Musk Says Soros "Hates Humanity" As Investor Dumps Tesla Shares

Elon Musk launched a baseless Twitter attack on George Soros, a frequent target for antisemitic conspiracy theories, accusing the financier of hating humanity days after Soros disclosed having sold off a modest stake in Tesla, Chris Isidore reported for CNN.

Photo Insert: Musk was criticized for dangerous rhetoric that could potentially fuel further attacks on Soros.

While Musk’s remarks don’t mention the billionaire philanthropist’s ethnicity, Musk was criticized for dangerous rhetoric that could potentially fuel further attacks on Soros. In a tweet late Monday, Musk compared him to X-Men villain Magneto, who like Soros was a survivor of the Holocaust, according to the comics’ back story for the character.

When a Twitter user defended Soros as having good intentions which are criticized by those who disagree with his politics, Musk responded, “You assume they are good intentions. They are not. He wants to erode the very fabric of civilization. Soros hates humanity.”

Musk grew up in apartheid South Africa and his father earned his keep by exploiting miners.

Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, a civil right group that tracks and battles incidents of antisemitism, criticized Musk’s comment and said it will embolden extremists.

“Soros often is held up by the far-right, using antisemitic tropes, as the source of the world’s problems,” Greenblat tweeted.

“To see Elon Musk, regardless of his intent, feed this segment — comparing him to a Jewish supervillain, claiming Soros ‘hates humanity’ — is not just distressing, it’s dangerous: it will embolden extremists who already contrive anti-Jewish conspiracies and have tried to attack Soros and Jewish communities as a result.”

In response to Greenblatt’s tweet, Musk responded with his own tweets. In one, Musk said, “Hey stop defaming me.” In the second, he said “ADL should just drop the ‘A.’

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