cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/29138283

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.

  • DogPeePoo@lemm.ee
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    Did Fox News then challenge him and show a clip of him throwing up a Sieg Heil Nazi salute at CPAC earlier this year?

    Of course they didn’t because Fox News isn’t journalism, but rather a Nazi sympathizing propaganda dissemination fire hose.

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      Then there’s the whole supporting the AFD. If he’s not a Nazi, why is he supporting Nazis?

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    “You grew up in South Africa,” Lara Trump, Trump’s daughter-in-law and Fox News host, said in the new interview. “You lived during a period of Apartheid. I’m sure you’ve seen a lot of horrific things. So to be called a Nazi by people, to be made out to be this monster, that must be really hard for you.”

    Notice how Elon’s response doesn’t take the opportunity handed to him on a silver plate to say “Apartheid was bad obviously” or something like that. As far as I know he’s never said anything about the topic, which you’d think he’d find an opportunity to do at some point among his many public statements. Unless, of course, his opinion on apartheid would be the extremely unpopular one we’d suspect, given everything else about his politics and background.

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    He’s a nazi in the same way a cyber truck is a truck.

    Newer, more dangerous, and destined for failure.