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.

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    Let’s look on the bright side. He is still reluctant to publicly acknowledge it, which means that even he knows it is a shameful thing to be. I would be more afraid if he said “Hell yeah, I am, what are you gonna do about it? Do you own a President like I do?”

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      I mean I guess this might be conspiracy territory (although at this point I feel he’s pretty much completely admitted as much through his whole “I am become meme” cringe persona) but I feel like it’s pretty clear he knew exactly what he was doing at the inauguration and just did it as a “lol watch what edgy thing I’m gonna do… and they won’t do a thing about it” and he was 8 billion percent right. Nobody did a damn thing.

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        Don’t say that on Lemmy. You’ll get a bunch of defensive milquetoast liberals demanding to hear know what YOU’VE done before you’re allowed to speak on the issue.

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    • re-instates white supremacists accounts on Twitter while also banning journalists accounts (so its clearly not a “free speech” excuse of for the re-instatements
    • backs the aFD whose party leader has been fined multiple times for using Nazi slogans
    • Musk personally performs two back-to-back Nazi salutes from a podium on national television in front of huge live audience

    For someone claiming to not be a Nazi he sure does Nazi things.

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    straight-arm salute

    It’s called a nazi salute. Don’t spread doubt on what it was. He did it twice in close succession. The only other reason for holding your arm up like that is when you explain how high Blondie, Hitler’s dog, could jump.

    ‘Nazi’ isn’t a preferable pronounce, it’s what you’re called when you act like a nazi, talk like a nazi and salute like a fucking nazi.

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    If not Nazi, why Sieg Heil-shaped? 🙄

    On a completely unrelated topic, just look at Hitler sending his heart out to his people, how heartwarming.

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      damn, even the timing is accurate… it is like he has been practising since young.

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    Bro literally intentionally does a Nazi salute on TV and then whines when people say he’s a Nazi…

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    Don’t want to be accused of being a Nazi, then don’t fucking act like one you stupid cunt.

    If you’re looking for sympathy you can look elsewhere.

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    Guys, he’s absolutely right, and absolutely worse - Nazis have ideals (however flawed and monstrous) and this POS has none.

    He’s an opportunist psychopath with 0 qualms about throwing a Nazi salute if it gets him what he wants. He’s a Nazi sympathizing parasite who’ll fake anything for likes, and the only thing he deserves is to serve as a ridiculed, timeless reminder for future generations the dangers of mindless celebrity worship and billionaires.

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    Musk claims he’s targeted for character assassination

    Seem to remember him character assassinating a dude who helped save some Thai children a decade or so ago, except that was false and him acting real Nazi makes me think he prolly a real Nazi.