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Happy Elon Musk calling out govt over grooming gang PT 2

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Chainzreaction · 03/01/2025 14:20

Pt 2 can commence!

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Chainzreaction · 04/01/2025 15:49

BlueSilverCats · 04/01/2025 15:46

But this is public knowledge!!! Jesus...

Just because you didn’t care or knew about it until Musk tweeted (really?!?) doesn't mean this hasn't been in the papers before, or in the reports or that it wasn't public knowledge.

It's public knowledge that needs to be kept to the forefront of our memory & action must be taken to protect our most vulnerable.
We must never forget what the victims went through.

Victim SW has called for an independent enquiry into every single council in the country (as opposed to just Oldham like Labour want) Lets see what happens with all this pressure heaped on them.

@bluesilvercats do you not think it is appalling the police did nothing ??

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SerendipityJane · 04/01/2025 15:49

poetryandwine · 04/01/2025 15:45

Googling ‘elon musk gymnastic sex abuse scandal’ and ‘elon musk larry nassar’ one comes up empty. Is anyone surprised?

This, OP, is the man you believe cares so much for victims of SA.

Is that South Africa ?

Maybe Spitting Image had a point ?

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 04/01/2025 15:53

You’re unbelievable OP. Time to get a life - I assume you’ll be back to school in a couple of days?

BlueSilverCats · 04/01/2025 15:54

@Chainzreaction btw you do know that your "hero" Musk has had several claims of sexual assault and sexual harassment against him right?

And you really believe he actually gives a shit about these poor girls/women?

Chainzreaction · 04/01/2025 15:55

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 04/01/2025 15:53

You’re unbelievable OP. Time to get a life - I assume you’ll be back to school in a couple of days?

Unbelievable. Why thank you!

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Chainzreaction · 04/01/2025 15:56

BlueSilverCats · 04/01/2025 15:54

@Chainzreaction btw you do know that your "hero" Musk has had several claims of sexual assault and sexual harassment against him right?

And you really believe he actually gives a shit about these poor girls/women?

@silvercats I'm asking you again do you not think the police inaction was appalling?

Happy Elon Musk calling out govt over grooming gang PT 2
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SerendipityJane · 04/01/2025 15:59

BlueSilverCats · 04/01/2025 15:54

@Chainzreaction btw you do know that your "hero" Musk has had several claims of sexual assault and sexual harassment against him right?

And you really believe he actually gives a shit about these poor girls/women?

The cynic in me wonders if this is "genius" Musk (well, the people he pays) trying the famed Boris Johnson "model bus" strategy to obfuscate (look it up, buttercup) stories that might otherwise appear if one were bold enough to search for "Elon Mush sexual abuse allegations on a search engine of your choice.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/elon-musk-misconduct-allegations.html

If it is, he should really be told that the UK still remembers Boris and a bus with a lie on it, not Boris the modelmaker who obsessed over the perfect shade of routemaster red.

Elon Musk Is All of a Sudden Drowning in Misconduct Allegations

Several fired employees sued him for sexual harassment and retaliation, and he’s been accused of having inappropriate relationships at work.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/elon-musk-misconduct-allegations.html

BlueSilverCats · 04/01/2025 16:00

@Chainzreaction of course I do. Not just that but I'm not buying their excuse like you are. Fear of being seen as racist my arse, they didn’t give a shit or worse they were complicit (corruption or worse).

Some councils actively fucking helped. Stopping the enforcement of licensing for taxi drivers isn't being afraid, isn't doing nothing it's actually helping the rape gangs.

Oh were they "afraid" once the extreme level of their corruption and not give a fuckedness got revealed? Sure. That was a fear of losing their jobs and everyone knowing exactly what despicable human beings they were.

That’s the real issue.

So no, I don't buy their excuse or let them hide behind it and direct focus elsewhere.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 04/01/2025 16:00

You can’t just keep repeating questions at people who don’t agree with you. That’s not how it works. It weakens your ‘argument’ more and more each time.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 04/01/2025 16:01

SerendipityJane · 04/01/2025 15:59

The cynic in me wonders if this is "genius" Musk (well, the people he pays) trying the famed Boris Johnson "model bus" strategy to obfuscate (look it up, buttercup) stories that might otherwise appear if one were bold enough to search for "Elon Mush sexual abuse allegations on a search engine of your choice.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/elon-musk-misconduct-allegations.html

If it is, he should really be told that the UK still remembers Boris and a bus with a lie on it, not Boris the modelmaker who obsessed over the perfect shade of routemaster red.

Excellent point.

SerendipityJane · 04/01/2025 16:03

The OP seems wedded to the idea that if you find something "appalling" then unless you are in agreement with a rocket-flinging oddball, it's just not good enough. A symptom of the age of performative debate we live in.

SerendipityJane · 04/01/2025 16:03

You can’t just keep repeating questions at people who don’t agree with you.

I assure you the OP can.

And will.

Chainzreaction · 04/01/2025 16:04

BlueSilverCats · 04/01/2025 16:00

@Chainzreaction of course I do. Not just that but I'm not buying their excuse like you are. Fear of being seen as racist my arse, they didn’t give a shit or worse they were complicit (corruption or worse).

