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[–] [email protected] 149 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

"OMG guys look. Nazis were a specific group in Germany circa the 1940's. Elon is just a massive, authoritarian loving racist, okay? Not a Nazi. Read a dictionary."

God I wish I just came up with that joke myself instead of basing it on real arguments I've heard. 😮‍💨

[–] [email protected] 90 points 1 week ago

If he's not from the Nazi region of Germany, he's not real Nazi, he's just a sparkling fascist. 🧐

(Not an original comment, but it's too good not to recycle)

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 week ago (22 children)

I’ve gotten really wary of people when they start splitting hairs:

  • “Nazis were a specific group in Germany”
  • “What’s happening is Gaza isn’t a real genocide”
  • “Hebephilia is not the same as pedophilia”
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[–] [email protected] 104 points 1 week ago (38 children)

Who could have guessed that the rich white South African would turn out to be a white supremacist?

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[–] [email protected] 84 points 1 week ago (23 children)

"He probably did it as a joke."

Actual excuse I've heard from multiple people.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I thought the point of a joke was to be funny? What is funny about memeing a Nazi salute?

People are goddamn morons.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They're lying. The joke is on you.

"Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past."

Jean-Paul Sartre

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Omg, just because he said he's a Nazi doesn't mean he actually is one. You need to remember he's autistic. He's on the spectrum. Are really harassing this poor man on something he can't control?!

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Sad thing is that, regardless of what he is or isn't, people are answering his attention whoring with attention.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

he is a digital frotteur (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frotteurism). at the same time this is where everyone should draw the line.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago

The only reason I think it was a nazi salute is that it was done by a nazi...

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