[rco8786]

> In fact I highly doubt almost anybody knew Magneto was Jewish. This attempt to paint this as an anti-Semitic attack seems totally unfair to me.

I have no skin in this game...but Elon most definitely knows that Magneto is Jewish when making that comparison. Whether or not other people are aware of it is irrelevant.

[uejfiweun]

I mean is that a guarantee though? If I was looking for a random OLD supervillain to compare to Soros I'd probably go with Magneto or Saruman as well! How do we know Musk wasn't just picking some old man supervillain?

In general I'd like to try to believe people aren't just blatantly racist.

[giraffe_lady]

Does it not feel weird to go so far afield to find an alternate explanation when the obvious one fits his other actions, statements, and recent political affiliations?

Are you going to notice when you cross over from "giving someone the benefit of the doubt" to "making excuses for racists?" Is it possible you already have?

[uejfiweun]

I really don't feel like I'm going "far afield" here. When I think "Magneto" the first things that come to mind are "X-men" and "old" and "wheelchair". AFAIK I literally have never seen any info saying he is Jewish until today. And according to the commenter below this detail of Magento was invented in 2008, well after many of the movies were made.

[cmurf]

He's Jewish, and a Holocaust survivor. It's central to the character's backstory from nearly the beginning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magneto_(Marvel_Comics)

And it's in the opening scene of the first X-Men movie (2000). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI7SEIKaKwE

And is a recurring theme in others. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY2eW2cXcNg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu8g3Z2Hles

[uejfiweun]

OK, I stand corrected. Thank you. I clearly don't know what I'm talking about. I'm not really an X-man fan.

[giraffe_lady]

Did you learn anything about going to bat for racists?