Some councils actively fucking helped. Stopping the enforcement of licensing for taxi drivers isn't being afraid, isn't doing nothing it's actually helping the rape gangs.

Oh were they "afraid" once the extreme level of their corruption and not give a fuckedness got revealed? Sure. That was a fear of losing their jobs and everyone knowing exactly what despicable human beings they were.

That’s the real issue.

So no, I don't buy their excuse or let them hide behind it and direct focus elsewhere.

Thank you @silvercats i dont buy their excuses either. Their job was to protect children from everyone, ethnicity should never have been brought into it.

This is why the intense pressure & media coverage is so vital, legalisation must change so such excuses are unacceptable. One must fulfil their job description.

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RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 04/01/2025 16:05

SerendipityJane · 04/01/2025 16:03

You can’t just keep repeating questions at people who don’t agree with you.

I assure you the OP can.

And will.

😂😂😂

DuncinToffee · 04/01/2025 16:05

X/Elon Musk has registered a new UK company

Having a UK company (which is trading) is essential to being able to donate to a UK party

Maybe that's why he needed a squirrel?

SerendipityJane · 04/01/2025 16:10

DuncinToffee · 04/01/2025 16:05

X/Elon Musk has registered a new UK company

Having a UK company (which is trading) is essential to being able to donate to a UK party

Maybe that's why he needed a squirrel?

Presumably he will have to chose a party that has no members, just subscribers who have no say in policies or personnel. Otherwise how can you ponce about ensuring people "agree" with you ?

Hey - he could start to issue lapel badges with numbers on them to show how serious a subscriber you are. Who knows ? In future people who have lower numbers could be treated specially and given government contracts and positions in power.

I'm amazed no one has already thought of it. I guess that's the beauty of the internet. It allows otherwise obscure good ideas to rise and rise.

RafaistheKingofClay · 04/01/2025 16:15

Luckily for Musk, Farage has no principles so the fact that he’s distancing himself today doesn’t mean that he won’t accept money from a UK based Musk company tomorrow.

SerendipityJane · 04/01/2025 16:30

RafaistheKingofClay · 04/01/2025 16:15

Luckily for Musk, Farage has no principles so the fact that he’s distancing himself today doesn’t mean that he won’t accept money from a UK based Musk company tomorrow.

Thing is Farage is only interested in Farage. I suspect any money Musk gives to Reform is more likely to go on administrative overheads than actual campaigning.

"Hey, Nigel, how come I gave you £100,000,000 and only got a single advert on GBNews at midnight ?"

"Elon, Elon, you see how expensive the UK is now ? You see what I am up against ? Yes that's "R" e-f-o ... hello ? Elon ? Are you there ?"

RafaistheKingofClay · 04/01/2025 16:31

Well quite.

poetryandwine · 04/01/2025 16:33

SerendipityJane · 04/01/2025 15:49

Is that South Africa ?

Maybe Spitting Image had a point ?

It is sex abuse - the American women’s gymnastics SA scandal. Horrid. The direct accusations made by those women were squashed for ages. Ultimately they felt they had to be quiet, not to be troublemakers, to maintain places on the US Olympics team.

poetryandwine · 04/01/2025 16:35

Chainzreaction · 04/01/2025 15:49

It's public knowledge that needs to be kept to the forefront of our memory & action must be taken to protect our most vulnerable.
We must never forget what the victims went through.

Victim SW has called for an independent enquiry into every single council in the country (as opposed to just Oldham like Labour want) Lets see what happens with all this pressure heaped on them.

@bluesilvercats do you not think it is appalling the police did nothing ??

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The police did not ‘do nothing’. People are in prison.

Chainzreaction · 04/01/2025 16:39

poetryandwine · 04/01/2025 16:33

It is sex abuse - the American women’s gymnastics SA scandal. Horrid. The direct accusations made by those women were squashed for ages. Ultimately they felt they had to be quiet, not to be troublemakers, to maintain places on the US Olympics team.

It was horrific & ran so deep. I genuinely believe the parents had no idea about the SA. Those kids spent 6 days a week in the gym . And had multiple training camps at the Karolyi ranch from a young age with only their coaches.
My daughter got Aly Raismans book last Christmas, they thought the sa was normal at the start, part of their treatment..
I still feel the Karolyi's got away scot free & Bela's dead now..
Dominique Moceanu has also been very vocal. It wasn't just SA it was physical abuse, made compete on fractures , ligament tears... again where was the safeguarding?

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Chainzreaction · 04/01/2025 16:43

poetryandwine · 04/01/2025 16:35

The police did not ‘do nothing’. People are in prison.

Who? Only those who committed the rapes or abuse? How many who failed to protect the vulnerable women? What consequences have they faced?

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SerendipityJane · 04/01/2025 16:47

I genuinely believe the parents had no idea about the SA. Those kids spent 6 days a week in the gym .

Why have I just remembered Michael Jackson ?

Chainzreaction · 04/01/2025 16:49

SerendipityJane · 04/01/2025 16:47

I genuinely believe the parents had no idea about the SA. Those kids spent 6 days a week in the gym .

Why have I just remembered Michael Jackson ?

You are absolutely correct.

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