…At worst, the Board of Visitors actively desire the sort of university of which our tangerine tyrant would approve. Neither option is going to create a better university.

Just so we’re all on the same page: Trump is allied with a war criminal, seemingly conspiring to commit an ethnic cleansing in Gaza in order to plant the US flag in a theme park on a mass grave.

in which he floated the idea of taking ownership of Gaza, removing its population, leveling it, and turning it into a US controlled tourist destination.

Remember, kids, the bureaucracy only works if the bureaucrats obey orders.

And, make no mistake, this is what he is saying when he denigrates DEI; that DEI policies must be opposed to merit, because, otherwise, only straight, white men would be hired in their place. 4/4

…and irredeemable that the shame of voting for him should choke the most ardent of his cult followers. Imagine the absolute gall to say, in the face of unspeakable tragedy for dozens of families, that, if straight, white men held these jobs, this wouldn’t have happened. 3/4

DEI hires as the cause of the tragic deaths of dozens of people before their bodies are even recovered points to an indifference to human suffering, an insatiable hunger for power, and a self-absorbed need for attention so repugnant, reprehensible…2/4

It seems more plausible that he knew what he was doing and did it intentionally when he threw that fascist salute. Don’t be gaslit by the fascist apologists and nationalists who defend him and tell you that you didn’t see what you saw. We all saw it, and they saw it too. #ElonMusk #Inauguration

his questionable social circle, a family history of apartheid support, his support of far right conspiracy theories (replacement theory, white genocide, etc)…

Given his history of allow X to be a platform for fascists and white supremacists(and threatening legal action against researchers on the rise of hate tweets), his history of vocal support for far right groups (AfD in Germany),…

He either did it unintentionally — it was a matter of pure and unfortunate coincidence — , or he did it intentionally — as a joke, being ironic, or being sincere, or for whatever reason, but purposefully and with the intention that that gesture carry the function and meaning of a fascist gesture.