Neil Young Leaves Twitter over Elon Musk’s Controversial Comments

Neil Young is leaving X, previously referred to as Twitter, citing statements from proprietor Elon Musk which were broadly described as antisemitic.

“We are stopping all use of X that we can control,” he wrote on his Neil Young Archives web site. “For reasons that should be obvious to the richest man on Earth, we are taking this action against his company.”

Young joins a rising checklist of boycotters, together with Apple and Disney, after Musk stated he agreed with a social media put up accusing “Jewish communities” of advancing “hatred against whites.”

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Musk pushed again in opposition to the allegations, however not earlier than Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Global, Lions Gate Entertainment and Comcast (which owns Bravo, CNBC and Xfinity) additionally introduced pauses of their on-line advert campaigns.

“This past week, there were hundreds of bogus media stories claiming that I am antisemitic,” Musk posted on X. “Nothing could be further from the truth. I wish only the best for humanity and a prosperous and exciting future for all.”

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Neil Young Makes a Plea for Peace

Young memorably pulled his music from Spotify after turning into enraged over feedback made on Joe Rogan’s podcast about COVID-19 vaccines. He additionally took on the agrochemical firm Monsanto prior to now. Young’s newest boycott included a plea for peace for each “our many Palestinian friends” and “our many Jewish friends.”

He added: “We do need to start over in the present and release our terrible connections to the past. As bad as they are, they need to be forgotten so we can be free to move on in life together, all humanity, focused on saving our planet for future generations of all people.”

Young’s put up included a photograph of Musk with a caption studying, “Teslas should fly flags of love – not hate.”

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