For the normal people that don’t know what this is meant to symbolize, especially a week or so after posting Pepe meme a month ago. https://t.co/umRnRTA3Tq https://t.co/Y93KrdfQbw

For those of us who have been tracking hate online, seeing one random “kek” or alignment with hateful rhetoric is not enough. It comes from many other examples, context, and associations.

Musk has left a billion clues, and it’s far more exhausting to have them dismissed. https://twitter.com/wrathofmog/status/1607289271328837633

Here is a thread that goes through Musk’s many associations with white nationalists and neo-Nazis, along with some of his messaging.

In the original tweet calling out “kek” I also point out his spreading the Pepe meme. https://twitter.com/eladnehorai/status/1605270518415757312

These things are easy to dismiss, which is part of the point.

Why do extremists grab language from other places? Because it gives them plausible deniability so they can send messages to each other & recruit others while still claiming they aren’t doing anything when called out.

That’s why we need to examine patterns of behavior. And the way others respond. Over and over, we are seeing Musk’s Nazi fanboys go nuts over his coded messaging. He sees it, obviously, and continues to encourage it.

The question is if you’ll let yourself see it. https://t.co/nXnWkxhRbh