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submitted 2 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Summary

Elon Musk rejected accusations of Nazi sympathies in a Fox News interview, calling it “outrageous” and blaming media propaganda.

Critics point to his straight-arm salute at Trump’s rally, endorsement of a German far-right party, and reinstating white supremacist accounts on X.

His cuts to federal agencies under DOGE have sparked protests and vandalism, including nicknaming Teslas “swasticars.”

Musk claims he's targeted for character assassination and receives daily death threats. He and Lara Trump compared the attacks to those against Donald Trump, accusing mainstream media of spreading lies.

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[-] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

If he cheers on the neo Nazis, salutes like a Nazi, and tries to set up a government program to start gathering information about everyone (like Nazis did), he must be a duck!

[-] Kazel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 months ago

Can't wait for the day that nazi dies

[-] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 7 points 2 months ago

It's because you did the nazi salute. Do you remember that you did the nazi salute when the faschist government took over?

[-] mechoman444@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Nhaaa.... Just because you do the nazi salute position yourself in a place of authority inside our current fascist government and support it's politics and agendas even make Buddy buddy with its leader doesn't necessarily make you a fascist yourself... Right?

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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 points 2 months ago

Look guys, just because he bought Twitter and reinstated all the Nazi accounts, and thinks and says Nazi things, and and performed an obvious Nazi salute not once, but twice in a live broadcast to millions of homes, that doesn't mean he's a Nazi!

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[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

Condemn white supremacy then

[-] clashorcrashman@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago

It's even more outrageous that we have Nazis in government.

[-] khaleer@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months ago

Hear me out, he is preparing ground for media reform.

[-] Siresly@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Typically it's this kind of thing where you may have to scrub the disingenuous surface of plausible deniability a little to reveal the rottenness underneath as the fascists try to hide, reorganize, strategize, obfuscate, manipulate, infiltrate and ultimately influence under the guise of some common issue they can blame on their targets, or a made-up issue they can redirect people's frustrations towards, before they amass enough resources to where they can really get to work.

But some of them get too eager and jump the gun. The fascist party of Sweden, the Sweden Democrats, has had multiple instances of overtly rightwing extremist, racist, fascist Nazi shit unearthed by media, at which point leadership has felt the need to boot those members for the sake of current Overton window optics.

Musk is definitely one of those kinds of Nazis, a stupid one. He just went out there and performed a Nazi salute on live international TV in 4K. He ostensibly reckons he's rich enough and the Overton window is pushed far enough to where he can get away with it.

But the number in your bank account is not the only number that can affect events. Power in numbers is what us in the 99% have, and should utilize. I love seeing the solidarity against Tesla resulting in notable hardships for the business. And if all else fails, Luigi only needs one well-timed shell to win.

We'll never rest again, until every Nazi dies.

[-] Etterra@discuss.online 5 points 2 months ago
[-] Deathray5@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 2 months ago

Mf's be like "this sandwich sucks'.

Bro you did the salute

[-] sircac@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

...without specifying in which sense exactly, like, he is not precisely allegiant to Adolf

[-] Guidy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I will stop calling him a Nazi the moment he takes his ass to Mars and stays there forever.

[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Looks like a duck, acts like a duck, quacks like a duck, even rapes like a duck. Why is everyone calling me a duck?

What’s really outrageous is that he’s a free man, instead of rotting in some cell for the rest of his life like the Nazi sympathizing psychopath waste of oxygen he is.

[-] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Where have I seen this lower face before? Ughhh... I can't quite put my finger on it.

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[-] cley_faye@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Nazi says what?

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

History books will show he said this after the multiple seig heils on stage and telling the AfD to no longer be ashamed of Germany's past.

[-] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Maga = Nazi

[-] Zacryon@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago
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