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RE: Elon Musk
July 19, 2024 at 12:23 pm
Elon Musk Complains About Non-White Comics Characters
Elon Musk continued his campaign against “woke” on Thursday by posting a meme that showed a number of fictional characters that have been race-swapped in other adaptations.
The petty complaint that white characters — which were created primarily when white men were almost exclusively in charge of creating things — were being portrayed by non-white actors is not a new one. It was done to be more inclusive and represent more of the world outside our window, which is something Marvel’s very own Stan Lee said often.
None of these characters are real. Not one of them. They never had races or genders. And there are way more effective ways to tell people you’re racist than by whining about imaginary creatures.
https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/elon-mu...-nazi-sht/
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RE: Elon Musk
July 19, 2024 at 3:47 pm
(July 19, 2024 at 12:23 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: And there are way more effective ways to tell people you’re racist than by whining about imaginary creatures.
I dunno, fulminating about the race of fictitious characters strikes me as remarkably efficient. They don't even exist and their nonwhite skin still threatens you? Yep, you're a racist.
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RE: Elon Musk
July 19, 2024 at 6:02 pm
(This post was last modified: July 19, 2024 at 6:10 pm by Rev. Rye.)
… sssh, nobody tell him about the Spider-Verse movies, where there’s HUNDREDS of different Spider-Men, many of which are non-white, including the Afro-Nuyorican protagonist Miles Morales.
Also, you know that this isn’t a person who particularly cares about fidelity to the source material because he’s complaining about Heimdall being played by Idris Elba, but is suspiciously silent on Thor not bring played by a ginger with a big, bushy beard.
Also worth noting, the sheer lack of Velma in that meme is honestly surprising given how much of a punching bag it’s been for the “anti-woke” crowd, even though the more diverse casting is clearly the least of its problems.
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RE: Elon Musk
July 20, 2024 at 6:35 am
(July 16, 2024 at 6:24 am)Fake Messiah Wrote:
LoL what a dumbass.
Trump: “I will end the electric vehicle mandate on day 1, thereby saving the U.S. auto industry from complete obliteration.”
https://youtu.be/dmzydzUxKE0?si=NQjTHukm3YZU5r1V
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Elon Musk
July 20, 2024 at 10:15 am
Elon Musk blames people of color for the global tech outage
Quote:Elon Musk wasted no time in finding a convenient scapegoat for the global IT outage caused by a botched software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.
“Not very ‘bright’ right now, is it?” Musk wrote on X, formerly Twitter, Friday morning in reply to a more than two years old post from CrowdStrike. In that post, the Austin, Texas-based firm said it was proud to be a “Gold Partner” of recruiting company Bright Network’s panel on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
It’s an on-brand pivot for the Tesla CEO, who has made diversity initiatives a frequent target for his criticism.
Tesla dropped language referencing diversity from its annual shareholder report just weeks after Musk tweeted that DEI is “just another word for racism.” The billionaire has also been criticized for claiming that Boeing’s issues with the 737 Max 9 were caused by hiring too many non-white pilots and factory workers.
In an interview with former CNN host Don Lemon in March, Musk accused Duke University of “literally” lowering its standards for students to promote more diverse candidates, although he could not provide any evidence for his assertion. Duke has said it has not lowered its standards and continues to rely on GPA and MCAT scores.
https://qz.com/elon-musk-crowdstrike-int...1851599596
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Elon Musk
July 20, 2024 at 10:16 am
Elon Musk is a fucking dingleberry.
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RE: Elon Musk
July 20, 2024 at 11:47 am
(July 20, 2024 at 10:15 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: Elon Musk blames people of color for the global tech outage
Quote:Elon Musk wasted no time in finding a convenient scapegoat for the global IT outage caused by a botched software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.
“Not very ‘bright’ right now, is it?” Musk wrote on X, formerly Twitter, Friday morning in reply to a more than two years old post from CrowdStrike. In that post, the Austin, Texas-based firm said it was proud to be a “Gold Partner” of recruiting company Bright Network’s panel on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
It’s an on-brand pivot for the Tesla CEO, who has made diversity initiatives a frequent target for his criticism.
Tesla dropped language referencing diversity from its annual shareholder report just weeks after Musk tweeted that DEI is “just another word for racism.” The billionaire has also been criticized for claiming that Boeing’s issues with the 737 Max 9 were caused by hiring too many non-white pilots and factory workers.
In an interview with former CNN host Don Lemon in March, Musk accused Duke University of “literally” lowering its standards for students to promote more diverse candidates, although he could not provide any evidence for his assertion. Duke has said it has not lowered its standards and continues to rely on GPA and MCAT scores.
https://qz.com/elon-musk-crowdstrike-int...1851599596
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RE: Elon Musk
July 20, 2024 at 12:11 pm
There are reports of raccoons trying to break into cybertrucks. The consensus is that the animals are mistaking them for dumpsters.
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RE: Elon Musk
July 20, 2024 at 2:32 pm
(July 20, 2024 at 10:15 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: Elon Musk blames people of color for the global tech outage
Quote:Elon Musk wasted no time in finding a convenient scapegoat for the global IT outage caused by a botched software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.
“Not very ‘bright’ right now, is it?” Musk wrote on X, formerly Twitter, Friday morning in reply to a more than two years old post from CrowdStrike. In that post, the Austin, Texas-based firm said it was proud to be a “Gold Partner” of recruiting company Bright Network’s panel on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
It’s an on-brand pivot for the Tesla CEO, who has made diversity initiatives a frequent target for his criticism.
Tesla dropped language referencing diversity from its annual shareholder report just weeks after Musk tweeted that DEI is “just another word for racism.” The billionaire has also been criticized for claiming that Boeing’s issues with the 737 Max 9 were caused by hiring too many non-white pilots and factory workers.
In an interview with former CNN host Don Lemon in March, Musk accused Duke University of “literally” lowering its standards for students to promote more diverse candidates, although he could not provide any evidence for his assertion. Duke has said it has not lowered its standards and continues to rely on GPA and MCAT scores.
https://qz.com/elon-musk-crowdstrike-int...1851599596
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RE: Elon Musk
July 20, 2024 at 4:13 pm
Seems like his $45M/mo “donations” are blackmail payments to keep the Epstein tapes under wraps.
Quote:Elon Musk’s X Is Reportedly Resisting a Subpoena in Jeffrey Epstein-Related Legal Case
X (the website formerly known as Twitter) is reportedly stonewalling subpoena requests related to a legal case involving dead financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Why? Nobody knows, but it sure is weird.
According to Business Insider, the social media platform refuses to give up information about one of the accounts linked to an Epstein accuser, a woman named Rina Oh Amen. The legal case is otherwise unrelated to the platform itself, instead it involves a spat between Oh Amen and another Epstein accuser, the more well-known Virginia Giuffre.
While both women claim to have been victimized by Epstein, the dispute between them involves mutual accusations that they also participated in Epstein’s criminal activities.
Insider reports:
[Ghislaine] Maxwell recruited Giuffre at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida in 2000, bringing her to Epstein. Giuffre has blamed Oh Amen for participating in the abuse by sexually and physically abusing her in the early 2000s. In 2021, Oh Amen sued Giuffre, alleging Giuffre defamed her with those claims.
https://gizmodo.com/elon-musks-x-is-repo...2000476538
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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