3 ms·

Shouldn't the tech community be roundly calling this out and condemning this? It's probably a sick billionaire joke, but regardless it's disgusting.

LightBug1 2y ago
Apparantly mainstream non-live broadcasts cut it out so not all may have seen it.
DanAtC 2y ago
[flagged]
- minimaxir 2y ago
  Technically it is political content which is off topic, but traditional HN policies are going to be tested the next few years.
  - rUsHeYaFuBu 2y ago
    > Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. It is certainly an interesting new phenomenon or development.
  - mullingitover 2y ago
    [flagged]
minimaxir 2y ago
The ADL (who Musk sued for earlier giving him bad publicity) conspicuously avoided condemning it. https://x.com/ADL/status/1881474892022919403 https://x.com/ADL/status/1881474892022919403
- mullingitover 2y ago
  They just hired Ballard Partners, a swamp creature PR firm tied to Trump[1]. [1] https://jewishinsider.com/2025/01/anti-defamation-league-trump-ballard-partners-antisemitism-policy/ https://jewishinsider.com/2025/01/anti-defamation-league-tru...
- ceejayoz 2y ago
  So, “a ceasefire would be nice” is bad (https://www.instagram.com/p/C0zInRCspoZ/ https://www.instagram.com/p/C0zInRCspoZ/) but a set of two full-throated Nazi salutes requires “grace”. Huh.
- deleted 2y ago
  [deleted]
tayo42 2y ago
tech community seems to have shifted to the political right in the last few months. where on the internet can you even speak up right now? Or what can be done in person? people voted for this.
- api 2y ago
  Few months? The really huge shift started back with Gamergate and similar things.
- chadcmulligan 2y ago
  even reddit seems to be trending to the right, which is odd
  - tayo42 2y ago
    Maybe, maybe I'm misremembering but I think younger then millennial generations are more conservative now. I heard an interesting point, that most younger people (like mid 20s) have had trump and things he says be part of a significant part of their lives. This is all normal
- smgit 2y ago
  Speaking is over rated. Many from Tech spoke up after WikiLeaks and during Arab Spring/Tahrir Square. Guess who is in charge over there today? Generals. Other option would have been religious loonies. For the simple reason the military and religious people are better organized. Tech is not an organized around anything. Its just a diverse bunch rowing in whatever directions the tools they are familiar with allow them too.
- sidibe 2y ago
  The "tech community" is used to label both the very liberal on average big tech employees and the PayPal Mafia/VC people who have very different politics. Lately the latter have been much louder.
deleted 2y ago
[deleted]

LightBug1 2y ago

Apparantly mainstream non-live broadcasts cut it out so not all may have seen it.

DanAtC 2y ago

[flagged]

minimaxir 2y ago
Technically it is political content which is off topic, but traditional HN policies are going to be tested the next few years.
- rUsHeYaFuBu 2y ago
  > Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. It is certainly an interesting new phenomenon or development.
- mullingitover 2y ago
  [flagged]

minimaxir 2y ago

The ADL (who Musk sued for earlier giving him bad publicity) conspicuously avoided condemning it. https://x.com/ADL/status/1881474892022919403 https://x.com/ADL/status/1881474892022919403

mullingitover 2y ago
They just hired Ballard Partners, a swamp creature PR firm tied to Trump[1]. [1] https://jewishinsider.com/2025/01/anti-defamation-league-trump-ballard-partners-antisemitism-policy/ https://jewishinsider.com/2025/01/anti-defamation-league-tru...
ceejayoz 2y ago
So, “a ceasefire would be nice” is bad (https://www.instagram.com/p/C0zInRCspoZ/ https://www.instagram.com/p/C0zInRCspoZ/) but a set of two full-throated Nazi salutes requires “grace”. Huh.
deleted 2y ago
[deleted]

tayo42 2y ago

tech community seems to have shifted to the political right in the last few months. where on the internet can you even speak up right now? Or what can be done in person? people voted for this.

api 2y ago
Few months? The really huge shift started back with Gamergate and similar things.
chadcmulligan 2y ago
even reddit seems to be trending to the right, which is odd
- tayo42 2y ago
  Maybe, maybe I'm misremembering but I think younger then millennial generations are more conservative now. I heard an interesting point, that most younger people (like mid 20s) have had trump and things he says be part of a significant part of their lives. This is all normal
smgit 2y ago
Speaking is over rated. Many from Tech spoke up after WikiLeaks and during Arab Spring/Tahrir Square. Guess who is in charge over there today? Generals. Other option would have been religious loonies. For the simple reason the military and religious people are better organized. Tech is not an organized around anything. Its just a diverse bunch rowing in whatever directions the tools they are familiar with allow them too.
sidibe 2y ago
The "tech community" is used to label both the very liberal on average big tech employees and the PayPal Mafia/VC people who have very different politics. Lately the latter have been much louder.

deleted 2y ago

[deleted]