Other users lashed out, seen in a tweet from Twitter user joncoopertweets, who said, “Take the red pill and shove it, Elon.” This reply was liked over 5,500 times and retweeted 447 times. One such tweet (shown below) from Twitter user TheRightMelissa supports his message with the caption, “Democrats’ moving the goal post from stay home to “ flatten the curve” to now “stay home forever as we take all your freedoms & rights” … has red pilled millions of Americans,” which received over 6,400 likes and 1,100 retweets. On May 17th, 2020, following the tweet, numerous users replied to his remarks with a mixture of support and criticism.
Others expressed confusion over the message, with many associating the phrase "red pill" with right-wing ideologies and the “red rose emoji” with democratic socialism. The tweet also follows the decision by California officials (and other states in the U.S.) to extend the stay-at-home orders. In recent weeks, Musk expressed his displeasure over the quarantine measures, particularly in California where Tesla’s factory is located, due to the effects these lockdowns were having on his company and the economy as a whole, leading many to conclude that this was the reasoning behind his message. In roughly 24 hours, the tweet (seen below) received over 476,000 likes, 95,000 retweets and a slew of comments from detractors and supporters. “The Matrix 4,” meanwhile, is planning to resume production in July after filming was forced to stop due to the pandemic, and filming is expected to take two additional months to complete.On May 17th, 2020, Elon Musk tweeted “Take the red pill 🌹” on Twitter.
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Lilly Wachowski is currently working on the Showtime series “Work in Progress,” which was renewed for a second season earlier this year. He has also threatened to pull Tesla’s headquarters out of California altogether, calling the stay-at-home orders “fascist.”Ī fourth “Matrix” film is currently in development at Warner Bros., but while Lilly Wachowski’s sister, Lana, is returning to write and direct, she is not. The tweet comes as Musk has begun espousing more anti-regulatory views, threatening to restart Tesla’s factories in California in defiance of the state’s mandated closures of businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. In right-wing internet parlance, “taking the red pill” has become slang for taking on conservative political views. “F- both of you,” she replied on Twitter.Īlso Read: Elon Musk Calls 'Jeopardy!' Champ Ken Jennings a 'Knucklehead' in Pandemic-Fueled Twitter Feud
Musk’s comment and Ivanka Trump’s approval were met with a curt reply from Wachowski. On Sunday, Tesla founder Elon Musk tweeted that people should “ take the red pill,” advice that Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka retweeted with the enthusiastic comment “Taken!” Back in 1999, the red pill was a pivotal moment in “The Matrix,” as Neo is offered the choice to either take a blue pill and forget about the Matrix or to take the red pill and be revealed the truth about how the Matrix has been used by machines to enslave the entire human race. A note to conservatives: Lilly Wachowski probably will not like it when you quote “The Matrix.”
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