• nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 hours ago

    It isn’t libel or slander to say he did a nazi salute when he did do it. Now calling him a nazi could be libel or slander, but most rationale people will put two and two together.

    But an entertaining headline from a so called free speech absolutist, ofc anyone with half a brain cell also knew that whole thing was a lie.

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      Now calling him a nazi could be libel or slander

      Noting his recent sucking-up to AfD would be a strong defense for that accusation.

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        Definitely, and his revisionist take that the nazi party were communists or whatever BS him and AdD tried to peddle the other week

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    Welp, as predicted. The reason that many news outlets are hesitant to call out Elon is because they know he will precisely do this. There are instances, of course, where news outlets have inherent bias and downplay some far-right activities (The New York Times in the 1920s claimed Hitler had been reformed after prison), but I think on this occasion news outlets have their fears founded. I’m not saying it’s right but that’s just how the world works.

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    Worth noting that he has not, at any point, denied it was a Nazi salute. Closest thing to a denial he’s done so far is reply, “Thank you,” to an ADL tweet defending him, and he immediately followed that up with a bunch of Nazi puns. Feels like that’s gonna hurt his case.

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      3 hours ago

      That’s like the opposite of a class action, which really doesn’t exist - closest is like a RICO case

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    It wasnt a Nazi salute. He was not saluting Hutler and the third reich.

    It was an American salute in the spirit of Nazi Germany.

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    He’ll pull the old Pedo Guy defence and say that’s just a friendly wave in South Africa.

    Elon Musk is a Pedo Guy.

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    According to the article, Walz said on MSNBC

    “We spent three days debating, or trying to debate that ‘President Musk’ gave a Nazi salute. Of course he did”

    Then one of Musk’s Xitter followers said “I hope Elon sues [Walz] for all he’s worth.” to which Musk replied “I think I will”.

    So, Musk was just talking out his ass, and it’s doubtful he’ll actually file suit.

    This has all got me thinking, how else can Musk be manipulated? Exacerbating cat fights in the administration and surrounding MAGAsphere seems like one of the most promising ways to prevent them from doing too much damage.

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      Twice.

      …and then he made holocaust jokes

      …and then he attended a German Nazi rally

      …and then the administration he works with announced a concentration camp for undesirable immigrants

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      In any decent country, this would go to court and Musk would be a laughing stock. In America though? That idiot might win.

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    Hey Felon Musk, if you don’t want people accusing you of being a Nazi, then don’t do Nazi shit. It’s not a hard concept to understand once you pull your head out of your ass.

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    Public figure “freeze peach” absolutist Elon Musk thinks the first amendment is his little bitch.

    “Let’s essentially tell trans people to kill themselves but when I do two full-throated heils at inauguration live, how dare you call them what they are.”

    I hope he free speech’s his way to a bullet.

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    It was a nazi salute done by a nazi to a nazi in a room full of nazis… I am not sure what else you would call it.

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      nobody thinks it wasn’t a nazi salute, but some people will argue that it wasn’t as a form of trolling… get you to spend energy arguing pointlessly instead of doing things that change things