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Elon Musk Rants About 'Forcing' Pronouns On Others After 'Changing' His Pronouns To 'Prosecute/Fauci'

The Twitter CEO doubled down after calling for Dr. Anthony Fauci to be prosecuted.

AB Keith

Dec. 13, 2022

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It turns out that "freedom of speech" advocate Elon Musk has an issue when people offer unsolicited information...interesting.

The latest round of "What Did He Say Now," has Twitter users calling out Musk for his insensitivity toward individual identification regarding pronouns.

Musk—who has been extremely outspoken against the "woke mind virus" and COVID-19 restrictions—tweeted:

"My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci."

\u201cMy pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci\u201d
— Elon Musk (@Elon Musk) 1670756297

Musk, of course, was referring to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Chief Medical Advisor to President Biden, who is the leading advisor concerning COVID-19.

Musk—along with many far-right Trump supporters—called for the prosecution of Fauci regarding COVID protocols because, well, he disagrees with Fauci.

\u201chttps://t.co/yhEOieaGER\u201d
— Elon Musk (@Elon Musk) 1670753995

Of course, Musk's following approved his message.

\u201c@elonmusk I affirm your pronouns Elon.\u201d
— Elon Musk (@Elon Musk) 1670756297

\u201c@elonmusk Fauci is guilty of crimes against humanity.\u201d
— Elon Musk (@Elon Musk) 1670756297

Many others, however, did not take his statement lightly.

\u201cMy pronouns are he/him. And I want to thank Dr. Fauci for his long service.\n\nBe on the right and respectful side of things. It\u2019s better for your own soul, and better for others.\u201d
— George Takei (@George Takei) 1670797956

\u201cIt\u2019s America. You can select any pronouns you damn well please. But Anthony Fauci has likely saved more human lives than any living person in the world. Shame on you.\u201d
— Rep. Dean Phillips \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Rep. Dean Phillips \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1670767454

\u201cElon Musk wants to criminalize Anthony Fauci because he disagrees with him. \n\nElon is no champion of free speech.\u201d
— Ritchie Torres (@Ritchie Torres) 1670765697

.@elonmusk Elon, please don’t mock and promote hate toward already marginalized and at-risk-of-violence members of the #LGBTQ+ community. They are real people with real feelings. Furthermore, Dr Fauci is a dedicated public servant whose sole motivation was saving lives. https://t.co/Vgu04XMGeZ
— Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) December 12, 2022

In true Elon fashion, he attempted to back up his claims—only to further reveal his hypocritical stance on free speech.

I strongly disagree. Forcing your pronouns upon others when they didn’t ask, and implicitly ostracizing those who don’t, is neither good nor kind to anyone.

As for Fauci, he lied to Congress and funded gain-of-function research that killed millions of people. Not awesome imo.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 12, 2022

His beloved Twitter weighed in.

\u201c@elonmusk @StationCDRKelly \u201cForcing your pronouns upon others\u201d - what the frack does this even mean?\n\nNobody is forcing anything on anyone. Respecting people\u2019s choice of pronouns is just a nice thing to do. It costs you nothing and shows respect for your fellow humans. Nobody is \u201costracized\u201d by this.\u201d
— Scott Kelly (@Scott Kelly) 1670805232

\u201c@elonmusk @StationCDRKelly You do realize that Anthony Fauci does not personally choose whose grant applications get funded, right? There's a whole process, with two levels of review, a study section consisting of expert scientists to score the grants and then a council to prioritize which ones are funded.\u201d
— Scott Kelly (@Scott Kelly) 1670805232

@elonmusk/Twitter

\u201c@elonmusk @StationCDRKelly It's fascinating that the new owner of this platform is openly saying his opinion about Dr. Fauci that would've certainly caused his account to be suspended by Twitter just a few months ago.\u201d
— Scott Kelly (@Scott Kelly) 1670805232

\u201c@elonmusk @StationCDRKelly Good G-d what is WRONG with you\n\nLGBTQIA+ just want some respect from a world which often ostracizes, abuses or even criminalizes them\n\nAll you\u2019re doing by trivializing pronouns is giving power to bigots\n\nAnd Fauci served the public for 50+ years\n\nI challenge you to do the same\u201d
— Scott Kelly (@Scott Kelly) 1670805232

\u201c@elonmusk @StationCDRKelly Wait, so putting pronouns in your profile is "forcing pronouns on others" now? \n\nBruh...\u201d
— Scott Kelly (@Scott Kelly) 1670805232

\u201c@elonmusk @StationCDRKelly A father who forces the name XAE A-12 upon his newborn son, should refrain from talking about pronouns.\u201d
— Scott Kelly (@Scott Kelly) 1670805232

Earlier this year, Musk's transgender child filed legal documents to change her name—dropping the surname Musk—and to legally declare her gender identity.

She listed the reason for her name change as:

"Gender Identity and the fact that I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form."

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Elon Musk Rants About 'Forcing' Pronouns On Others After 'Changing' His Pronouns To 'Prosecute/Fauci'

The Twitter CEO doubled down after calling for Dr. Anthony Fauci to be prosecuted.