Why was there a pro-Hitler, Holocaust-denying ad on X?

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• TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The site is literally bought, paid for, and owned by a nazi.

  Next question.

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  • idunnololz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It hurts when i do this. What should i do.

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    • Slovene@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Stop doing it. NEXT!

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• ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It might seem trivial, but this stupid headline points to one reason Republicans have been winning. Everyone (notably journalists) still feels the need to “play the game” as they’ve always known it.

  Oh, Candidate A said something? The game rules say you now have to run a quote in response from Candidate B.

  But when Candidate B is an openly corrupt, lying, fascist, rapist shitpile who can’t make it to the potty in time and is in the pocket of Russia, maybe take the fucking gloves off at some point and stop pretending you can or SHOULD be impartial. Here, watch:

  Musk-Owned X Now Running Pro-Hitler, Holocaust-Denying Ads

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  • mannycalavera@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Here, watch:

    After Public Nazi Salute Musk-Owned X Now Running Pro-Hitler, Holocaust-Denying Ads

    Because they’re scared. Print that, get buried in lawsuits by the richest edge lord in history.

    You have to be smarter than this and actually defund his backers. Make it incredibly hard for them to be associated with him. Show him as a losing proposition.

    As long as he’s winning, people are buying Tesla’s, the US is financing public money into space X, and multinationals are active and paying for Twitter then nothing is going to change.

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    • DonAntonioMagino@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This can’t be the whole truth, though. What ivanafterall is describing is true for essentially the whole western world. Media (or at least high-brow media) feel they need to be respectable, and to be respectable you have to be perfectly neutral. Not just in America did established media feel the need trivialise Musk’s obvious Hitler, this happened all over. I follow Dutch and German media, and haven’t seen a mainline newspaper call it what it was.

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    • DrFistington@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Just change it to ‘controversial salute’ and keep the rest. People will fill in the blanks

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    • yggstyle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Scared? The journalists shouldn’t be. They’ll never have to write about it.

      Every major news organization is owned by a small handful of people playing for the same team. Internet exposure? Maybe for a few minutes before your site is delisted/deranked and/or taken down by a barrage of nonsense DCMA takedown notices that are effective immediately (with no evidence) but to reverse them you need to painstakingly disprove each: to both your provider and the claimant.

      Time to accept that we’re juuuust at the tipping point of freedom of speech and expression. Slip a bit more and we’re sliding right into an identical situation as seen in China, North Korea, and Russia. Remind me… who does the head apricot idolize? Neat.

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You can and should have spicy reporting while remaining impartial. It takes more work to drum up the evidence, but that’s what separates good reporting from great reporting.

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• flop_leash_973@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Because X is owned by a pro-hitler probably Holocaust-denying shit heal.

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  • chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    He doesn’t deny the holocaust. He sees it as a good idea.

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    • MentallyExhausted@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Nazis do both at the same time because they lie

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    • communism@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s quite common for nazis to do both. “The death count is inflated, but they deserved it anyway/I wish it were more” and such.

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    • GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Of course he does, it reminds him of home.

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  • SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    *that did a Nazi salute.

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  • Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    *shitheel

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• Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Because pro-Hitler, Holocaust-denying content aligns with the platforms ownership and doesn’t receive an appropriate response from a user base who learned about aliens on History and history on Fox News entertainment.

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• Lilith_the_serpent@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Because Elon is a Nazi.

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  • Etterra@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The “master” race

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    • IDrawPoorly@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The beast with two heads

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• umbraroze@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Well, duh, where else would a pro-Hitler, Holocaust-denying ad be?

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  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    reddit.

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  • Ledivin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Meta? Zuck has been extremely supportive of the nazis in power so far

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    • cotlovan@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Haha, last time, when Facebook was “fact checking” and “fighting disinformation” the Zucc was a hero, now he suddenly supports nazis.

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  • kipo@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Alphabet and Meta might be at that point soon, with the way things are going.

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• JustZ@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sure it’s an ad and not just the owner’s tweets?

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  • payhn@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It says it’s an ad in the post at the top right

    x.com/goldberg_ebooks/status/1889852084926947389

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    • phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh yeah, I too hate Hitler only because of Schindlers list. I grew up in Europe in the 80s and there is absolutely no other reason than that movie why we should hate him, really! The guy could do no wrong, he even loved dogs! Hell, he even painted! Bos Ross paints too, why would you hate Bob Ross? Don’t hate Hitler, he’s like Bob Ross!

      I feel like I need to shower and apologize to Bob after writing this.

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    • JustZ@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Jfc.

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• octopus_ink@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is it for the curious:

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• Etterra@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How is that a serious question? Are they trying to be deliberately obtuse, or are they just fucking stupid?

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  • OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Just asking questions makes it harder to sue under English libel law.

