Elon Musk, CEO of X (formerly known as Twitter), branded former CNN host Don Lemon a “stupid asshole” after he deleted his show on his social media platform.
Musk interprets lemon as a “stupid asshole”
“On a chart that measured personality and intelligence, [Lemon] would be in the worst quadrant: stupid asshole,” Musk wrote in response to the clip above from an interview he did with Lemon.
In the video, Lemon showed his ignorance as he failed to understand Musk’s explanation for his vision of how DEI is implemented in medical schools.
“Let’s say a surgeon in training is asked to perform a series of operations under the supervision of an experienced surgeon and they get a bunch of those operations wrong,” Musk said. “If that happens, and yet they are still approved as surgeons, the likelihood of someone dying, I think, at some point, is high.”
“I understand that, but it’s a hypothesis and doesn’t mean it’s happening,” Lemon replied.
“I didn’t say this was happening,” Musk said, to which Lemon asked, “Didn’t you say this was happening?”
“I said he will. If we lower standards, people will die,” Musk said.
Lemon responded with a laugh before asking, “But why respond to something, or put something out there, that hasn’t happened?”
Social media users were quick to point out how stupid this made Lemon look, as he couldn’t even fathom a hypothetical proposition:
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Musk talks about hate speech on
During the same interview, Musk denied encouraging hate speech against X after Lemon showed him a series of posts deemed racist and anti-Semitic.
“So, Don, you love censorship, that’s what you’re saying,” Musk said in response.
When Lemon responded by saying he believes in moderation, Musk closed the question by saying that “moderation is a propaganda word for censorship.”
Musk went on to say that if a post is illegal, “we will remove it,” but if it doesn’t break the law, “we will put our thumb on the scales or be censors.”
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Lemon dropped by X
Musk was so disheartened by this interview that he responded by deleting Lemon’s show on his X social media platform.
“Elon Musk canceled the partnership I had with X, which they announced as part of their public commitment to amplifying more diverse voices on their platform,” Lemon wrote in a statement shared with X last week. “He informed me of his decision a few hours after an interview I conducted with him on Friday.”
When a social media user asked for clarification on the matter, Musk was happy to explain.
“His approach was basically just ‘CNN, but on social media,’ which doesn’t work, as evidenced by the fact that CNN is dying,” Musk said, according to SCNR. “And, instead of it being the real Don Lemon, it was actually just Jeff Zucker speaking through Don, so it lacked authenticity.”
“That said, Lemon/Zucker are obviously welcome to grow their audience on this platform along with everyone else,” he added.
In an attempt to make Musk look like a fool, Lemon has only once again shown the world how ignorant he is. With the deal with
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