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What exactly is Elon Musk threatening as he tells Taylor Swift "I will give you a child"? (nymag.com)

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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 58 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like a rape threat to me

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Coming from a known breeding fetishist (whom his actual children hate).

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Remember when he claimed his daughter used to be the most precious little gay stereotype and his best friend...

and she came out and said "Not only was I not like that, he doesn't even know what I was like because he's a neglectful douchebag who literally wasn't in my life much."

[+] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 44 points 2 months ago (6 children)

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[–] ech@lemm.ee 43 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Are we not past the era of "it's just a joke" yet? It was malicious. Nobody writes a response like that without the intention that is clear on its face. He 100% intended it as a crass, chauvinistic putdown for a woman that "dared" to express her opinion. He absolutely needs a reality check, but he is also a piece of shit that just sees women as walking incubators for him. Let's not waste oxygen defending him from that core aspect of his character.

[–] Mishmash2000 3 points 2 months ago

Anybody with any intelligence is for sure past the "it's just a joke" era because they understand the context of such comments and how they have been and still are used for control & suppression of woman's voices by giving them pause next time they might speak up. Unfortunately there are still people that are either so thick as to not understand this, of such low intelligence that it does not even register or are willfully and actively using these methods of abuse and supression themselves. Sadly some of them have a lot of power, money and reach. Others are just pathetic, sad, losers that have zero clout and just rant on forums about how "it's just a joke". Either way they need to be called out for it!

[–] Zirconium@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is the type of shit that'll get you fired from a job. But CEOs can say it without losing their position or their popularity among their weirdo fans.

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

“… he needs to get his teeth kicked in. I'm not advocating violence, …”

You are advocating the need for violence rather than advocating violence itself. That is a clever argument.

[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Isn't this just sexual harassment? I hope that at least if they ever end up in the same venue her security keeps his creepy stalker ass away.

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

It is certainly a form of bullying/sexual harassment, not unlike guys whistling and making cat-calls to women walking down the street except this was far more personal.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

His brother tried around how he was harming Teslas brand image and he didn't listen.

[–] sir_pronoun@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Oooh I remember the teeth-kicking-in comment!

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 33 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Dumb shit. The first amendment guarantees that the government will not punish you for this you say. The first amendment does not guarantee that you will not get your knees broken by an NFL player or mauled by a pack of angry Swifties. That juvenile brain of his is going to get him hurt one day.

[–] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Or, idk, the board or shareholders of the major companies built around his cult of personality could decide that having a person quite so toxic and prone to angry outbursts as their CEO doesn't Enhance Shareholder Value

[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If only. All this means is more bodyguards are getting hired.

[–] proper@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

and she’s creating jobs?! what can’t she do?

[–] Technoguyfication@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Take a bus, apparently

[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Swifties have a lot of money for weapons

[–] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world -4 points 2 months ago

Knees broken by an NFL player 🤣

I want what you are smoking.

[–] Marthirial@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Ms. Swift should file a restraining order against this rappy clown.

[–] sentientity@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Sexual harrassment like this is a political tactic to prevent women and other marginalized folks from doing or saying things in public that might shift the balance of power or affect things. It is an attempt to punish and threaten people and deter others, so that wealthy white guys will be the only ones who are allowed to be active in public.

Maybe this is obvious and goes without saying, but I'm saying it because I think some people may not see the pattern or the intent behind it. This is so much more than one creepy comment and more than Taylor. See also Nina Jankowicz, gamergate, the several high profile woman politicians who have resigned. Smarter people than me have written and talked about this and how it has manifested in different forms. Online sexist harassment is an organized political force with a goal. It's not just that this one guy sucks.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Elon probably has this fantasy where he is the single best impregnator in the whole planet and females are queuing at his door to get impregnated so he can save the planet by spreading his genes. He probably also has an alien version of this where aliens come to earth for the sole purpose of asking Elon to donate some of his genetically advanced sperm by having sex with some super hot aliens.

[–] CodexArcanum@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Let's not forget that time he offered to send his sperm to Mars to aid colonization efforts.

He's disgusting, and yes genuinely believes his seed 🤢 is somehow a valuable and desired commodity; that women should be literally begging and paying him to give them super genius babies.

[–] MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Is the guy even all that smart? Like I realize he's probably not like genuinely stupid. But every time I've seen him talk he doesn't sound any more intelligent than a stoner cashier at Rite Aid.

[–] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 2 months ago

It's either rape or unloading his already disowned child on her.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

It's because he's such a nice guy. Deep down he knows all his kids would be better off being co-parented by Swift and their bio mothers. He can barely remember they all are. They'll be happier without him in their lives.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

What exactly is Elon Musk threatening

"coldly considering an act of cruelty" -- Stanley Goodspeed

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Maybe he’s going to hand over one of his kids

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

It sounds like he has extras.