Always be wary of any name that sounds like it could come out of a George Orwell book. Thats never a good sign, Musk told American right-wing commentator BenShapiro, who joined him on stage. Sure, diversity, equity and inclusion all sound like nice words, but what it really means is discrimination on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation and its against merit and thus I think its fundamentally antisemitic.

Musk, who confirmed that he does indeed write all of his own posts on X, has been vocal about his feelings toward diversity, equity and inclusion, including by claiming, without evidence, that diverse hiring initiatives at Boeing and United Airlines have made air travel less safe.

His comments feed into a broader debate on inclusive hiring policies, most especially on U.S. college campuses. The resignation ofHarvard President Claudine Gayover a plagiarism scandal was seized upon by Republicans, who claim top schools are examples of American institutions in the throes of a leftist political transformation. Critics argue this radical leftist culture on campuses is stoking antisemitism, and top university leaders hit heavy flak last month for their poor handling of a congressional hearing on the bullying of Jews.

On Monday, Shapiro went easy on Musk, steering the conversation towards meritocracy rather than Musks increasingly controversial social media outbursts and allowing the Tesla boss to continue his attacks on a subject he has made a great deal of mileage out of.

I think we need return to a focus on merit and it doesnt matter whether youre man, woman, what race you are, what beliefs you have, what matters is how good you are at your job or what are your skills, Musk said.

At the EJA conference a daylong summit on the rise of antisemitism in the aftermath of the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas Musk also defended X against accusations of antisemitism and hate speech, saying freedom of speech must be protected even when controversial. According to the billionaire, who cited audits without offering further details, X has the least amount of antisemitism among all social media platforms, adding that TikTok has five times the amount of antisemitism that X has.

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