Elon Musk doesn’t really have an online personality — it’s more a collection of reactionary responses to stimuli, and it’s evidenced by his uncritical retweeting of any story that fits his narrative, no matter how implausible.
The most recent case in point was his retweet of a story by @Basil_TGMD, a splash in the sea of right-wing dreck that Twitter has become:
The tweet purports to show an image of a migrant mob storming a Birmingham hospital with axes and blades, and the writer claims the story has been ignored by the mainstream press.
(By the way, the Birmingham in question is the one in England, which happens to be the second-largest city in the UK, and not the one in Alabama.)
Here’s the thing:
- No such attack happened, and
- The image accompanying the tweet is a scene from the 2012 Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises.
At least Musk and @Basil_TGMD have deleted the tweets.
Given the fact that he’s “auditing” the U.S. government, Elon’s appalling level of credulity is greatly concerning.
