Elon Musk Under Fire for Using Anti-Disability Slur on X
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Apu Gomes/Getty ImagesNot content with goading British rioters or trying to bait South American dictators into cage fights, a controversial tweet has yet again landed the world’s richest man in hot water.On Sunday, bloodthirsty Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov took to X, formerly Twitter, to personally thank Elon Musk after obtaining a Cybertruck he’d since kitted out with a machine gun turret, adding “I am sure this ‘beast’ will be of great use to our soldiers” fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine.After being directly confronted on the platform by activist and lawyer Seth Abramson over whether he had in fact supplied one of Putin’s closest allies with a Tesla vehicle, Musk tweeted: “Are you seriously so r-----ed that you think I donated a Cybertruck to a Russian general? That’s amazing.”Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Elon Musk's tweet using a derogatory term has sparked backlash, with many criticizing his use of the slur. The tweet was in response to a confrontation with an activist over Musk's alleged donation of a Tesla to a Russian general. Musk's use of the term has raised concerns about his mental health and his increasingly erratic behavior on social media.