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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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[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 18 points 5 days ago

Sieg Heiling Space Karen Elon Musk, to be certain, is a Nazi.

It would appear her snowflake feelings are hurt, because we're holding her accountable for her Sieg Heil salutes.

But she brought that on to herself.

[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 5 days ago

"I need to save Tesla stock so I'll just lie long enough for people to forget."

Pretty funny/terrible that there is so much news about all these turds (probably by design) that it becomes exceedingly difficult to search to fact-check older things and bring up previous articles one remembers. Even AI has problems parsing the searches. It is like 1984's information-deletion theme isn't even needed. You just create enough noise that the signal gets lost.

Re-found this info though to float it back up to the top: https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/elon-musks-political-shift-family-34222327

Discussing with MailOnline, Errol conveyed his satisfaction at observing Elon own up to his background, stating: "I think for the first time Elon was accepting who he is. Until recently, he's been a sort of character on a stage." He then added his thoughts on his sons' initial political trajectories saying, "When you come from South Africa, Lefties think you're a Nazi. To succeed, you need to be accepted by them so my sons, [Elon and younger brother Kimbal, a hugely successful restaurateur], started to become these flaming liberals – turning away from South Africa and their roots, which included me. Finally, Elon was embracing his heritage and his destiny," reported the Mirror.

Of course, "South Africa and their roots" == Apartheid, white nationalism, and all the usual stuff leading up to Fascism and Godwin's law.

[–] Norodix@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wait Joshua was racist??!?

[–] GooseG17@lemm.ee 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That came out of nowhere...

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

If he cheers on the neo Nazis, salutes like a Nazi, and tries to set up a government program to start gathering information about everyone (like Nazis did), he must be a duck!

[–] Eggyhead@lemmings.world 5 points 5 days ago

Bro did a nazi salute on stage twice. Wtf did he expect?

[–] sircac@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

...without specifying in which sense exactly, like, he is not precisely allegiant to Adolf

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Two enthusiastic salutes says you a Nazi fuck boy Melon.

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