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> media would savagely quote them I think you're confused as to which side of the employer-employee struggle the media aligns itself with. All major news outle
by wesselbindt 2y ago
> media would savagely quote them
I think you're confused as to which side of the employer-employee struggle the media aligns itself with. All major news outlets are owned by the owning class, whose interests align with those of Bezos and other employers.
Recently, a member of the owning class did a literal actual Hitler salute on stage twice, and the closest the mass media came to calling a spade a spade was saying things like "alleged resemblance to a Roman salute".
- zmgsabst 2y agohttps://x.com/ADL/status/1881474892022919403 https://x.com/ADL/status/1881474892022919403
- wesselbindt 2y agoReal apartheid defense league moment
- chillingeffect 2y agoIt'a funny. I always thought of the ADL as having a hair-trigger, over-blaming. Then this happened and I can't figure out if they're just trying to survive? If they're more interested in protecting certain groups than others? Doesnt make sense.
- eastbound 2y agoMaybe it was, genuinely, too much excitement when saluting the crowd. It is obvious to me and I’m really surprised so many people were talked into believing it was anything else than a mistake. If he really wanted to come out as a “Charlie Chapplin” fan, he would have repainted his brands in the associated colours.
- 42772827 2y agoHe did it twice and never apologized.
- chillingeffect 2y agoOverexcitement leads to a Nazi salute? That's not a thing. That doesn't happen anywhere else or to anyone else. I'm really surprised so many people were talked into believing it was benign. Especially giving his stirring up the AfD, the modern German nazi party.
- baobabKoodaa 2y agoAre you just trying to bait people into political flamewars? > Recently, a member of the owning class did a literal actual Hitler salute on stage twice, and the closest the mass media came to calling a spade a spade was saying things like "alleged resemblance to a Roman salute". It took me literally 2 seconds to google for an example of mass media calling it a "Nazi salute". So you're basically just lying to promote your political agenda.
- wesselbindt 2y agoI googled "Elon Musk nazi salute", and all I'm seeing is "apparent", in the Guardian. You're just flat out wrong.
- baobabKoodaa 2y agoHere's what you said: > the closest the mass media came to calling a spade a spade was saying things like "alleged resemblance to a Roman salute". Here's the Guardian: > ‘The gesture speaks for itself’: Germans respond to Musk’s apparent Nazi salute Can you see how you didn't accurately describe the text "apparent Nazi salute" when you chose the words "alleged resemblance to a Roman salute"? There's a word for what you did. It's "lying".
- _heimdall 2y agoWhat would you like them to have said? Most would agree what he did appeared similar to a Nazi salute. Describing it as an "apparent" Nazi salute seems accurate.
- baobabKoodaa 2y agoHis claim is that nobody is calling at an "apparent Nazi salute". According to him, the MOST anyone is claiming is that it is an "apparent Roman salute". This is a lie, as multiple mainstream news outlets are in fact using the word "Nazi" as opposed to the word "Roman".
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