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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    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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    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.

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      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.

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    zero chance that dude resigned because of those tweets…

    He realized how far over his head he was, and rather than admitting that to his overlord musk, he takes this lucky break, whines about harassment, and resigned.

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        We should fire him into an irretrievable orbit with enough food, water, and oxygen for months. Put cameras everywhere inside the capsule and live stream his descent into madness as he runs out of supplies.

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        One problem would be that he’d expire happy, because he was doing “cool exploration stuff”.

        Perhaps it would be more environmentally friendly (which would upset him) if he was “retired” in a more traditional, boring, normal manner (which would upset him), on Earth.

        He could then be composted and used to grow flowers, in some kind of “All-Nations LGBTQ+ Peace Garden” (which would upset him).

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          I don’t want to piss in the All-Nations LGBTQ+ Peace Garden tho :c

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          Man, now we’re debating hypothetical scenarios about how to best get rid of toddleresque billionaire mad kings?

          It’s no small wonder “the left” in America has been taking daily losses the entire time I’ve been alive.

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            And risk him coming back to earth? Just aim for a vaguely circular solar orbit near the asteroid belt. He can pretend he’s on his way to mars forever.

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    Musk is officially part of the government now, so this literally is an attack on free speech

    Not that any conservative cares.

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      I mean, I think it’s specifically more targeted at freedom of the press, and the 1A really only prevents Congress from passing laws to limit free speech or the press. So while I agree with you 100% in principle, I don’t think what Musk is doing is illegal here, he’s just a fucking asshole.

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    Press freedom is a threat to society Elon and must be stopped! Heil Elon!

    What a fucking moron. Why is no one stopping him.

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      You can’t lay a finger on an oligarch, so no one bothers.

      Law: He’ll get pardoned, pre pardoned and whatever other bullshit he can think up.

      Pitchforks: People have to unwillingly partake in the machine or the machine will crush their family. They can’t risk going up against the security detail of one of the richest people alive.

      Marijuana: sorry that’s about as far as I can type for the night.

      Main takeaway: That is a very good question that too few people will ask themselves before it affects them.

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      I suspect think he’s consciously chosen to be a villain because he’s er seen it gets him more power, money, and notoriety than the techno savior thing he tried first. Or maybe he’s been planning this story arc for years.

      He seems broken in the right sorts of ways to see life as an actual game of genetics, resources, and popularity.

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    Yes, she’s the disgusting one, not the guy who was “racist before it was cool.”

    And people still defend this Nazi.