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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.

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[–] MithranArkanere 5 points 24 minutes ago

Dude thinks that "truth hurts" gives him the right to get rid of someone for hurting him with truth.

[–] MellowYellow13 28 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Get fucked Elon, you absolute piece of shit

[–] [email protected] 2 points 28 minutes ago

you going to have to do better than that

[–] Gammelfisch 1 points 2 minutes ago

Leon hitler would like the USA to turn into Russia, China and the former Apartheid South Africa. Fuck him and the MAGAts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 minutes ago

Mald harder, Elon. We will not be ruled by your little band of incels.

[–] friend_of_satan 5 points 1 hour ago

Only if we are allowed to fire everybody who is disgusting and cruel.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 hours ago

Oh my, this is how you destroy and erode democracy ever faster. Dismantle the media and stop any criticism of the leaders, and reporting of true events.

I saw this in a country once who’s name is North Korea.

[–] b3an 1 points 42 minutes ago

Funny, I thought HE was disgusting and cruel, but the rest of us can’t bully people using money and illegal threats.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

It's soon illegal to not be racistin america.

[–] Mediocre_Bard 2 points 39 minutes ago (2 children)

Off topic, but Racistin is a cool name for a dnd character.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 minutes ago

It's a medication for racists

[–] chiliedogg 2 points 33 minutes ago

He's an elf who hates his half-elf siblings.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 hours ago

The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Lootboblin 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Business idea: make boxing bags or dartboards with his faces printed on them.

[–] ZeffSyde 2 points 1 hour ago

Sell bottles of gasoline with a promotional t shirt that sports the print, 'Not An Incindiary Device'.

[–] peaceful_world_view 4 points 5 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 hours ago

Free speech for Musk means Musk gets to decide what people are allowed to say.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Hopefully the outcome of the French investigation will be an international arrest warrant.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

eh, can see how those are working great for the powerful people (examples: putin, bibi, the libya guy)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

I'm not talking about an ICC warrant against a sitting president.

[–] b3an 28 points 9 hours ago

What a fucking snowflake.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 hours ago (9 children)

My Chrystal ball says that Elon keeps realizing agenda 2025 until the resistance within their own ranks becomes unbearable. While Elon makes news Trump makes legislation to fuck over whoever he can. Only then, goat Elon gets scaped by savior Donald to appease Maga and everything is in shambles.

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[–] Ensign_Crab 9 points 8 hours ago

Space Karen.

[–] [email protected] 95 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

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.

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 minutes ago* (last edited 6 minutes ago)

Not the grandson or the son, he is aamof a Nazi. US officials are obeying orders coming from a Nazi.

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