The ADL is a garbage leftist organization. It was never good for anything but under its current head, Jonathan Greenblatt, it’s become a generic woke group dedicated to intersectionality. I have spent over a decade exposing the ADL for what it is including, last week, for its decision to spend the anniversary of the Crown Heights Pogrom together with Al Sharpton in Washington D.C.
Last year, Musk met with a coalition of leftist groups, Color of Change (formerly founded by Van Jones) , the NAACP and the ADL and a number of others that were organizing boycotts of Twitter over ‘hate speech’.
A total of 40 organizations including the ADL, GLAAD, the NAAC,P Muslim Advocates, National Hispanic Media Coalition, United Church of Christ and many others urged advertisers to boycott Twitter.
Musk blamed these groups for “a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists.”
Recently Musk rebooted these claims, but instead of addressing all of these groups which are still pressuring Twitter advertisers to drop their ads, he decided to blame only the ADL.
And while the ADL is a reprehensible group, there are currently 60 organizations in the #StopToxicTwitter coalition representing a range of leftist groups. Musk apparently decided it was easier to target the ADL.
And he didn’t just target the ADL, he began promoting a campaign by Keith Woods: an antisemitic Irish vlogger with a long ugly history of attacking Jews. Not the ADL, Jews.
The barrage began Saturday, when Musk liked a post by YouTube influencer Keith O’Brien, who goes by Keith Woods online and once called himself a “raging antisemite,” over the trending “#BanTheADL,” which he started. O’Brien’s quest began the day after the Yaccarino-Greenblatt meeting.
That above is from Newsmax.
Instead of amplifying the concerns of non-woke Jews about the ADL, Musk chose to turn to a guy who says things like this.
And this, “All PragerU content reads like it was written for 12-year-olds. Socialism bad, Jews good, eat your blue pills you stupid fucking goyim.”
Who’s actually funding the campaign to censor Twitter?
That’s a question Elon Musk seems oddly incurious about it considering that it’s an old and very non-Jewish pal from the dot com scene.
The ADL received a $250,000 seed grant from the Omidyar Network to “build a state-of-the-art command center in Silicon Valley to combat the growing threat posed by hate online”.
That was a small piece of $100 million promised by Pierre Omidyar, a Franco-Iranian billionaire who made his money founding eBay, to fight ‘online hate’.
The billionaire founder of eBay is to donate $100 million to support investigative journalism and counter the rise of “fake news”. In his latest philanthropic venture, Pierre Omidyar has set his sights on fighting misinformation and hate speech which he says have led to a “global trust deficit” and increased division between governments and society.
Musk ought to know who Omidyar is because he became quite rich in part because of him, eBay bought PayPal, and then was behind the boycott against him.
Omidyar, the eBay founder and financial backer of the Intercept and ProPublica, donated $509,500 to Accountable Tech in 2021 and 2022, according to a recently updated list of grants disclosed by Omidyar’s foundation. Omidyar also gave $2 million to at least six other organizations that targeted Musk, criticizing him in letters and op-eds as “uniquely ill-suited for the job of running a social media platform” and warning that he would turn Twitter into a “free-for-all of hate and harassment.”
Is Musk aware of this? Yes, he is.
The news reveals one of the primary forces behind the anti-Musk campaign. Accountable Tech has been dodging questions about its donors for months. Over the past year, Accountable Tech and other groups bankrolled by Omidyar organized campaigns to pressure corporations to boycott Twitter and issued statements and op-eds denouncing Musk and calling for government investigations into the billionaire. “I wonder who funds them,” wrote Musk in May, in response to a Washington Free Beacon report about the organization’s secretiveness.
And his response was a pathetic lone tweet, “Any truth to this @OmidyarNetwork?” It doesn’t appear that Omidyar even bothered answering him.
But rather than calling out Omidyar, which might have actual risk to it, or challenging the 60 groups, some of which were funded by Omidyar, Musk decided to take on only one of them, while allying with an antisemite to conduct a smear campaign blaming Jews for a boycott backed by money from an Iranian billionaire.
The ADL are dishonest and toxic. So is Elon Musk.
After promising a new age of free speech, Twitter (or as he now likes to call it, X) has become a playground for anyone Musk favors. There was a brief moment when the algorithmic iron curtain fell only to be raised again. Twitter is not fundamentally any different than Facebook when it comes to censorship and rigging except that Zuckerberg spends less time posturing and pretending to be a friend of free speech.
