When he was alive, thousands of people (most of them men) were eager to rub elbows with the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, with some even going so far as to visit him on his private island or hang out with him in Manhattan nightclubs.
Now that he’s dead and his disgusting sexual habits (i.e. sex with minors) have been exposed, those same people who once embraced Epstein are running away from their past association and trying to deny they had any dealings with him.
Such is the case with Tesla/Twitter/X CEO Elon Musk and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, who are engaged in an online slap fight that is taking one hell of a nasty turn in recent days.
Musk and Hoffman’s names both appear numerous times in the recently released Epstein files from the Department of Justice, and the bad blood between the two boiled over Friday when Musk called for Hoffman to be “investigated” for possibly committing crimes, writing, “Hoffman should be investigated”.
Hoffman countered with this: “The FBI cleared me. You on the other hand…”
Enraged by Hoffman’s accusation, Musk went scorched earth with his next posting.
“Liar, you are guilty of dark deeds and haven’t been cleared of anything. You stayed at Epstein’s island, Epstein’s ranch in New Mexico and Epstein’s house in New York. You offered to help him with PR. You gave him gifts … Maybe if it was only one stay over, you could claim it was a mistake. Maybe. But there is NO possible explanation for the second time, let alone the third time. As the record shows, you were an eager repeat customer.”
In case you’re wondering, Musk and Hoffman have known each other for years, Fox Business reports.
“Musk and Hoffman were once part of the so-called ‘PayPal mafia,’ a group of early PayPal leaders who went on to found or invest in some of Silicon Valley’s most successful companies. In recent years, however, the two have clashed publicly over politics and tech policy.”
Now, however, the two filthy rich assholes who wallow daily in conspicuous consumption and buy companies the way most of us purchase a new pair of socks, are trying to repair their already tarnished images despite the fact that they once delighted in being buddies with a child rapist.
Watching this social media slap fight between Hoffman and Musk is amusing, but it threatens to obscure a darker truth: Both of them should be deposed and reveal under oath just how many times they hung out with Jeffrey Epstein. And if they refuse, that too should be made public.
The rich, F. Scott Fitzgerald said, are different than you and me.
Those of us who aren’t wealthy can always be thankful for that.
