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Elon Musk’s war on woke gender pronouns: the Twitter billionaire and father of transgender daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson hit back after a former Nasa astronaut accused him of mocking the LGBT community
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- The Tesla and SpaceX CEO recently took shots at White House medical adviser Dr Anthony Fauci on social media … but this isn’t the first time he’s criticised the use of gender pronouns
- Musk’s teen transgender daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson changed her name to distance herself from her dad and his ex-girlfriend Grimes disagreed with his comments on pronouns too
Billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday, December 11, engaged in a Twitter spat with former Nasa astronaut Scott Kelly after Musk appeared to mock the use of gender pronouns.
“My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci,” Musk tweeted, apparently referring to chief White House medical adviser Dr Anthony Fauci.
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Here’s exactly what happened …
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Scott Kelly, a former Nasa astronaut, responded to the tweet, saying: “Elon, please don’t mock and promote hate toward already marginalised 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.”
In a reply to Kelly, Musk said: “I strongly disagree. Forcing your pronouns upon others when they didn’t ask, and implicitly ostracising those who don’t, is neither good nor kind to anyone.”