Elon Musk likes to posture because it serves as a convenient distraction. Instead of taking on the big boys, like Omidyar and Soros, he decides to team up with some gutter Jew-haters to put on a show. And then move on to some other distraction. The Musk reality distortion field is, like that of most celebrities, powerful, but only when you refuse to look past it and see the truth.
These are the facts.
The ADL is bad. So is Musk.
No one should support the ADL. Neither should they support Musk who is too cowardly to take on big leftist funders but has decided to compensate for that by blaming the Jews.
If Musk really wants to fight back against the boycott, he can take on Omidyar. And that is the question that should be asked of him over and over again as he seeks a distraction by blaming the Jews for his problem with a fellow non-Jewish tech industry titan. Whether he challenges Omidyar to a cage match or sues him is up to him.
But he should actually put up or shut up.
Strange that all these bazillionaires turned out to be leftists. It used to be that bazillionaires were conservatives.
A whole lot of them go where the money and the fame are.
Silicon Valley in particular produced a whole bunch of supposed libertarians who turned into leftists when they realized what it took to get good publicity from the media and the inside track with the government.
Some of it is transparently fake like Jeff Bezos pretending he cares about politics.
Since this article was written, Musk has threatened to sue the ADL (Anti- Defamation League). As I had to look up what the ADL was to make sense of your article and suspected some of your other readers had the same problem, I included what ADL stood for.
Sorry, I shouldn’t have assumed everyone knew.
Formerly Jewish liberal group turned generic woke leftist front. Claims to ‘fight hate’. In reality promotes leftist agendas.
Some of these billionaires are Leftist/Dumb-o-crat “true believers,” but, a lot of them align with the Left because it’s the path of least resistance. It’s easier to spout Leftist platitudes and slogans and cut a few checks to Leftist causes, than it is to confront and criticize Leftists’/Dumb-o-crats’ obnoxious totalitarianism and thus paint a target on one’s back.
One need only look at the vitriol and spite that the Koch brothers and Musk received/receive, in order to see how this plays out, in actuality.
They are all fascists, as soon as they get enough money and power, they become raging Stalinists.
However, this Jew bashing seems to be very popular now, shades of Germany 1933. It seems everybody is blaming Jews for everything, the state of the economy, Ukraine, because Zelinsky is Jewish. it just seems to me a bit of a coincidence that so many people in the US govt are of Jewish origin even though they are anti- Israel and in my view complete jinos. Am I being paranoid? We’re they deliberately picked so when the SHTF all Jewish people will be in peoples sites?
The comments on Gateway Pundit are like those on Stormfront, really hateful and ignorant, always pointing out all the jinos in Bi Dungs cabinet It wasn’t just Germany: pogroms happened in here in England, in Russia and muzz countries where Jews had lived since before mohammed.
I can’t upvote ( tech issue) here. I believe the leftist tyrants would love to go full Nazi and use Jews rather than just white males or even MAGA as their scape goat. It’s worked so well to scapegoat Jews in the past Yes, the Comments on Gateway, Revolver & elsewhere include “all Jews are bad blah blah blah” Truly it’s WWII Nazi rhetoric. Assuming those comments aren’t made by ‘plants’ (or feds), it seems anti-Semitism is being ignited on the non-left. There are many examples but this ADL issue has increased non-left Jew hate. And if that’s the plan, it is working. Many Americans feel powerless against the left,. So, who else can they blame? The “Jooz” works. It is scary. As a firm non-leftist, Jewish, pro-Israel person. I feel disenfranchised by the left, of course, and more and more by the non-left. I am angered, sometimes frightened and frankly, disgusted.
But, a Jew is used to standing alone. With faith.
And not all people will take that same old ignorant hateful bait.
Thanks for your comment.
Zelenskyy is NOT Jewish. One of his grandparents may have been Jewish. He has never identified as Jewish or done anything in his life to participate in any thing Jewish. Just having a speck of Jewish blood in one’s ancestry does not make a person Jewish. Except to a Hitler when he wanted to mill you!
I have noticed the same thing. Antisemitism is no longer considered a vice, as Jews are being attacked from the left and from the right.
They are not numerically many but Jewish Democrat politicians like Wiener, Schiff , Nadler, Rankin and that cow from Florida (I can never remember her name) could always be counted on to run for the microphone and towards cameras to declare the most unpopular positions of the Democratic Party and in the most obnoxious way. That creates the false impression that the Jews control the Democratic Party.
Thanks for clarifying. The high rolling tech world affects us all but gets confusing for little old ladies (&guys).
