Elon Musk calls out 'virtue signaling' critics who panned new Ricky Gervais special

Tesla CEO Elon Musk called out 'virtual signaling' critics who panned a new Ricky Gervais stand-up comedy special, despite audience members rating it highly. Tesla CEO Elon Musk called out 'virtue signaling' critics who panned a new Ricky Gervais stand-up comedy special, despite audience members ranking it highly That tweet came in response to The Atlantic staff writer Conor Friedersdorf sharing a screenshot from Rotten Tomatoes showing that while only 14 percent of seven professional critics approved of Gervais' new stand-up special, 92 percent of those who watched it liked it Musk wrote that the critics are 'out of touch with the people, and so lose their credibility with the people' in a tweet on Sunday Gervais' new stand-up special came just one week after the Netflix dished out a new 'culture memo' to staff telling them that if they are offended by the content the company is working on, they can leave. A staff member Dave Briggs is seen here holding a placard as he attends a rally in support of the Netflix transgender employee walkout in October By April, the Tesla CEO criticized Netflix for catering to a woke audience He later applauded a move by Netflix to stop censoring content - and telling employees that if they are upset with the content it produces, they can leave the company And since Gervais' new special aired last week, the comedian has found himself under fire for the comments he made about transgender individuals. Gervais has since spoken up about the criticism he has received Gervais won a National Comedy Award for Best Stand Up Show for the stand-up special Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos, pictured here in 2021, has defended Gervais and comedian Dave Chapelle for their apparently transphobic remarks In response to these criticisms, Gervais told The Spectator: 'My target wasn't trans folk, but trans activist ideology.