Elon Musk on X antisemitism controversy: “Don’t advertise. Go f*** yourself”

Tell your revenue stream to go fuck themselves. It's a bold move Elon. Let's see if it pays off.

Musk responded that the advertising boycott is likely to kill the company. "What this advertising boycott is going to do is it's going to kill the company, and the whole world will know that those advertisers killed the company and we will document it in great detail,"

When Sorkin pointed out that advertisers see things differently, Musk replied, "oh yeah? Tell it to Earth."

Sorkin continued: "They're going to say, Elon, that you killed the company because you said these things and they were inappropriate things and they didn't feel comfortable on the platform. That's what they're going to say."

"And let's see how Earth responds to that," Musk replied.

I mean… I think that pretty much removes any last doubt anyone might have had that Elon Musk had any grasp on the reality that he himself exists in.

"And let's see how Earth responds to that," Musk replied.

I'm getting strong Kanye vibes from Elon these days.

Musk says X advertiser backlash is "going to kill the company."

For once I hope you're not wrong, Musk!

I have never in my life seen an interviewer try to get someone to save face like this. Elon has zero self awareness, and he's basically behaving like a petulant child. Who the fuck sees this man as a genius?

He needs to stop hitting the ke--actually, no. He needs to hit more of that shit. At least until the road dead ends.

The best part was the dead silence when he was waiting for laughter or something, the silence was murder on his soul. Not unlike when Dave Chapelle brought him out on stage for who knows why and he was booed like .....how fucking out of touch are you Dave, and why would you bring that turd out?

"What this advertising boycott is going to do is it's going to kill the company, and the whole world will know that those advertisers killed the company and we will document it in great detail," Musk said.

No need, you making twitter toxic to advertisers and the resulting fallout is already very well documented.

“Never go full Elon”

He seriously thinks the public will blame the former advertisers and be angry at them when the issue was obviously Musk running the company into the ground?

Usually people with fuck-you money don't literally, publicly say "fuck you" to their revenue streams. Usually.

He's so much like Trump. Except maybe even more childish somehow.

People actually wrote books about how much of a genius this guy is

Yeah. Musk has gone funny in the head. Does he not know the concept of brand-safe content?

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The interviewer tried really hard (and failed) to hide his incredulity.

X, formally known as dead bird

Nepo baby held accountable for his actions, thinks it's unfair he's responsible for them.

I say "Go f..k yourself if you are still advertizing with this guy."

Aww, he's pouting.

While I'd normally support someone telling Disney to go fuck itself, it doesn't mean much coming from Musk.

Was he ever rumoured to be a pedo or anything like that?

Smart fella that musk... Wait I meant fart smeller

This barrier of capitalism loving fascists finding that capitalism works best with maximum participation therefore maximum diversity is infinitely entertaining to me.

Well well well, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions!

And people aren't using Mastodon because?

Wait till SpaceX IPO tanks next month. "Don't buy the stock. Go f*** yourself".

It's not companies pulling ads that kills the platform. That's not a root cause. Ads pulling out is a consequence.

The root cause of this, is the platform owner choosing to publically engage with a heavily charged emotional minefield where everyone and their dog has chosen hills to die on.

If your goal is to try make Twitter a successful company, wading into that mess is simply not a high quality decision.

He is waiting for trump to save Xitter, but trump is taking his time

Has anyone ever noticed how much he looks like a PS1 character.

Earth’s response, “yeah man, it was DEFINITELY your fault!!”

"But those clarifications were ignored by the media and essentially I handed a loaded gun to those who hate me and arguably to those who are antisemitic. And for that I'm quite sorry, that was not my intention."

You hear that? He's sorry.

Sorry that he's facing consequences for his actions.

"To be fair, I've always wanted to tell this to advertisers too"

He’s probably not all that worried about Xwitter. He’s got billions to spare. Be like wrecking your Ferrari, blaming the wet road when you were just going too fast, and still having 4 more in the garage.

He’s just worried about saving face and how the boards of his companies are going to view his behavior.

Imagine watching Kanye West destroy his public image and then in the same year thinking "Nothing bad will happen if I make antisemitic comments on the media platform I own."

So Mastodon looks to be the big after Twitter. When is the funeral for Twitter?

Musk: "Don't advertise."

Advertisers:

I love it when corporations get told to go fuck themselves, I just wish it was by someone I actually respected.

I think he should try going to fuck himself too.

Someone needs a nap. Tantrum much?

Keep digging that hole for yourself, arsehole

Wealth is in the mind not the pocket.

I'm all for people taking that stance towards advertiser but

He's just visited kibutz settlements, how can he be anti-jews? https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/elon-musk-begins-wartime-visit-israel-aviation-tracker-says-2023-11-27/ Lmao, why he's so transparent.

I wish I could say this is Twitter's death kneel but we all know they'll be back together soon enough. Like an abusive relationship

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Elon Musk addressed an antisemitism controversy in characteristically unwise fashion during a public interview today, telling businesses to "go fuck yourself" and to stop advertising on the social network formerly named Twitter.

Musk spoke on stage at The New York Times' DealBook Summit in an interview conducted by journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin.

"I should in retrospect not have replied to that one person and should have written in greater length what I meant," Musk reportedly said.

"But those clarifications were ignored by the media and essentially I handed a loaded gun to those who hate me and arguably to those who are antisemitic.

On November 15, Musk replied, "You have said the actual truth" to an X post that said Jewish communities are "pushing hatred against whites."

A White House spokesperson condemned Musk's post as "abhorrent promotion of antisemitic and racist hate."

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He should release the code and increase security and privacy within the app if he doesnt have advertisers. We dont want ads anyway.

I wonder if the news on X (and other media) regarding Kissinger will drown this out?