The ADL is a well funded anti-Semitic organization. It poses as Jewish which enables ignoramuses, bullies and other assorted snarky bigots to “shout” at Jews without having to answer for sounding like WWII era Nazis. Same old same old.
It’s effective in igniting the dry tinder of Jew hate that is waiting in cyberspace and the streets for a tiny spark.
Well, The Jews have always been picked on when the Marxists need a an excuse for anti-semetism.
The Jews have been picked on by about every political group, not just Marxists, and far too many nations to list.
As a matter of fact, many Jews had become Marxists precisely because of the society ‘picking’ on them and they thought that Marxism offered hope for better and safer life. In the end, it didn’t.
The left will always censor the truth and the facts by calling it hate speech. And the low IQ followers will always fall for it.
The left also knows when the criminals and terrorists are in charge they can make more money.
What the left never cares about is people’s safety, security, prosperity and freedoms.
I applaud Musk for challenging Dumb-o-crat/Leftist groupthink and censorship, and, for his iconoclast attitude and posture, but, he’s wrong to solely target the ADL and align himself with this vile bigot, Keith Woods, or, whatever the hell he calls himself.
Excellent essay, as usual, Daniel.
Thank you. When you look into the abyss, it looks back into you. And some people who don’t know any better become what they claim to oppose.
It’s not that they don’t know better, it is that they refuse to know better, i.e. refuse to see the truth and/or afraid to say “the emperor has no clothes”.
Same as with the vaccine.
A terrific explanation by the best columnist no one knows.
Thank you. Kind of you to say so.
There’s no one the ADL hates more than Chaya Raichik. That aside, sorry, Daniel, I hate to contract you, but off all of Omidyars’ lickspittles, Gaulitiers and executioners, none is more effective than the ADL. Yes, Musk is a coward for not confronting his old business associate, but his anger at the ADL is not misplaced.
Musk is a coward for going after Jewish low-hanging fruit because he’s too afraid to be called a racist or a homophobe.
The ADL is a laughable joke. It’s about as effective as a wet newspaper in the rain.
As for Raichik, she’s too addicted to Musk’s money to actually speak out when he partners with full-on antisemites. And that’s despicable.
ADL is not more effective, it’s a leftist tool that is convenient to use because both sides, those who use it, and those against its used hate Jews. It’s a deliberate choice on both side to ultimately target the group they very much dislike – Jews.
Free speech is just that. Lots of things I don’t like, but as an adult am not forced to read or watch it.
Children are running the world to the detriment of sanity.
The problem is that the hate we are increasingly encountering is very familiar to us, who have lost most of our families to the hate just that.
Daniel, you just don’t make the sale that justifies the headline.
Nowhere do you establish that Elon Musk blamed the Jews for any boycott of X/Twitter, nor for the loss in his company’s market value. The most he’s guilty of is his liking a tweet of Keith Woods/O’Brien.
If Chaya Raichik’s tweets are accurate, Musk will do a tweet-dump of the ADL’s attempts to deplatform several voices, including Raichik’s. We don’t know whether BLM, GLAAD, the NAACP, or CAIR exerted the same kind of pressure as ADL.
Musk blamed the ADL—its all over the internet—for the fall in ad revenue. He did not single out Jews, per se, but Daniel is conflating Jews with the ADL.
The ADL is very effective at getting companies to toe its line, especially if those companies are WEF affiliated; note how they moved Adidas over the Ye issue.
Omidyar is scum, but I still contend that the ADL is the most effective group of those Omidyar has in his group.
Daniel doesn’t conflate ADL with Jews, but most non-Jews conflate ADF with Jews. Daniel is absolutely right calling out Musk for choosing, out of every other, a Jewish-identified organization to attack and liking the posts of self-declared Jew-hater.
Only a person who bestows on a Jewish organization, which hasn’t achieved any success in defending Jews from anti-Jewish attacks, super powers can defend Musk here.
From what I have read (and the info could me in error) the ADL was founded as a result of the lynching of a jew named Leo Frank, who was convicted of raping and murdering the 13 year old Mary Phagan. Apparently, Leo Frank was president of B’nai B’rith (Atlanta Chapter). The ADL sprang from B’nai B’rith (originally known as the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith). B’nai B’rith appears to be a sort of Masonic Order advocating Jewish interests an rights.
At any rate, I’d like to know whether or not the author of this article (Mr Greenfield) supports freedom of speech as intended by the American Constitution?