    Look at the difference.

    Elon musk is a Nazi.

    A clear factual statement leaves room for disagreement. Maybe he’s just an edgelord fascist radicalized by 4chan but doesn’t have enough fashion sense to be a Nazi.

    Elon musk is a Nazi?

    Perfectly safe.

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    • Etterra@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Interesting. I hadn’t considered that possibility.

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• AfricanGrey@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You know why.

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• SVcross@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Stop asking questions when you know the answer.

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• Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You know why.

  Also, get off Twitler

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• DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Because look who’s running it, that’s why.

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  • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    He has Nazi sympathizers in his family going back to WWII. He grew up in apartheid South Africa. Dude is scary.

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• AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Where else would one publish such an ad?

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  • BradleyUffner@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Whitehouse.gov?

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  • Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    At home, I.e. “Truth” Social?

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• chemicalprophet@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why is water wet?

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• RangerJosey@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You get 3 guesses.

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  • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • Freefall@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Got it in 1

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    • RangerJosey@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Whatever that was the mods were quick to delete it. Almost too quick.

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• lol_idk@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s the new Apple ad campaign

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• homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why is anyone asking such an idiotic question?

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  • Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    For idiots to know the answer.

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• RunningInRVA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Because we all saw this coming after everybody voted for Trump last November. If you didn’t see it coming then you were just part of their plan.

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• Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t think the question is if there was one.

  The question is, would anyone be surprised if there was?

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• ohellidk@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Cuz its X, that’s why. I really don’t know why we tolerate this shit, or why people still use that site.

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  • SupraMario@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yep. I’m so lost why anyone who remotely dislikes trump and musk still use it. Switch to bluesky or something from the fediverse…but gtfo xitter…

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• saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have added Elon to my block keywords, but lately the circlejerk had somehow seeped its way out onto my feed.

  Could anyone share other blocked terms they find effective?

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  • Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Add Elmo and pedoguy.

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  • merde@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “on X”

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    • saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh, that’s good.

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• ZombieMantis@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You know why. We all know why.

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• Vespair@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why is there steak at the steakhouse??

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• finitebanjo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Gee I wonder why. Truly a mystery for the chronicles. /s

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• cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  that’s just elon’s account

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• TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The ad paid money to the platform, and said platform has been increasingly permissive with hate and anger since Musk bought it.

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• hightrix@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How does this article not include a picture of the ad?

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  • nomy@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s linked.

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    • jsomae@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The article’s link goes to X (twitter) though, not to imgur.

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• cotlovan@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Because musk himself posted those ads, obviously.

  What is the point of that article? Let’s associate everything negative on Twitter with musk personally because we dont like him?

  Funny, I expected to find “Technology” posts here, not political activism.

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  • MellowYellow13@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Musk wasnt even elected

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    • jsomae@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Out of curiosity, are any other state secretaries elected? (Canadian here, don’t know US system well.)

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  • sunflowercowboy@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If you think technology isnt analogous with socio-political development then you have definitely missed a huge point in the tech-sphere.

    Technology is not your friend. It will consume you, destroy you, and ultimately replace you. Not in a philosophical way, but rather literal sadly.

    It’s not a new thought, decades old.

    If you do not want to be aware, please close your eyes. Life will eventually force them awake.

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• Doorbook@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  • spend millions to create laws to protect a genocidal entity working towards ethnic cleansing Palestinians from their lands.
  • why Twitter have a Nazi and?

  What do you expect from people who worked hard to support Zionist Nazi in their mission in genociding the Palestinians since WWII with historical knowing ties to Hitler, and allowing them to bluntly own all branches of government? It was evident at least since the attempt of ethnically cleansing Gaza that the US government and many fascist allies in Europe have no issue with white supremacy. They been actively and proudly stating their goals, but the American people got played with fake democracy until it reaches this moment.

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  • Saleh@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Seriously, my first thought was looking forward to the ADL explaining why smiling Hitler denying the Holocaust is not antisemitic since it isnt against Israel or something.

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  • cotlovan@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “Zionist nazis” is the most ridiculous thing I read this month. People like you really lost contact with the reality

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    • MellowYellow13@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Projection

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    • Doorbook@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes definitely lost touch with reality.

      www.jstor.org/stable/2536016 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haavara_Agreement

      The Haavara Agreement (Hebrew: הֶסְכֵּם הַעֲבָרָה, romanized: heskem haavara, lit. ‘transfer agreement’) was an agreement between Nazi Germany and Zionist organizations signed on 25 August 1933. The agreement was finalized after three months of talks by the Zionist Federation of Germany, the Anglo-Palestine Bank (under the directive of the Jewish Agency) and the economic authorities of Nazi Germany. It was a major factor in making possible the migration of approximately 60,000 German Jews to Palestine between 1933 and 1939.[1]

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