--- title: "Elon Musk Mocks People Who Support Ukraine and Transgender Rights" description: "Elon Musk really needs to log off. " date: "2022-03-14" modified: "2022-03-14" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-mocks-people-who-are-pro-ukraine-and-for-transgender-rights" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "chelsea manning" - "elon musk" - "grimes" - "the digest" - "ukraine" --- # Elon Musk Mocks People Who Support Ukraine and Transgender Rights ![Elon Musk really needs to log off. ]() *\Image: Getty Images/Futurism\* ## Meme Madness Elon Musk really needs to log off. In one of a series of late night tweets early on Monday morning, the SpaceX and Tesla CEO posted a meme that appears to mock people who speak out in support transgender people and Ukrainians amid the Russian invasion. "I support the current thing," the meme, which features [what is known as a "Wojack"]() or "Feels Guy," reads. Behind the crudely-drawn meme man are a number of identity-based flags, including the lesbian flag colors and the new LGBTQ rainbow flag that prominently displays both the transgender flag colors alongside black and brown lines to symbolize Black and brown communities. In front of the Wojack, of course, is the blue and gold of the Ukrainian flag, which many people who support the Ukrainians against the Russian invasion have used on social media to signify their solidarity. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1503276966874595330 ## Cognitive Dissonance Then Musk added this meme (which he appears to have [lifted from Reddit](), [naturally]().) https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1503287788652871680 This memes would be offensive even in a normal Muskian news cycle, but given that it came [just after news broke]() that his on-off ex Claire "Grimes" Boucher is dating famed trans leaker Chelsea Manning, it seems particularly personal and intolerant. It's also somewhat bizarre that he's mocking people who put the Ukrainian flag in their social media profiles given that he's expressed his own support for Ukraine in various ways over the Russian invasion. During that same middle-of-the-night tweet spree, Musk also challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to combat — [yes, seriously ]()— to determine the fate of Ukraine. And earlier, he sent [several]() [shipments]() of Starlink internet terminals to the country as well. Which one is it, Elon? If nothing else, the mocking memes and Putin combat post remind us who Elon Musk is: a shitposter who somehow became the richest man in the world. *Updated with additional details.* **More Elon madness:** *[Grimes Says That Elon Musk "Lives Below The Poverty Line"]()* ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()