Summary

Elon Musk escalated controversy over accusations that his salute at a Trump rally resembled a “Sieg heil” by posting Nazi-related jokes on X, referencing figures like Rudolf Hess and Joseph Goebbels.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) initially defended Musk, urging “a bit of grace” and “benefit of the doubt,” but later condemned his Holocaust-related jokes as offensive.

Conservative Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also defended Musk.

Critics highlighted Musk’s history of promoting far-right conspiracy theories and enabling neo-Nazi content on X, raising concerns about increasing offensive rhetoric on the platform.

  • @noticks@lemmy.world
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    18 months ago

    reading comprehension issues, eh? they’re not saying that Nazis are right, they’re saying the logic is right when it’s applied correctly. using the logic as a vessel for racism isn’t right, which is how the Nazi used it, but it doesn’t make the statement itself wrong. if a Nazi said that the sky is blue, would you have a hard time accepting that non-nazis can also say the sky is blue?

    • Ech
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      -38 months ago

      They literally did, but to your hypothetical, I would say the sky is blue, not “Nazis are right”, to any percentage. Saying Israel is wrong here in no way requires or justifies substantiating anything a nazi says.