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The Secret Service has launched a probe into an X post by Elon Musk in which he tweeted that “no one is even trying” to kill Kamala Harris or Joe Biden.

The tech billionaire deleted the post on his X platform and passed it off as a “joke.” However, the White House did not find it funny and instead called it “irresponsible.”

“Violence should only be condemned, never encouraged or joked about,” the White House said in a statement. Now the Secret Service is involved.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Fuck Elon, but the White House saying violence should never be encouraged is just rich.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 14 hours ago

“One lesson I’ve learned is that just because I say something to a group and they laugh doesn’t mean it’s going to be all that hilarious as a post on X,” Musk wrote after deleting the tweet.

“Turns out that jokes are way less funny if people don't know the context and the delivery is in plain text"

Wrong lesson learned Elon, people who laugh at your joke are ass lickers whereas people on X are not

[–] [email protected] 14 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Explain the joke Leon. What’s the punchline?

It’s a straight up threat / stochastic terrorism from the richest guy in the world. The same guy who has a security team follow him around and whines about people tracking his jet as aSsAsSiNaTiOn CoOrDiNaTeS. And treats the poor and homeless that his exploitation and greed creates as “drug zombies” while he’s constantly on ketamine and other drugs.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 hours ago

stochastic terrorism

the use of mass communications to stir up random lone wolves to carry out violent or terrorist acts that are statistically predictable but individually unpredictable

(Saved you a click)

[–] [email protected] 103 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I still don't understand how anyone here (or on the internet in general, for that matter) is still asking "Is Elon stupid? Is he a moron?" in response to stuff like this.

Elon's a jackass, but he clearly knows what he's doing with this. He's inciting political violence and then acting like it was an edgy joke as a way to give himself probable deniability. Dude's an asshole, but he's not literally brain dead.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

You don't have to be smart to incite political violence. You're talking about two different things here.

The man is stupid.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

You’re talking about two different things here.

I'm really not. This very thread is full of comments acting like Elon is a moron for making his stupid "joke", literally playing into his hand. As @[email protected] said, he's doing the "turbulent priest" thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

There is a huge difference between intelligence and base cunning.

Do you think it takes a brilliant mind to come up with that basic-ass mob bullshit? Trump does the same thing. And we have professors on record saying he was the stupidest person they have ever taught (or possibly encountered? Can't remember the exact wording).

[–] [email protected] 87 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago

I thought about editing that article to reference Musk and this thing, but it would probably be reverted.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wow, I'd never heard of this before! Interesting, thanks.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

It's all everyone talked about sitting Trump's reign especially about how he talked about Mueller

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago

You're so nice about it. Let's be real. He's a Narcissistic predator with too many means to destroy humanity itself and his motivation to do exactly that is transparent, claimed even.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Where’s all that left wing rhetoric inciting violence?

What a giant pussy Trump and Vance are.

Talk about leopards eating your face. This is the leopard eating its own face. This is the violent rhetoric you dumbass motherfuckers.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Here.

I hope they don't miss next time.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Same. People who say "you can never condone assassination attempts" are idiots. We make movies about people who tried to kill future dictators.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

Imagine looking at Dollar Tree Hitler and not thinking that the world would be better without him. I’m not “condoning” violence, but I fucking get it.

“We tried to kill Hitler” is basically it’s own genre; let’s not act like those actions don’t have merit on the eyes of a larger population than many people think.

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That should go well, since the Secret Service are renowned for having a good sense of humour about this sort of thing.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

OTOH they did delete all those Jan 06 text messages so I no longer regard them as objective in the performance of their duties.

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[–] [email protected] 140 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He also controls the satellites used for communication on battlefields and has already turned them off unilaterally during an important Ukrainian operation in the Black Sea.

He can run Twitter and Tesla into the ground, but SpaceX needs to be nationalized. Its compromise is a national security threat.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Is he e getting Russian money? Did he just promote the assassination of the American president? I'm just asking questions.

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[–] [email protected] 154 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Revoke his security clearance you cowards.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He controls SpaceX and the internet over Ukraine.

We need to take those, too.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 day ago (1 children)

SpaceX and American allies' Internet access could be considered to be of national importance

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[–] [email protected] 167 points 1 day ago (11 children)

Tech billionaire realises that saying things on the internet can be taken differently than expected... in 2024. Is this guy a complete moron?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

It's just a PR cover because he knows as one of the richest people in the world on paper, he could pretty much get away with murder.

Police protect capital. Legal system protects capital.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 51 minutes ago

I couldn't agree more. I try to forget about it momentarily to protect my mental health but never quite get there.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 23 hours ago

This was taken exactly how he meant it. He absolutely was not joking.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 day ago

Signs point to yes.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What exactly are they probing? It took me 5 seconds to read the tweet.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Probably for evidence of intent

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago

So I guess stochastic terrorists will just always get away with it then?

[–] [email protected] 142 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Ah, right, the thing that would get normal people put on a list and held in custody if the president traveled through their region just gets the Muskrat "probed"

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 day ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I sort of feel like the CIA should already have a file on him filed to the brim with juicy nuggets they haven't really been able to act on until now.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I wish I too could know if I've ever been probed by the secret service or some other government agency. I've made some risky jokes on reddit before.

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