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I strongly oppose the constant slander and the litany of lies partisan commenters post about Musk. You don't get to throw out "fondness for throwing Nazi salut

I strongly oppose the constant slander and the litany of lies partisan commenters post about Musk. You don't get to throw out "fondness for throwing Nazi salutes" slander, based on an hoax immediately debunked at the time, and then act like you're doing democracy a favor. Try to stick to the facts. Regarding the journalist discussed here, I had a look at his X account, and he posted no less than 20 posts attacking Tesla and Musk in just the last day. It's virtually all he posts, and it indeed appears deranged. The flagged comment was fair enough.

tsimionescu 8mo ago
> based on an hoax immediately debunked at the time We've all seen the video, there is no hoax and no doubt that he was doing a nazi salute, with some level of "humor" defense.
- user34283 8mo ago
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  - ivolimmen 8mo ago
    I think most of us don't care about the opinion of any Israël politician as they are doing Nazi things (genocide).
- paxprose 8mo ago
  Seriously what is up with all the Electrical n apologists? Dude's a nazi. Weaseled his way into everything digitally related to the American government and should be treated like foreign intelligence agent. He has oversold and under-delivered everything he has bought from other people to claim for himself. Weird he's got so many dickriders on HN.
krisoft 8mo ago
> You don't get to throw out "fondness for throwing Nazi salutes" slander, based on an hoax immediately debunked at the time, and then act like you're doing democracy a favor. Just to clarify. This is the video context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VfYjPzj1Xw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VfYjPzj1Xw Are you claiming that this is not an accurate depiction of what happened on stage? (That is the video is in some form fake. A deep fake, or special effects, or an Elon impersonator or whatever.) Or are you claiming that the gesture seen is not a nazi salute?
- user34283 8mo ago
  Yes, "nazi salute" is obviously not an accurate description of the gesture Musk performed before saying "my heart goes out to you".
  - breve 8mo ago
    Here's a thought experiment for you. If I stuck my middle finger up at you while saying "my heart goes out to you", what would you think?
    - user34283 8mo ago
      Probably not that you support the Nazi regime, as that would be a ridiculous thing to think. Particularly so if a year before you visited Auschwitz and stated it was "tragic that humans could do this to other humans", and told us how you attended a Hebrew preschool and have a lot of Jewish friends.
      - breve 8mo ago
        I didn't ask you what you wouldn't think. I asked you what you would think.

tsimionescu 8mo ago

> based on an hoax immediately debunked at the time We've all seen the video, there is no hoax and no doubt that he was doing a nazi salute, with some level of "humor" defense.

user34283 8mo ago
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- ivolimmen 8mo ago
  I think most of us don't care about the opinion of any Israël politician as they are doing Nazi things (genocide).
paxprose 8mo ago
Seriously what is up with all the Electrical n apologists? Dude's a nazi. Weaseled his way into everything digitally related to the American government and should be treated like foreign intelligence agent. He has oversold and under-delivered everything he has bought from other people to claim for himself. Weird he's got so many dickriders on HN.

krisoft 8mo ago

> You don't get to throw out "fondness for throwing Nazi salutes" slander, based on an hoax immediately debunked at the time, and then act like you're doing democracy a favor. Just to clarify. This is the video context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VfYjPzj1Xw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VfYjPzj1Xw Are you claiming that this is not an accurate depiction of what happened on stage? (That is the video is in some form fake. A deep fake, or special effects, or an Elon impersonator or whatever.) Or are you claiming that the gesture seen is not a nazi salute?

user34283 8mo ago
Yes, "nazi salute" is obviously not an accurate description of the gesture Musk performed before saying "my heart goes out to you".
- breve 8mo ago
  Here's a thought experiment for you. If I stuck my middle finger up at you while saying "my heart goes out to you", what would you think?
  - user34283 8mo ago
    Probably not that you support the Nazi regime, as that would be a ridiculous thing to think. Particularly so if a year before you visited Auschwitz and stated it was "tragic that humans could do this to other humans", and told us how you attended a Hebrew preschool and have a lot of Jewish friends.
    - breve 8mo ago
      I didn't ask you what you wouldn't think. I asked you what you would think.