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  • 2022-04-12 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Elon Musk Say 'Wokeness Gives People a Shield to be Mean and Cruel, Armored in False Virtue'? (en)
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  • On April 8, 2022, a Twitter user tweeted a quote that purportedly came from Tesla CEO Elon Musk: Wokeness gives people a shield to be mean and cruel, armored in false virtue. While we've seen no shortage of questionable quotes passed around online for more than two decades, including a few about Musk, this one was genuine. Merriam-Webster defines woke as aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice). Musk's quote about wokeness has also appeared in memes on Facebook: Musk spoke the words that appeared in the wokeness quote memes during a video interview with The Babylon Bee, a website that describes its output as satire. The interview was published on Dec. 21, 2021. The relevant portion of the interview was reposted to Reddit: Here's the full question and answer: Musk's reference to comedian Chappelle was about the times Chapelle had been criticized for making jokes in his Netflix specials about people who identify as transgender. In sum, yes, Musk said about wokeness that it gives people a shield to be mean and cruel, armored in false virtue. (en)
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