The problem with any excuse you make for Elon is that Elon is too stupid to keep his mouth shut and give the excuse any plausibility. After the nazi salute he went on Twitter to make nazi puns about it. It is certain beyond reasonable doubt that he knows exactly what the salute was. Even if you give him the insane benefit of the doubt that it was really “his heart going out” and accidentally looked like the salute, his having shown he knows what it looks like but never stating he does not actually believe in the ideology or want present himself as an ally to nazis is just as damning.
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Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoThe excuse his enablers give is absurd. Ask yourself what’s worse: give a Nazi salute on TV or doing a gesture the entire world knows as a Nazi salute on TV and not realizing it? They’re both bad enough that he shouldn’t be in charge of a lemonade stand.
patatahooligan@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Anyone arguing that Musk didn’t know exactly what he was doing is just another Nazi pissing in the wind and deserves every bit of blow back they get.
The only thing Musk didn’t understand is that he was branding himself and everything he touches as nothing more than Nazi scum for the rest of his miserable life.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I firmly believe he was doing it for the lulz. It totally fits his MO, and it’ll be hard to convince me otherwise.
However, that doesn’t mean he gets a pass. We shouldn’t have childish people in positions of power, so his actions should disqualify him from any influence in the White House.