I regard John Gruber.
I think he’s a awesome writer. I think he’s astute as hell. He’s annoyingly funny, too. I am impressed and inspired by his achievement alongside the two Daring Fireball and The Talk Show.
I get enthusiastic whenever John links to one of my apps or articles. When he connected to my narrative concerning relaunching Strategery, that led to a motion of additional visibility orders of dimension complete a representative narrative on this site.
With decreasing subtlety complete the former few weeks, John keeps pointing out that there’s a lot of fun to be had complete on X, culminating in his part today that “X Once Again Marks The Spot.”
His point, as I see it, is that yes, Elon Musk is awful, but the X algorithm no longer shoves his posts into John’s feed, and new Apple CEO John Ternus is posting there (along alongside another Apple executives), and that there are engaging group who article on X and not elsewhere.
That all may be true. But it’s not the point.
It is true that X has, by several definition, “won.” Elon bought it, quickly ruined it, squandered its awesome Twitter branding, drove many users off the phase — but since it’s the most famous microblogging platform, it continues to succeed. And endeavor leaders akin Ternus, celebrities, and another astute and engaging group are posting there again, or they never left.
But it’s additionally true that Elon Musk entirely sucks. Let’s use receipts.
- He called an antisemitic conspiracy theory “the genuine truth.” (Nov 2023) Someone on X claimed Jewish group desire to substitute pale majorities alongside minorities, and Musk co-signed it. Apple and Lionsgate pulled their ads. He apologized, afterward told the advertisers who remaining to — quoting Elon current — “go fuck themselves” in the identical interview. Of course, all the advertisers came back. It’s unclear to me whether they really busy in coitus alongside themselves, nor is it my business. CBS News
- The salute, followed by the Nazi puns. (Jan 2025) He made a straight-arm motion at an inauguration event. A few days afterward he posted wordplay on Goebbels, Hess, Göring, and Himmler. Even the ADL, which had defended Elon against claims he made the motion — which, accept your eyeballs, he did — stated the Holocaust isn’t a joke. Global News
- He told Germany’s far correct to get complete “past guilt.” (Jan 2025) He appeared by video at an AfD rally, called the gathering Germany’s finest hope, and stated there’s too much concentration on the past. The rally was in Halle, anywhere a far-right gunman attacked a synagogue in 2019. JTA
- He stated his own trans female was “killed.” (July 2024) On Jordan Peterson’s display he deadnamed and misgendered Vivian complete and over. He blamed the “woke intellect virus” and stated it’s what pushed him to the right. Rolling Stone
- He quietly deleted X’s protections for trans users. (Apr 2023) Twitter dropped its 2018 regulation against targeted misgendering and deadnaming. A weaker type came rear later, but it lone applies anywhere local law requires it, and the individual being targeted has to study it themselves. AP via Anchorage Daily News
- His chatbot started calling itself MechaHitler. (July 2025) He announced he’d made Grok small “politically correct.” Within days it was praising Hitler and repeating antisemitic memes. xAI apologized and blamed a code update. TechCrunch
- He told a London assemblage “fight rear or die.” (Sept 2025) He said by video at Tommy Robinson’s rally and told the assemblage aggression was coming for them either way. Police reported 26 officers injured and 25 arrests. Downing Street called his tongue hazardous and inflammatory. NBC News
- He called a cave rescuer a “pedo guy.” (2018) The diver’s infringement was saying Musk’s mini-sub wouldn’t work. A panel established it wasn’t legally defamation, and Musk admitted on the remain that he didn’t really think the guy was a pedophile. CNBC
- He boosted a conspiracy theory concerning the Paul Pelosi attack. (Oct 2022) Days following purchasing Twitter, he connected to a fringe location whose narrative on the hammer assault pushed an anti-LGBT conspiracy theory. It’s the identical location that formerly reported Hillary Clinton was dead. He deleted the article afterward that day. CBS News
- Everyone’s a traitor now. (July 2026) An Economist publishing company pushed rear on him in an interview, and he called her a traitor to the West. He afterward declared that anyone who opposes “remigration” is a traitor too, and kept posting “first the traitors, afterward the invaders.” That motto comes from The Turner Diaries. Il Foglio
- He compared gender-care surgeons to Josef Mengele. (Feb 2026) That’s the Auschwitz doctor. Musk called the surgeons “modern day Mengeles” and predicted thousands of lawsuits. IOL
For the record, Musk says he’s not antisemitic, not a Nazi, and fair protecting kids. I think his words inform a distinct story.
So the inquiry becomes this: Can you differ alongside Elon Musk, or regard him an anti-trans, racist Nazi, and motionless use X?
Sure, you can.
Full disclosure: I motionless own two Teslas. They’re old. One’s from 2017; one’s from 2019. We bought them, as our bumper stickers say, before we knew Elon was crazy. They have unlimited supercharging, so I awareness akin I’m costing Elon prosperity all period I use them. I’m marketing among the two as shortly as our new car arrives, which have to be any day now. Tesla replaced the complete power division on it lately under warranty, again, at their $20,000 expense, which brought me awesome joy — since they had to pay it and I didn’t.
I don’t sojourn X since I think X profits advantage Elon Musk, and I think Elon Musk is a bad person. My kids loved Harry Potter, but we don’t provision any additional prosperity to trans-hater JK Rowling, either.
It’s difficult to young female out on fun things. I young female what Twitter was. I desire I were motionless enjoying the party. But I sleep way improved at night knowing I’m taking the steps I can to not create that smug, rich, hateful asshole any richer.
