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One thing I noticed, and you can check this for yourself too, is that American media outlets constantly refer to her as 'Elon Musks transgender daughter', and it really bothers me it's not just 'Elon Musks Daughter.'
So I checked, and the BBC, CTV News (canadian), CBC (also canadian) all just refer to her as his daughter.
I absolutely love that she's bringing the lumber, but I could really do with news organizations not using that as her identifier. She's not 'Elon Musk's transgender daughter.' She's Vivian Jenna Wilson, she doesn't even consider Elon her father. I'll let her speak for herself here:
(From her name change):
“I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form,” she wrote on the petition.
“I would like to emphasize one thing: I am an adult,” she said, according to NBC. “I am 20 years old. I am not a child. My life should be defined by my own choices.”
I hate to say it, but until trans people are normalized in American society, pointing out that his daughter is trans is probably necessary for people to understand why Elon says he lost his son.
You’re not wrong, but I think we all really wish you were.
Sad thing is, clarifying Elon’s hatred by pointing his daughter is trans, gives credence to his take in some folks’ eyes.
The conversation maybe ugly, but it still has to be had.
He thinks the school system did this to his child, and he's on a mission to stop the woke because of it.
You cant get that across when you just say his daughter.
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Is it though? It just legitimizes it as a reason to separate her from other women. Until I see "So-and-So's cis-gendered hetero daughter" I think we can agree it's singling them out, not highlighting something in good faith. For example, and this is the BBC's:
Elon Musk: Billionaire's daughter cuts ties with her father | BBC
She's a woman, who from what I can see is emancipated from her father. He's a sack of shit, she's voicing that. That's the story.
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I suspect that it's more for "engagement" and clickbait than malice from the headline writer.
that is if you don't think that this kind of communication isn't harmful to the human race at least. Which it is. Obviously.
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14 words breeder shit
For those who don't get the reference, she's calling him a literal NAZI.
Oh. Those 14 words. I thought there was another set of words specifically against child free people.
I appreciate you remembering not everyone is tuned into this stuff to the same degree. I just immediately thought “oh, he’s a nazi? That scans” when I saw the 14 words reference.
You know what, I think Elon's kid is gonna turn out alright.
The interview she gave with NBC says she's a college student studying languages, so if nothing else, she could have a good life as a translator. And you don't generally study languages plural in college if you're not very smart.
I think Elon’s kid is gonna turn out alright.
I'd say she already did.
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Don't forget who you were Elon. Trying to erase an image, almost like you no longer feel like that person anymore (or maybe never did)
Sometimes I doubt my skills as a father. Then I read shit like this and realize I’m doing alright.
I tell a lot of new parents that kids are amazingly resilient, so when you inevitably make mistakes, they'll likely be fine. On the other hand, they're amazingly sensitive and perceptive, so no matter how good of a job you do, you'll probably leave then with at least minor issues. I mean, if someone you know has zero emotional issues, it probably means you don't know them that well.
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language of the enemy
what have we done to him? I hate him even more than I did before reading this.
Edit: I didn't expect my comment to track. I may as well take this opportunity to post a Chrisitan Arab's perspective on Arabic
Consider a language spoken by Christians for more than fifteen hundred years. Its early masters composed exquisite poetry, pioneering a tradition that still flourishes today. Many of the great works of Christian thought were composed in this language; many of the most significant texts of philosophy, medicine, and astronomy were preserved in it. The Bible could be read in it for centuries before it could be read in English, French, German, or Spanish. Today it is spoken and written across Europe and North America, as well as Asia and Africa; it features prominently in modern political thought and advocacy. I am speaking, of course, of Arabic.
https://www.firstthings.com/article/2024/08/arabic-a-christian-language
I think it's the most beautiful and elegant looking writing system, as someone who can neither read nor speak it.
Exist? That alone is enough for weirdos like Musk to want POC dead.
Many westerners still blame everything and everyone Arab for 9/11.
It is also true that "many" Westerners are more enlightened than that, but the ones that aren't always shout the loudest.
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The reason why he hasn't sued her for libel is because he knows her lawyers would mop the floor with him with the disclosure.
One of the core values of conservatism is removing regulations and protections for regular people against corporations, and giving them more power. That's what Elon believes in. The rest of it, like the "family values" and "religious rights" are just a smoke screen for the voters.
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haha what a badass
TIL This Vivian girl is based af
and imagine achieving this with Elon as your parent, it is like starting a race of becoming a sensible person with a -10 penalty
Social network and big data, Cambridge Analytica never died, it prospered like a hydra who only got one of its heads cut off. People who only went online to affirm their beliefs are now getting herded into like minded crazies and airheads that serve their purpose as subgroups of artificial movements. And nothing is going to be done about it because astrosurfing is a cornerstone of capitalism, apparently.
Fuck yay! Go girl!
Down with Elon Musk
POW! BIFF! THWUNK! The superhero we deserve.
This kid should really let it all out in public and non-stop Musk deserves it! 🤣
How to support?
Assuming she's cut off, is there a patreon... or something?
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