‘Chief Twit’ Elon Musk offered a succinct, spot-on response to a group of left-wing protesters in New York City who were blocking subway tracks over the weekend in a call for “justice” following the death of a violent, mentally unstable vagrant who had reportedly been terrorizing straphangers for at least a decade.
A group of mostly white protesters who would not have spit on Jordan Neely if he was on fire when he was alive pounced on his death to drive racial discord. Neely was restrained in a choke hold by a former U.S. Marine and a couple of other passengers after he reportedly began acting aggressively on a subway car — yet again. The often-homeless man had been arrested 44 times for charges such as assault and disorderly conduct.
Responding to a tweet featuring footage of the protesters in the tracks, Musk offered the perfect context, “Why didn’t they protest when the children were murdered at the Christian school? They are disingenuous.”
Why didn’t they protest when the children were murdered at the Christian school?
They are disingenuous.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 7, 2023
The children Musk referred to in the tweet are the three 9-year-old students who were killed along with 3 adults in April by a transgender shooter at The Covenant School in Nashville.
Video footage of a frustrated black man trying to go to work via the subway being confronted by white, liberal females protesting racism summed up the hypocrisy to which Musk was calling attention.
In truth, the protest in NYC is not about “justice” for a mentally disturbed man who was failed repeatedly by New York City. It’s about using his death to push race-based identity politics, with the media trying to prop Neely up as the next George Floyd. At one point in his life, Neely performed as a Michael Jackson impersonator for tips, though it appears he stopped some time ago. Yet, the media ran with the narrative and featured video from a decade ago of Neely entertaining straphangers.
Social media users seem to be on to the hustle… here’s a quick sampling of responses to the story from Twitter:
Because it’s not really about people but an agenda.
I’ve concluded that they don’t really care about regular people but the facade of caring about regular people…even if those people are innocent children.
They have to be the right kind of children and they weren’t.
— Adam B. Coleman, President of Aintblackistan (@wrong_speak) May 7, 2023
Because it was one of their friends
Who killed those kids in Nashville— Jim Hanson (@JimHansonDC) May 7, 2023
He was just a moonwalk away from the White House, whereas those Christian children were going to grow up to become Klan members. Obviously.
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) May 7, 2023
Or run over by an SUV at a Christmas Parade
— Ryan Dawson (@RyLiberty) May 7, 2023
There is one thing that surprises me is the globalization of the movement. What happens in your country happens at the same time in many Western countries. Such spontaneous synchronization amazes me.
— Déborah (@dvorahfr) May 7, 2023
Paid protestors, it’s been happening since about 2009, something changed that year and not for the better
— Thomas J (@old4dis) May 7, 2023
I suspect there was no job posting and payment for protestors at the Christian school.
— Lauren (@LightInMyPocket) May 7, 2023
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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