouth like this afterwards.

[–] aniki@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, he didn't even go. He's just virtue signalling to his new racist backers.

[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or he did go and fist pumped every time he thought no one was looking.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which part of the brain gets satisfied by making things up in this way?

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago
[–] AshMan85@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Fuck this nazi

[–] RememberTheApollo@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

What did he “by association” himself after his visit to the US southern border?

Did he stop at a McDonalds along the way and “by association” make himself a minimum wage worker with two jobs and three roommates struggling to get by?

[–] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 year ago

The world would have been better off if he had been friends with the submarine guy and got imploded by association.

[–] ares35@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

he's got boot lickers, ass kissers, and 'yes'-men..

and people paid to put up with his shit..

i doubt he has any actual friends.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

This has got to the be the most misleading headline I’ve ever seen. His comments about “almost no antisemitism” had absolutely nothing to do with his visit to Auschwitz.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's that saying? If you don't know who the asshole in your friend group is, it's you? Also, the level of antisemitism we were looking for was none. None.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

He addresses this in the interview.

[–] style99@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

It's possible that he sees no antisemitism, given the fact that he's blind to reality. He's the modern equivalent of the emperor who had no clothes.

[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

The guy makes my skin crawl..

[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It’s like he doesn’t read any posts on his own platform. Or even his own posts on the platform.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

It's like he doesn't read

I'd stop right here.

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

lol, this guy.