Townhall - Tipsheet - Madeline Leesman
Elon Musk: 'Wokeness Is Divisive, Exclusionary, and Hateful'
Madeline Leesman | @madelineleesman | Posted: Dec 22, 2021 11:15 AM
In an interview this week, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk said that wokeness “wants to make comedy illegal” and gives “cruel” people a reason to be hateful.
Musk made the remarks in a one hour and forty-minute interview with The Babylon Bee, where he discussed wokeness, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D), the Metaverse, taxing the rich, and more with CEO Seth Dillon, Editor-In-Chief Kyle Mann, and Creative Director Ethan Nicolle.
“Generally, I think we should be aiming for, like, a positive society, and it should be okay to be humorous,” Musk said in the interview.
“Wokeness basically wants to make comedy illegal, which is not cool. I mean, [Dave] Chappelle? Like, what the f***? I mean, trying to shut down Chappelle? C’mon man. That’s crazy."
...
READ MORE: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2021/12/22/elon-musk-wokeness-is-divisive-exclusionary-and-hateful-n2600948