3 Simple Reasons Why Elon Musk Should Be Viewed as Anti-Semitic

Elon Musk can say he opposes anti-Semitism "of any kind" until he is blue in the face. His words and deeds suggest otherwise. 

When we look at Musk's jihad against the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) there are three simple reasons why he should be viewed as anti-Semitic.

1. Scapegoating a Jewish Organization For His Own Failures

Musk is threatening to sue the ADL for defamation as he claims it is solely responsible for the loss of X's (formerly known as Twitter) ad revenue. ADL is one of the world's most well-known Jewish organizations. When Musk says ADL, he means Jews.

Yet Musk has done a fantastic job of running X into the ground all on his own. In response to Musk's claim that ADL had single-handedly destroyed half of its value, Mike Rothschild replied:

I love the implication that the erratic management, mass layoffs, incoherent moderation, destruction of verification, decimated engineering staff, serial unbanning of racists, and crumbling infrastructure had nothing to do with twitter losing half its value. Nope, just Jews.

Anti-Semitism is nothing new under the sun. But Musk is the world's richest person, and he has the ability and resources to bring anti-Semitism out into broad daylight and give it acceptability, credibility and legitimacy.

2. Emboldening Online Anti-Semitism By Embracing Far-Right Efforts to Ban ADL from X

One example of Musk giving anti-Semitism acceptability, credibility and legitimacy is by embracing an X poll initiated by white supremacists and the far-right at large demanding that ADL be banned from X.

If Musk truly opposed anti-Semitism of any kind, he wouldn't have given the poll his blessing. In fact, he would have condemned it without reservation. But by giving the poll his blessing, Musk is welcoming the contributions of anti-Semites to X while stating that ADL is unwelcome.

If ADL is banned from X, then what makes you think white supremacists will stop there? Today, the ADL. Tomorrow, Hillel, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Simon Wiesenthal Center will find themselves removed from X because of their association with Jews.

If that happens to prominent Jewish organizations, then what of synagogues, Jewish community centers, schools and other non-profits will also soon find themselves unwelcome on X and will be branded with a scarlet letter.

3. Claiming Jews Are To Blame For Anti-Semitism By Drawing Attention To It

Now consider this tweet by Musk himself:

The ADL, because they are so aggressive in their demands to ban social media accounts for even minor infractions, are ironically the biggest generators of anti-Semitism on this platform!

In other words, the Jews are to blame for anti-Semitism by speaking out against it, and we ought to keep our mouths shut. 

By making this claim, Musk effectively absolves responsibility from those who actually harbor hatred towards Jews while giving them a blank check to defame us at every opportunity. 

In such an environment, anti-Semitism would be bound to become mainstream in the United States. And if this comes to pass then pogroms will be sure to follow.

This would be Elon Musk's hateful and ugly legacy.