{"id":1117382,"date":"2021-12-14T09:59:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T14:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1117382"},"modified":"2021-12-14T09:59:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T14:59:16","slug":"worst-choice-ever-leftists-freak-over-time-selecting-elon-musk-person-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/worst-choice-ever-leftists-freak-over-time-selecting-elon-musk-person-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Worst Choice Ever&#039;: Leftists Freak over TIME Selecting Elon Musk &#039;Person of the Year&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fworst-choice-ever-leftists-freak-over-time-selecting-elon-musk-person-of-the-year%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1117382&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Much to the chagrin of his left-wing critics, TIME magazine surpassed all expectations on Monday when the notoriously woke publication selected the refreshingly non-woke billionaire Elon Musk as 2021\u2019s \u201cPerson of the Year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Describing him as a \u201cmadcap hybrid of Thomas Edison, P.T. Barnum, Andrew Carnegie and&nbsp;<i>Watchmen<\/i>\u2019s Doctor Manhattan,\u201d the Tesla founder was honored for his unapologetic individualism and his defiance of those who doubted him.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cA few short years ago, Musk was roundly mocked as a crazy con artist on the verge of going broke,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/person-of-the-year-2021-elon-musk\/\">TIME explained<\/a>. \u201cNow this shy South African with Asperger\u2019s syndrome, who escaped a brutal childhood and overcame personal tragedy, bends governments and industry to the force of his ambition.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19123866\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1229892934.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19123866\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1229892934-1024x690-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Elon Musk poses on the red carpet of the Axel Springer Award 2020 on December 01, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. (Britta Pedersen-Pool\/Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Not all TIME had to say was praiseworthy, pointing out Musk\u2019s alleged lack of empathy for people closest to him and sexual harassment charges within his own company, nevertheless, TIME resists the temptation to sanctify or vilify Musk, opting instead for the noble choice of portraying him as a man driven to carry out a vision, at times to his own peril and at times to his own reward.<\/p>\n<p>Leftists and critics of Musk had little patience for TIME\u2019s examination of the Tesla founder and took to Twitter to voice their discontent:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.7142857142857\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s *TIME* for Elon Musk to pay his fair share in taxes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cKTkOKDtpc\">https:\/\/t.co\/cKTkOKDtpc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJayapal\/status\/1470427040155242499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.2\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Let\u2019s change the rigged tax code so The Person of the Year will actually pay taxes and stop freeloading off everyone else. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jqQxL9Run6\">https:\/\/t.co\/jqQxL9Run6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenWarren\/status\/1470415896053227522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.4844720496894\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And with that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TIME?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@time<\/a> has lost all remaining credibility \u2026 what an absolute disgrace. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/46DnkG0Nee\">https:\/\/t.co\/46DnkG0Nee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kurt Bardella (@kurtbardella) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kurtbardella\/status\/1470419063213998086?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.906976744186\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Elon mush would not exist without the government subsidies he can\u2019t stop complaining about. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cnzQVB7v07\">https:\/\/t.co\/cnzQVB7v07<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MollyJongFast\/status\/1470378966355783682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.7622377622378\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s the not paying taxes and not being vilified for it for me <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nscsqLSXZb\">https:\/\/t.co\/nscsqLSXZb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Akilah Hughes (@AkilahObviously) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AkilahObviously\/status\/1470423992926306309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.443452380952\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I held back on saying much about Time selecting Elon Musk as person of the years until I read their reasoning. In a year when the developers of the mRNA vaccines have saved millions and helped restore global economies, the selection of Musk this year may be the worst choice ever.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kurteichenwald\/status\/1470462022617911301?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.8225806451613\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Maybe <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TIME?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TIME<\/a> ought to change its definition of those deserving recognition \u2014 given the time we live in. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ql53aFk3ux\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ql53aFk3ux<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83d\udcab Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sulliview\/status\/1470534617392365570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.4285714285714\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just when you thought 2021 couldn\u2019t get any worse. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S3cWdc8Y0L\">https:\/\/t.co\/S3cWdc8Y0L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Holden Thorp, Science EIC (@hholdenthorp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hholdenthorp\/status\/1470384360935337990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.8313253012048\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In a year marked by record levels of pro-labor union organizing across the country, from John Deere to Amazon to Starbucks, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TIME?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TIME<\/a> honors a guy who revels in violating labor laws. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tkkF3AR0sq\">https:\/\/t.co\/tkkF3AR0sq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Max Burns (@themaxburns) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/themaxburns\/status\/1470409928556883971?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.7386934673367\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Given <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TIME?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Time<\/a> tradition of selecting the worst people on the planet for this \u201caward\u201d, I think this is a very logical choice. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mrlq3U9pAf\">https:\/\/t.co\/mrlq3U9pAf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cas Mudde \ud83d\ude37 (@CasMudde) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CasMudde\/status\/1470396016805527555?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Much to the chagrin of his left-wing critics, TIME magazine surpassed all expectations on Monday when the notoriously woke publication selected the refreshingly non-woke billionaire Elon Musk as 2021\u2019s \u201cPerson &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1117382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1117382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1117382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1117382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1117382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}