‘B the First Man on Mars’: Salman Rushdie free speech to Elon Musk – The Times of India

British Indian writer Salman Rushdie On Monday, Tech billionaire was slammed to Elon Musk and said that he would like to become the first man on Mars.
In an interview to El Paes at the Hey Festival, Rousdy criticized Musk for creating an extreme discourse.
“Elon Musk does not defend independent expression. His social network cures the discourse of extreme right. Applying a great cause-like freedom of expression-when you really do what the fans of Mr. Musk.
Rushdie also recalled her meeting with Musk a decade ago at Los Angeles.
“If he likes it very much, let him go. I met him once, 10 years ago in Los Angeles. And he said that it will take seven years to move to Mars. It has passed seven years ago, and I have passed. Really I want to leave him, “he said.
During the conversation, Rushdie also attacked the US President Donald TrumpCrack on illegal Immigration And said that “cultural values ​​like tolerance or sympathy have lost so much support.”
Emphasizing that he is a double migrant, from India to England to the United States, Rushdie said “he has always tried to convince his more positive side” and that “all that migration Feeds culture. “
“Is the United States not a nation of immigrants? Apart from the original Americans, everyone is a migrant. This is the case since the founding father. The great American myth is now called bad, evil. Even Elon Musk is from South Africa, ”Rushdie said.
Rushdie survived a stabbing in August 2022 and recently appeared to hear the ongoing trial. During the hearing on 11 February, Rushdie removed his glasses to show his blind right eye.
Rushdie remembered how the incident had barely started when he saw someone was seen running towards him from the right.
“I only looked at him at the last time,” he said. “I was wearing a dark clothes and a black face mask. I hit her with her eyes, which was dark and I felt very cruel. ,