Comment by happytoexplain

Did you read the Tweet Musk was replying to? What he said was much more broad and hateful than the much more specific opinion that "It's okay to be white" is not usually used in a hateful way. Musk chose to be broad on purpose - it's a common tactic for this kind of provocative shitposting. I.e., purposefully declining to distance yourself from obvious implications like any honest person would with just a few words or choosing a different context for your comment. The result is that your social/political enemies get (rightfully) upset with you, but you've left yourself a margin in which you can use weasel words to defend yourself and claim that your critics are trying to censor your innocent speech, or whatever.