If so, isn’t speaking negatively about Jewish groups protected speech? If one wants to deny the holocaust, or point to historical matter that contradicts the claims of there having been a holocaust, is this not protected speech? If wanting the ADL banned, is this not protected speech?
Where a group is promoting Jewish interests (or Zionist) above and beyond those of the majority of Americans, is it wrong for some to be opposed to this – promoting the interests of their majority group first and foremost? Where the minority of Jews appear to wield great influence in various sectors of society, is it antisemitic to point this out (if Jewish lobby groups are influencing politics and national policy to the detriment of the majority, isn’t this a legitimate concern)? Does Musk have the right to allow antisemitic (free speech) to be voiced on his platform?
Nevertheless, I appreciate that one needs to tread carefully in this territory as there is a very fine line which can easily spill into hatreds and murders, etc.
The Scriptures indicate that hatred of Jews will only increase (her lovers, including America, will eventually abandon her). More and more will be driven to Israel before the Time of Jacob’s Trouble.
The ADL was founded as the Caricature Committee to protest depictions of Jews in the theater.
Leo Frank was a fall guy for a murder committed by a janitor and ended up lynched, bit I have no interest in litigating a murder case from a century ago.
Free speech means freedom of speech. Period.
Musk can allow whatever he wants on his platform. That’s not the issue.
The issue is Musk’s dishonesty and cowardice.
Dear Mr Greenfield,
Thank you for your response and providing some clarification respecting some of the points I made (as I stated, the info I had ‘could be in error’ – basically was).
Thanks, too, for confirming you support free speech – even speech you no doubt dislike. I, too, support free speech, but do believe that there are necessary limits to what should be said (these limits revolve around the Law of God). Unfortunately, at the current time, there is a serious lack of respect for sacred things and so it’s unrealistic to expect the mankind in general to respect such limits, or to practice the Law of Love.
Cheers.
Greenblat used to work for Obama – that’s all you need to know about him. He is a hard core lefty who hates Jews who actually practice Judaism.
The enemy of mine enemy…you may be onto something, but then again, this may be an opportune moment to knock the ADL hard. Let’s enjoy that.
Things don’t work that way. ADL won’t be destroyed as long as it remains a convenient tool for both sides.
As a Jewish defense organization, ADL has been completely defanged.
We, Jews, however are completely disorganized, without any organized support, at the time of growing anti-Jewish hatred around the world and chaos in Israel. Just witness the ongoing harassment of Jewish students and faculty at most of the universities.
Well said. I expected you to shill or semi shill for Musk since he has become the darling of the new Right bro cult having so much online fun with the antisemitic tweets blaming the Jews for everything. You didnt, thanks.
Musk hired a Left CEO *FEMALE*
Banning the ADL will not solve the problem.
Firing the CEO will.
The ADL is part of a bigger problem. See: https://files.catbox.moe/clpget.png
The entire system needs to be torn out and discarded. ADL is simply the most prominent target.
ADL is staffed by Hamas loyalists now, under UK FCO cover. The same team has been running Reddit since forever. https://files.catbox.moe/j19wrx.jpg
So, get rid of the ADL and we have 49 others. Theyre not the most prominent, theyre Jews.
Thats why theyre targeted.
The true issue on “X” is Linda Yaccarino. Ever since SHE came on board, it all went backwards.
I should just leave this alone at this point, but I couldn’t.
Musk–like big-mouthed Trump– is out of his depth when he’s not in complete control of a very narrow or technically-oriented endeavor. If he has to function in an environment where he has to engage in abstract thinking and contend with people he cant control like the tyrant he is, he’s falls to pieces. Running Twitter isn’t like running PayPal or Tesla.
You say the ADL is just one organization of many in a coalition thats opposed to Musk at Twitter; I say the ADL is the ultimate, or perhaps penultimate, organization in this coalition–and the ADL has a record of getting big companies do its bidding. Musk is out of his depth dealing with social and political issues–like anti-Semitism and he’s finding solace and guidance with a guy who hates Jews but has definite answers and a course of action for Musk to follow.
Chaya Raichik isn’t Ruth or Deborah and she wont be riding to the rescue. The ADL hates her and so she’ll take sides with Musk, his new buddy notwithstanding. Someone has to get close to Musk and help him navigate the hate speech vs free speech issue–and it wont be Chaya. Get Horowitz, or maybe Shillman, to do it. How about Mort Klein? The best choice is probably Ben Shapiro.
Over and out.