“Cancel Netflix for the health of their children”

Since Elon Musk bought X, His influence of influence Several integers have grown globally. To put it in context, the data suggests that X has about 415 million users, of which 227 million follow Elon Musk.

That is, when Musk publishes a message on his social network he does it for an audience that actively listens. The last thing that He has asked To his followers: to cancel his subscriptions to Netflix as a boycott for an animation series in which his protagonist is a trans teenager. His followers have not doubted it and have canceled their subscription immediately.

Netflix sin. The trigger for this boycott call has been the broadcast of the animated series “Dead End: Paranormal Park“, Based on the books of the British Hamish Steele. The series includes a transgender teenage character as the protagonist and is classified as suitable for over 7 years. Musk and a part of the users criticized the content to promote, according to them, a transgender agenda directed to the youth audience.

Your message in X He quickly went viral: “Cancela Netflix for the health of your children”, which motivated thousands of users to share captures demonstrating how they discharged their accounts. After calling Elon Musk’s boycott came a wave of Messages on the same line of influencers related to the postulates of Trump and Maga.

The series and the debate for the LGTBI+ representation. “Dead End: Paranormal Park” is a British series that mixes comedy, terror and fantasy. Its protagonist, Barney, is a young trans that, along with other neurodiverse characters, lives adventures in a haunted park. This series, recognized with international awards as British Animation Award and the Glaad Media Awardhas been placed in the center of the controversy for its representation of LGBTI+ characters in an area for children under 7 years, which has generated reactions among the most conservative users.

However, the real origin of the entire controversy was not the content of the series, but the author of the books on which it is based: Hamish Steele. The author criticized that the British prime minister published a message of condolences for the Death of Charlie Kirkthe Republican influencer that was recently killed during a public event. His message ignited the wrath of the most conservative sector that began canceling his subscription to Netflix as a protest measure.

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Elon Musk’s answer To one of those messages in which it was indicated that the reason for the cancellation was that the author celebrated the murder of Kirk unleashed the cancellation chain. The controversy LGTBI+ He joined later In a perfect storm encouraged by Musk.

Fall in Netflix actions. The financial impact of Musk boycott call Not waiting. On October 1, Netflix shares already fell by 2%, and repeated that fall the next day, accumulating a 4.4% decrease in 48 hours.

Despite these figures, Netflix has not issued any official statement on the situation, nor has it clarified the real effect on its subscriber base these days.

The personal history behind the controversy. Musk’s position on this subject has A family background. Xavier, one of the trillions he had with his first wife Justine Wilson, began to identify himself as a trans woman, becoming called Vivian Jenna Wilson and legally requesting get disconnected of the surname Musk. “I no longer live with my biological father or want to be linked to him in any way,” said Vivian before the press.

The relationship between the two has deteriorated considerably since then, to the point that Musk published: “My son, Xavier, died. He was killed by the ‘Wake’ mentality virus. His daughter did not hesitate to respond to her father with A challenging message and in one recent interview for Teen voguethe young woman said: “I only find out about him by networks or for what the media publish. Sometimes I see what he says and think: ‘What a shame of others, I would have to say something’ and I have already done it several times.”

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