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Elon Musk’s ‘fund your legal bill’ tweet is a brand new level of bullshit
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this post was submitted on 06 Aug 2023
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yeah, could we maybe not frame it as "trans people hurt him so he's lashing out" type nonsense?
Not only is it false (he was like this long before that, you just had to be paying attention), but it also provides fuel to transphobes, who already make up enough, but we don't need to hand them more.
It’s not that “trans people hurt him”, it’s that he got dumped for being a dickweed and then blamed it jealously on a trans person. Also, his daughter who disowned him and the fact that he explicitly had all 10 of his kids with IVF so he could choose that they be born male says a lot.
I didn't think you intended any malice, it's just the way we frame things is important and our words have impact, which is why I pointed it out.
next time you can just say that, it's accurate and places the blame where it belongs!
absolutely, I'm in no way trying to defend him here, it's just about trying to focus on the right thing and not play in to already damaging stereotypes (the "gay/rans panic" defence is where this particular one ends up).