Disability Advocates Blast Musk For Using “R-Word”

USA Today reports:

Elon Musk has the ear of one of the most powerful people in the world – President Donald Trump – making him one of the most powerful people in the world, too. He’s been given unfettered access to adjust the federal government’s budget and headcount. So what’s he doing posting a slur multiple times targeting the disabled community on social media?

Musk – who boasts nearly 220 million followers on X, the social media platform he owns – has repeatedly used the “R” word to describe people with whom he disagrees. In the last week alone, he’s included it in at least three tweets. The use of this language has sparked criticism from people with disabilities and their advocates, who were beginning to see a world where such terms were deemed unacceptable.

“Both (men) have continually insulted, mocked and dismissed the disabled community,” says Michael Rembis, director of the Center for Disability Studies at the University at Buffalo, adding that “they perpetuate the ignorance, hate and violence that has harmed, and in many cases destroyed, the lives of disabled people in the past and in more recent times.”

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Elon Musk keeps tweeting the ‘R-word.’ Disability advocates say he needs to stop. – USA TODAY

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