In a recent interview held last Wednesday, Elon Musk cursed advertisers with the “F” word. The advertisers filled X (Twitter) with a total of antisemitic content. As a result, the CEOs of Tesla and SpaceX use curse words for them. Elon tweeted in favor of an anti-Jewish post. And because of that, advertisers started leaving his platform X.
In a New York Times DealBook Summit interview, Elon often apologized for publishing an anti-Jewish tweet. After the tweet, Elon Musk, Apple, Disney, and IBM paused ads on X. Elon used curse words for advertisers.
The Story Behind Elon Musk Cursing the Advertisers
On the 15th of November, Elon posted a tweet in favor of an anti-Jewish post. For that tweet, he faced a lot of backlash and criticism. Then, Elon Musk cursed advertisers with harsh words after the anti-semitism boycott. He agreed with an X user who claimed that Jewish people hate white people. But the claim was false. And there was no such thing as that. Elon uses “the actual truth” in his post as he thinks the X user wrote the truth.
Elon Musk blasts advertisers like Disney and Apple. After that, Disney, Apple, Oracle, Amazon, and IBM paused all their X advertisements. A lot of people and advertisers left X after Elon’s tweet. The CEO of Tesla said to the advertisers that they couldn’t blackmail him by going to the platform. His words for the advertisers were,
“If somebody’s going to blackmail me with advertising, threaten me with money? Go f*** yourself.”
Disney VS Elon Musk
After his first tweet that supported anti-Semitism, Robert Iger, CEO of Walt Disney, said he was not supporting Musk. And Disney said they will stop spending on X.
So for that, Elon Musk blasts advertisers and said
“Go. F***. Yourself. Is that clear? I hope it is.
Hey Bob, that’s how I perceive if you are in the audience. Stop advertising.
Apple Vs Elon Musk
Apple stopped posting ads on X two days after Elon’s tweet. Apple was the biggest advertiser. And it spends over $100m a year on X. Apple after Elon’s tweet said they had stopped advertising on X starting Dec 22. And after that, Elon’s platform X is facing free fall. X lost a number of its users. 50% of X’s staff also bailed.
IBM Vs Elon Musk
IBM was one of X’s biggest advertisers. The spokesperson for IBM said that we will never tolerate any kind of discrimination and hate speech. This is an unacceptable situation.
The founder of marketing consultant consultancy Lou Paskalis, said Elon is losing his business. Because of Elon’s wrong words, he is losing all the advertisers. Therefore Elon Musk blasts advertisers and IBM was one of them.
Linda Yaccarino And Elon Musk
Tweets put a lot of pressure on his platform X. The CEO of Twitter, Linda Yaccarino, also felt pressure after Elon’s tweet. And the Twitter CEO stated that X is a platform that gives freedom of speech.
Linda also said that the platform is always ready to welcome you. She also added that X allows people to make their own decisions.
Elon Musk’s Views On The Situation
Elon Musk said that he cares about goodness, not discrimination. And he further added that he sees people care about looking good while doing evil. So fuck these people. What I care about is the reality of goodness, not the perception of it. And I observe that people care about looking virtuous when they’re evil. So Fuck them.”
Musk also stated that he never supports fighting, conflicts, and hate. And he will never promote these things. He also said his platform X never encourages offensive speech.
Conclusion
In this article, we learn why Elon Musk blasts advertisers. We study that Elon posted a tweet in favor of antisemitism. And as a result, he faces backlashes. He lost some big advertisers because of his curse words. These advertisers were Apple, Disney, IBM, Oracle and Amazon.
In this demanding situation, the CEO of Twitter, Linda Yaccarino supports Elon. And words are said in favor of Elon. We also learn Elon’s side of the story and what he thinks about the situation. And that Elon’s not in favor of hate speech and discrimination.
