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Elon Musk agreed with a post on X that said Jewish people hold a “dialectical hatred” of white people, eliciting a new round of criticism that he promotes antisemitic views.Musk, the billionaire owner of X, formerly Twitter, responded to a user’s post Wednesday that espoused an antisemitic conspiracy theory with: “You have said the actual truth.”Copyright ©2023Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Elon Musk agreed with a post on X that said Jewish people hold a…

Billionaire Elon Musk endorsed an antisemitic post on X, the social media site he owns, that attacked members of the Jewish community for pushing “dialectical hatred” against white people. “You have said the actual truth,” Musk said in his reply to the post. Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla Inc. and the world's richest person with a net worth of around $225 billion, has repeatedly been criticized for promoting content attacking Jewish people at a time of rising antisemitism.  Last year, the American Jewish…

Elon Musk, who has steered X (formerly Twitter) into a tsunami of antisemitic discourse since taking over the site in 2022, has now endorsed a post attacking Jewish communities and accusing them of promoting “dialectical hatred against whites.” On Wednesday, X user @CWBOCA, whose bio states “Jewish Conservative from S. Florida,” shared a PSA from the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism that depicts a father confronting his son for posting the pro-Nazi refrain “Hitler was right” online. The post is captioned: “To the…

A Sunday newsletter from the office of Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Az.) featured a link to an antisemitic website known for promoting conspiracies ranging from QAnon to Holocaust denial, according to a report from the progressive nonprofit Media Matters For America.  The newsletter included a link to USSA News, which boasts the tagline “do not let this happen to our country ☭.” Despite Gosar condemning antisemitism in the bulletin, USSA is rampant with antisemitic language, conspiracy theories about Jewish people, and…

Ideological predictors of antisemitism in Study 2. Product-moment coefficients of correlation with Generalized Antisemitism, Judeophobic Antisemitism, and Antizionist Antisemitism (with 95% confidence intervals). Credit: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (2023). DOI: 10.1057/s41599-023-01624-y People who believe in conspiracy theories are more likely to have antisemitic opinions than non-believers, new research…

Rapper Kanye West was ridiculed over his anti-Semitic outbursts in The Idol finale. The rapper, 46, was dismissed by a string of big-name brands in the wake of his statements, and sued by an ex-employee in November over multiple instances in which he allegedly praised Adolf Hitler and Nazism in various business meetings, and was the butt of a joke as HBO’s controversial series wrapped up. During the finale of the show, Lily-Rose Depp’s pop star character Jocelyn referenced West’s reported…

Kanye West has been accused of subjecting a former business partner and friend to antisemitic abuse.Alex Klein, a tech entrepreneur who worked with the rapper – now known as Ye – on the “Stem Player” that he used to release his Donda 2 album decided to end the collaboration after troubling behaviour, including publicly praising Hitler. As a result, he found himself on the receiving end of an angry, racist tirade.“We turned down 10 million dollars. Kanye was very angry,” says Klein in BBC documentary The Trouble with…

The portrayal of goblins in the Harry Potter universe are the product of centuries of antisemitic images and tropes. Credit: Shutterstock In its first two weeks after being released, the video game Hogwarts Legacy, described by the developer as "set in the world of the Harry Potter books," sold 12 million copies and made about US$850 million in revenue. …

Nick Cannon admits he’s still going through a “growth process” after facing backlash in 2020 for making anti-Semitic comments on his podcast and YouTube show, Cannon’s Class.In a recent interview with AllHipHop, the television personality was asked if he learned anything from the experience, which saw ViacomCBS cut ties with Cannon, resulting in the cancellation of his long-running MTV show Wild ‘N Out.“Man, I’m going to be super honest with you. That process was a growth moment for me, on so many levels as a man,” Cannon…

Kanye West’s Antisemitic Remarks Inspire Incidents Against Jews In The US ( Photo Credit – Facebook ) Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, has been grabbing headlines since last year owing to his controversial remarks. The rapper received a lot of backlash for his antisemitic comments after publicly expressing his love for the Nazi Germany leader. As a result, Ye inspired over 50 antisemitic incidents across the US. Ye received a massive backlash in the US due to his hate speeches against the Jewish community. In…