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He is a white guy raised under apartheid who's throwing nazi salutes, overtly referencing nazi ideology and symbology, hiring white supremacist staff to work fo
by dns_snek 2y ago
He is a white guy raised under apartheid who's throwing nazi salutes, overtly referencing nazi ideology and symbology, hiring white supremacist staff to work for him, promoting white supremacist content on a platform that he bought for that explicit purpose, and attending rallies in foreign countries to promote far-right ideology.
There's no room for reasonable discussion with anyone who can look at that and come to the conclusion that they're being "framed" as nazis. To be clear, I don't believe all of their voters are nazis, just those who decide to stick with the party in light of the overwhelming evidence.
- cshores 2y ago[flagged]
- monkeyfun 2y agoDisclaimer: this entire subject is so meaningless, I half hate that I'm writing about it because we should really be focusing on the neofeudalists / tech-feudalists who are further corrupting an already dysfunctional government with a sinister agenda, not about if someone did or did not make a gesture with "enough" intent. Why do you think the ADL didn't call it a nazi salute? What was different about Musk recently then, and what nation is he a vocal supporter of, much like the rest of the political party and president he's attached to? I believe you'll find it more obvious that it's a case of selective bias to promote political causes they're attached to -- especially given that this is an organization that's called the "ok" hand gesture a nazi one, and generally calls anyone an antisemitic nazi if they so much as doubt if Israel is behaving justly. Follow the money; follow the power.
- cshores 2y ago[flagged]
- Vilian 2y agoConservative and Russian propaganda, name a better duo
- cshores 2y agoFFS Americans are the most propagandized people on the planet and that comes from within.
- blooalien 2y agoI dunno about most exactly, but it's really sad that we're on an anywhere remotely similar level to China, Russia, North Korea, etc in that regard and still have a goodly percentage of our populace not only completely unaware of the fact, but actively cheering on those who are doing it to them.
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- johnnyanmac 2y agoI've seen enough actual full blown Nazis call it a nazi salute that anything else is meaningless. The point is that it empowered actual nazis to rise up. That's the worst part. And the ADL hasn't exactly been "left leaning" for a while now.
- cshores 2y ago[dead]