{"id":1749855,"date":"2022-11-23T16:50:54","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T21:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1749855"},"modified":"2022-11-23T17:19:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T22:19:04","slug":"musk-discovers-stash-of-stay-woke-t-shirts-at-twitter-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-discovers-stash-of-stay-woke-t-shirts-at-twitter-headquarters\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk Discovers Stash of \u201cStay Woke\u201d T-Shirts at Twitter Headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fmusk-discovers-stash-of-stay-woke-t-shirts-at-twitter-headquarters%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=1749855&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--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Elon Musk is literally cleaning out the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/27\/elon-musk-completes-44b-twitter-takeover-begins-firing-execs-report\/\">closets of Twitter,<\/a> laughing after finding a stack of unworn \u201cStay Woke\u201d T-shirts.<\/p>\n<p>The world\u2019s richest man <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1595250835096621057\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted a video<\/a> late Tuesday of him holding up one of the progressive-slogan shirts in a video seen more than 10.2 million times in just hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFound in closet at Twitter HQ fr,\u201d he captioned the clip, adding two laughing emojis to the message in which \u201cfr\u201d is short for \u201cfor real.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the clip, someone can be heard chuckling as Musk, 51, shows stacks of the shirts, one of which <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/08\/25\/jack-dorsey-reveals-his-biggest-regret-about-twitter\/\">Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey <\/a>had himself worn in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere we are, at the merch thing, and there\u2019s an entire, entire closet full of hashtag woke T-shirts,\u201d Musk says over his laughing pal, who calls it a \u201csecret closet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk\u2019s tweets soon gained more than 378,000 likes \u2014 as well as a flood of anger.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__header\">\n\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"button inline-slideshow__nav inline-slideshow__nav--prev inline-slideshow__nav--disabled\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Previous<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span>1<\/span> of <span>3<\/span>\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"button inline-slideshow__nav inline-slideshow__nav--next\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Next<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slides\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"477\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-musk-woke-tshirts-ferguson-protests-04.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=477\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Elon Musk pokes fun at stack of \" Stay Woke \/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMusk added two laughing emojis to his video seen more than 10 million times by Wednesday morning.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"341\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-musk-woke-tshirts-ferguson-protests-01.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=341\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Elon Musk pokes fun at stack of \" Stay Woke \/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHe displayed one of them with the hashtag &#8220;Stay Woke&#8221; on the front.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Twitter \/ @elonmusk<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"341\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-musk-woke-tshirts-ferguson-protests-03.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=341\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Elon Musk pokes fun at stack of \" Stay Woke \/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSomeone with Musk laughed as he pointed out the stack of unused shirts.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Twitter \/ @elonmusk<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cYou must love <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TMtfromcc\/status\/1595261933514592257\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">losing prospective Tesla customers<\/a>. I am woke,\u201d one person snapped back, bragging about having \u201cmore than enough $$ to buy a Tesla auto or home electrical system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I won\u2019t because I won\u2019t send my hard earned $$ to a company run by a guy who disparages people who care about other people,\u201d the follower complained.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-musk-stay-woke-tshirts-jack-dorsey-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/elon-musk-stay-woke-tshirts-jack-dorsey-01.jpg\" alt=\"Then-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey wearing \" Stay Woke \/><\/a><figcaption>Musk\u2019s predecessor, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, had proudly worn one of the shirts in 2016.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Recode<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A former Twitter employee, Sioban Massiah, also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustCallMeSio\/status\/1595253928085671936\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asked Musk <\/a>to \u201cPlease send them to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe worked hard on that merch and I\u2019d rather distribute it myself than to know it is in a garbage can,\u201d tweeted the former live event programming associate producer for Twitter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>Noting the mass exodus since Musk bought the social platform, Massiah also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustCallMeSio\/status\/1595263074600091649\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asked sarcastically<\/a>: \u201cIs anyone in the SF office still?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk further enraged followers with a since-deleted tweet in which he revealed that the shirts he was laughing at \u201cstem from the Ferguson protests\u201d over the 2014 Missouri police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObama\u2019s own DOJ proved this &#038; exonerated the cop,\u201d Musk pointed out of <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/07\/30\/no-charges-for-darren-wilson-in-michael-browns-death-prosecutor\/\">officer Darren Wilson<\/a>, who quit the force but was never charged.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-musk-woke-tshirts-ferguson-protests-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"671\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/elon-musk-woke-tshirts-ferguson-protests-05.jpg\" alt=\"Musk&#039;s deleted tweet.\" class=\"wp-image-24760122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-musk-woke-tshirts-ferguson-protests-05.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1342 1342w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-musk-woke-tshirts-ferguson-protests-05.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1006 1006w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-musk-woke-tshirts-ferguson-protests-05.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=671 671w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-musk-woke-tshirts-ferguson-protests-05.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=335 335w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-musk-woke-tshirts-ferguson-protests-05.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Musk later deleted a tweet that dismissed protests over the police shooting of Missouri teen Michael Brown.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Hands up don\u2019t shoot\u2019 was made up,\u201d he said of the rallying cry by protesters who claimed the teen had his hands up in surrender when he was fatally shot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2015\/03\/18\/wapo-columnist-regrets-supporting-hands-up-mantra\/\">whole thing was a fiction<\/a>,\u201d Musk said, deleting the tweet and instead<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/opa\/press-releases\/attachments\/2015\/03\/04\/doj_report_on_shooting_of_michael_brown_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> posting a copy of the federal report<\/a> that concluded there was no reliable evidence that Brown had his hands up.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-musk-woke-tshirts-ferguson-protests-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/elon-musk-woke-tshirts-ferguson-protests-11.jpg\" alt=\"Protester raises hands in Ferguson, Missouri, after deadly police shooting of Michael Brown.\" class=\"wp-image-24760117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-musk-woke-tshirts-ferguson-protests-11.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-musk-woke-tshirts-ferguson-protests-11.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/elon-musk-woke-tshirts-ferguson-protests-11.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Musk insisted that the rallying cry of \u201cHands up! Don\u2019t shoot!\u201d was all based on \u201ca fiction.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Justice Department did, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2015\/03\/04\/us-clears-officer-in-ferguson-case-criticizes-police-force\/\">accuse Ferguson cops of racial bias<\/a> and profiling in a damning report that led to the city manager, police chief and municipal judge all resigning. Brown\u2019s family also <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2017\/06\/20\/michael-browns-family-settles-lawsuit-with-ferguson\/\">settled a wrongful death lawsuit<\/a> with the city.<\/p>\n<p>Musk appeared to acknowledge as much in a later response to critics, in which he again said that \u201cthe Ferguson protests were \u2013 if you believe Obama\u2019s DoJ \u2013 based on a false premise\u201d because the investigation ruled that Brown\u2019s shooting \u201cwas unequivocally self-defense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not to say that other injustices don\u2019t occur, but this does not appear to be one of them,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1595464142147624960\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk is literally cleaning out the closets of Twitter, laughing after finding a stack of unworn \u201cStay Woke\u201d T-shirts. 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