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I know. But I'm always uncomfortable when I read that "meat shield" thing. He's too young to be included in any discussion or remark regarding his father. When he's older, if he turns out to be a shithead too, there's plenty of opportunities to bash on him too. But for now, I think he should be left out entirely, for the sake of giving him a chance not to become a shithead.
Same reason why I happily bash on Don Jr. and Eric but never on Barron Trump.
I get what you are saying, The kid is not the problem though. Describing the child as a "meat shield" is not a dig against the kid. It's about what Elon Musk, the child's father, is doing to him. Elon Musk is wearing his own son over his head to keep from getting shot when he goes outside. He is using his own child as a human shield. Elon Musk has turned his own flesh and blood into a meat shield!
It's extremely abusive behavior. If he cared about his children he would post child support and be around with them doing wholesome, life-affirming things.
That doesn’t change the fact his father is using him as an anti-assassination accessory. It’s in no way criticizing the kid, but calling out his father’s abhorrent behavior. In fact we should call it out because maybe it will shame Musk into stopping (of course it won’t).
Do we even know that for sure though?
I always thought the "meat shield" thing was a tasteless joke that someone came up with when the Herr Musk brought the kid to the Oval Office and turned the White House into a fucking daycare center. As far as I know, it's not like Musk brings the kid everywhere he goes: he's got his deputized SS goons to protect him.
“Meat shield” is not a new term and explicitly means using another human to prevent being shot / killed. That’s all people are saying about Musk’s behavior when they refer to him using his kid in this fashion. Nothing beyond that (by that specific term anyway).
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/meat_shield
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/human_shield#English
First off A man is using his child as a prospective bullet sponge because he knows his behavior has made people want to kill him and you want to leave that out of the discussion? The kid isn't the one doing one of the worst things a human can do
Honest question: how did you come to that definitive conclusion?
What I saw was Musk putting his son on his shoulders. My dad used to do that with me, and plenty of dads do that with their children, and they don't use them as bulletproof vests. Did you deduce this is what Musk was doing because he's so obviously a psychopath, or did you see something physically different from what other dads do in his handling of his son?
I'm not trying to stir up controverse. I can well believe Musk did use his son to protect himself, knowing what a terrible man he is. It's just that I really didn't see anything out of the ordinary when he put his son on his shoulders - aside from the fact that doing that in the White House was inappropriate. So I'm genuinely curious to know how everybody has come to that conclusion.
Fair enough. Its within the realm of what could be considered normal father behavior.. However, go look for photos of Elon out in public pre and post Luigi.
Report back what you find.
It's unprofessional to be carrying the kid everywhere, potentially into meetings where state secrets are discussed. Certainly a lot of what's happening is unprecedented, but the kid is just such an odd prop to have around, coupled with that Elon doesn't otherwise seem to care about parading his children before now, that it leads to the conclusion that it is either a stunt or as protection.