This is completely non political. This is about racism which is not politics. Nothing in this thread is about any politician or political movement.
Turns out Musk on Twitter is backing the creator of Dilbert. This is the most costly thing Musk could ever do to Tesla. I can see a majority of Americans swearing off Tesla products and turning onto anything else.
This thread is about racism and business. Nothing else.
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In response to a tweet about the controversy, Twitter owner Musk said Sunday that the âmedia is racist.â He didnât criticize Adamsâ comments, and Musk said without evidence that for a âvery long time, US media was racist against non-white people, now theyâre racist against whites & Asians.â
My comment Americans do not see it this way. Some do. Most definitely do not.
More than half of hiring managers whose companies have DEI initiatives in place âsomewhatâ (29%) or âstronglyâ (24%) believe their company practices âreverse discriminationâ when it comes to hiringâŚ
Sixteen percent of hiring managers surveyed say they have been told to deprioritize white men when evaluating candidates, and 14% have been told to deprioritize hiring white women. This is a consistent finding with past reports of âreverse discriminationâ.
âDeprioritizeâ is not reverse discrimination no matter how uneducated the boss is.
We all get it some people object to letting anyone else have a job.
Note the source for this study is Glassdoor from the looks of it. Glassdoor has either disgruntled workers and bosses or extremely satisfied workers and bosses. There is little middle ground. The voices of the disgruntled like to talk for everyone else. Bull!
The real point being Glassdoor is not a good place to draw a sample together.
I donât think this will affect Tesla much, if at all. More on that below. First, a while back I went on a Scott Adams kick and read a couple of his books. They werenât bad, but they werenât very insightful either and to me he came across as a bit off. But he kind of stayed on my radar and I paid attention when he was in the news. In recent years, heâs gotten to be more and more of crackpot. He says heâs a fan of practical jokes, so I figured some of his more outlandish stunts were just performance art. Winding up the audience to have a laugh at their expense.
There is a phenomenon called Audience Capture, where social medial influencers become addicted to likes and page views, which makes them hostage to what their audience wants, and ultimately brainwashing themselves into becoming their online persona.
I watched the Scott Adams video. There are no gray areas there. There was nothing out of context. He deliberately and thoughtfully stepped in it. Iâm sure he thought it would cause a lot of controversy, which is why he did it. Iâm also sure he drank enough of his own Kool-Aid that he thought his audience was somehow representative of the US and he could get away with it. It isnât and he didnât.
Which brings us to Elon. I believe he also is a victim of audience capture. He seems obsessed with the size of his Twitter audience and makes more and more outlandish statements as time goes on.
His Tweet of support to Scott Adamsâ racist comments was controversial but really not all that bad, so he has some cover. I donât think anything will come of this. But if Elon doesnât quit Tweeting, sooner or later heâs going to make the same mistake Adams made of saying something undeniably dumb. Elon has been dumb adjacent for a while. Letâs see if he is smart enough to shut his yap.
When Musk took over Twitter everyone was worried about the fallout of his comments. But at that time it was not much.
This is different. This is entire statements of support involving racism. Adams has long been a Holocaust denier as well. When it is a stick in the eye you probably care. If it is one guy it inevitably is the next guy.
The American public wont put up with this. You are kidding yourself that this only âsort of mattersâ. You are kidding yourself that you can talk louder than those of us who wont put up with this.
adding my apologies I looked at the green icon of the poster and thought I was talking to someone more radicalized.
I got a shock on this one. Studying Scott Adams he will say and do anything and then undo it a moment later. He just wants extreme freedom.
But generally African Americans are not prioritized or deprioritized. African Americans are excluded. Note the difference.
DB2, why bring just African Americans into this as your point? Why not women or gays or the disabled? Is it only about African Americans v white Americans?
Well, I wasnât writing an essay. As for blacks, the original link mentioned them. As for women, I did quote that â14% have been told to deprioritize hiring white womenâ.
Not fun, some of us are appalled quite honestly by the racism. The majority of Americans do not support such businesses. If you have been following Scott Adams lost most of his future business over his racist comments. That is why this is on racism. Musk made some incendiary comments the general public does not agree withâŚIn fact such comments here on the fool would be seen as intolerable in all likelihood by the staff, legal team and HR. Regardless of Muskâs and Adamâs concept of expressive freedom the comments and concepts are racist and baiting.
My only point regarding Tesla sales Musk is poisoning the well for most Americans.
In response to a tweet about the controversy, Twitter owner Musk said Sunday that the âmedia is racist.â He didnât criticize Adamsâ comments, and Musk said without evidence that for a âvery long time, US media was racist against non-white people, now theyâre racist against whites & Asians.â
âSame thing happened with elite colleges & high schools in America,â Musk wrote. âMaybe they can try not being racist.â
Letâs just edit the title to state âThis is about racismâ so that folks who donât want to be bothered with click bait can just move on? Itâs hardly about Tesla.
That is only your view that is click bait. You do not want to hear about it.
More than marginally Tesla will pay a price.
There is no fire in this thread. We have dozens of threads on how great Tesla is. We can live with one heck of a thread on how bad Musk is. We do not need to endlessly cheerlead. That is not smart investing.
I have to grant the IRA subsidies for buying EV and the new possibly much lower cost Tesla that might come out later this year could make this a non event on Teslaâs books.
