A large part of my online experience, is me saying well in advance that a certain person is fashy trash, and well meaning white people saying things like, "Well you don't know that!" And "Maybe we should free Melania!" Etc etc.
Then me posting stuff like this:
https://mixmag.net/read/grimes-proud-white-culture-called-nazi-white-supremacist-news
Then the white folk who were trying to free Melania going silent. I never get a "OK, you were right!"
(H/t Dawn Xiana Moon for reminding me of this).
She wasn't manipulated. She had agency in liking Nazi memes and "white culture." People who bought Teslas in 2018 knew exactly what so many Black folk thought about Musk.
They lied to themselves, and asked ridiculous questions, like "Why do you hate Musk? He's just trying to save the world!" They asked, but they didn't want to hear any answers. "Why do you hate Musk?" Was really just "Shut up and stop complaining! You're making me feel bad about buying my Tesla!"