Rabbis Warn That Elon Musk Is Spreading the Type of Antisemitism "That Leads to Massacres"

Source: Futurism

YESTERDAY by MAGGIE HARRISON

Rabbis Warn That Elon Musk Is Spreading the Type of Antisemitism "That Leads to Massacres”

Jewish leaders are reminding us that the "Great Replacement" theory has a long and deadly history.

More than 150 Jewish leaders have signed a renewed call for companies to cease advertising on the Elon Musk-owned X-formerly-Twitter, warning that Musk is now openly supporting antisemitic rhetoric they say is specifically linked to violent extremism.

"Elon Musk is spreading the kind of antisemitism that leads to massacres," reads the decree, which was signed by 164 "rabbis, leaders of Jewish organizations, artists, activists, and academics." "And advertisers are funding the platform that allows him to spread his ideology to hundreds of millions [of] people."

The re-upped appeal from the Jewish community follows a disturbing incident in which Musk outright called a deeply antisemitic tweet espousing the ridiculously bogus "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory the "actual truth." And by funding X — the platform that Musk doesn't only own, but is using to spread his fringe rhetoric — the leaders say advertisers including Apple, Google, and Disney are complicit, too.

Indeed, when you look at the history of this hare-brained ideology and its connection with violent white supremacy, the pattern is as clear as it is troubling. ...

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