Elon Musk took the gloves off on CNBC on Wednesday, launching into a profanity-filled answer to a question about Disney. 

Musk was asked about the entertainment giant's decision to not advertise on X in the face of a far-left campaign to bleed the social media site dry. To put it lightly, the billionaire then threw caution to the wind, even mentioning Disney CEO Bob Iger by name.

(WARNING: Strong language)

Elon Musk in response to advertisers like Disney pulling their ads on Twitter/X:

“Don’t advertise…go fuck yourself. Go. Fuck. Yourself. Is that clear?“ pic.twitter.com/p5FRQlBcAj

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) November 29, 2023

MUSK: Don't advertise. 

HOST: You don't want them to advertise? 

MUSK: No

HOST: What do you mean

MUSK: If someone is going to try to blackmail with advertising, blackmail me with money. Go *** yourself...Go **** yourself. Is that clear? I hope it is. Hey Bob...(unintelligible).

Well, that's certainly one way to handle the situation. Musk is obviously frustrated with the smears that have been made against him and his company, including the idea that he is antisemitic. Left-wing activist groups have been running a shadow campaign to get advertisers to boycott X, not because they believe Musk actually is antisemitic (the evidence says he's clearly not) but because they want to destroy the one social media site that (mostly) allows free speech. Other sites like Facebook and Instagram have a hard-left bent to their moderation, including throttling conservative news sources. 

Some are responding to Musk by pointing out that his words are likely to drive advertisers further away. I'm not sure that matters, though. We are talking about the richest man on the planet. Musk does not need X to succeed as a financial venture. That's not to say he doesn't want it to, but he is not controlled by market forces in this case. So, if companies like Disney want to join a left-wing blackmail attempt, Musk has the freedom to speak his mind about the situation without fear of ruination. 

In my observation, X has already gone out of its way to appease groups like the ADL and NAACP. Their attempts to harm the social media site have continued anyway. What else is Musk supposed to do? Give in and eliminate the airing of free speech on X? The entire reason he bought the site was to secure a public forum for people to speak their minds (outside of illegal activity) without fear of reprisal. If Disney doesn't like that, they are welcome to take their dollars elsewhere, and in turn, Musk is welcome to tell them to jump in a lake (except in stronger terms).