Speaking with Canadian psychologist and semi-conservative social commentator Jordan Peterson in an interview, billionaire Tesla, X, and SpaceX owner Elon Musk opened up about his eldest child, commenting on how his biological son became transgender during the Covid pandemic and arguing that his son was “killed by the woke mind virus.”
That came as the two spoke about California, namely, Elon’s decision to move the headquarters of SpaceX from California in the wake of Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 1955. That new law allows schools in the Golden State to refrain from notifying parents of their child’s sexuality or gender identity.
Musk noted that the bill was the reason for the corporate move, which led Mr. Peterson to ask why he would go so far as to make “gender-affirming care” an “issue.” That led to the story about Elon’s eldest child. Musk began, “It happened to one of my older boys, where I was essentially tricked into signing documents for one of my older boys, Xavier. This was before I really had any understanding of what was going on. We had COVID going on. I was told Xavier might commit suicide.”
Peterson exploded as Musk indicated the suicide fear, “That was a lie right from the outset. No reliable clinician ever believed that. There was never any evidence for that, and also if there’s a higher suicide rate, the reason is because the underlying depression and anxiety, not because of the gender dysphoria. And every goddamn clinician knows that.”
Then, after Peterson called out clinicians involved in the matter, Musk said, “It’s incredibly evil, and I agree with you that the people promoting this should go to prison.” He continued, explaining how he doesn’t think he knew what was going on when he agreed, saying, “So I was tricked into doing this. It wasn’t explained to me that puberty blockers are actually just sterilization drugs.”
Continuing, Elon waxed philosophical about “dead naming” and the “woke mind virus,” telling Peterson, “So I lost my son essentially. They call it dead naming for a reason. The reason it’s called dead naming is because your son is dead. So my son Xavier is dead, killed by the woke mind virus.”
Watch Elon and Peterson here:
Elon, commenting on Assembly Bill 1955 on X (formerly Twitter) around the time that it passed, said that it would be the final straw that pushed SpaceX out of the state. He wrote, “This is the final straw. Because of this law and the many others that preceded it, attacking both families and companies, SpaceX will now move its HQ from Hawthorne, California, to Starbase, Texas.”
Continuing, Elon noted that he had warned the state leadership that laws of this sort would push sane companies out of the state so that the children could be protected form such insanity, saying, “I did make it clear to Governor Newsom about a year ago that laws of this nature would force families and companies to leave California to protect their children.”
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