ian wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2025 5:31 am
The optics aren't good, and apparently it's caused Reddit to lose their fucking minds but I think context is important.
He said "my heart goes out to you" tapped his chest and put a raised palm out... If he'd said "now Trump is in we're going to gas the Jews and put the trans in concentration camps" and held his arm out for more than half a second I'd be more inclined to believe it was intended as an actual Nazi salute.
He was just a guy who made an unfortunate movement and it's been taken the wrong way by people who aren't happy with him, or with Trump.
It's really no where near as bad as people make it seem...
Also in the same speech he was punching down at the ground! DISGUSTING! he WAS Mimicking domestic violence against women!!! There's the real news story.
No, the AfD are fine because they lumped Nazis in with the communists. And the AfD hates communists, which means they're great.
They're just plain old folks who want a better country without all those pesky genders and marriage equality. It the kind of good vibes that will bring back that classic Western Ideology that will spur our economies. The gays are the real problem here in the US too, not an overgrown, stifling class of mega wealthy plutocrats that are able to share their thoughts to millions without any oversight or competition. I'm glad that we've dismantled that pesky legacy media (thousands of local news operations) to lift up the new massive media conglomerates like Gannett, Sinclair, Nexstar, Reddit, X and Meta. Rather than be confused by a dizzingly number of different political and social beliefs, we can all be grouped into a binary system of thought. Be careful though, only one of those groups are the true patriots.
It's also a great thing to stick with established and well-known energy sources rather than waste time and money into researching new ones. I'm sure my gender-fluid relatives are happy to know that gender has finally been solved for them. We should take Elon's word on that, especially since any bans or laws won't apply to him or his children because money can buy anything.
Everything's great on X! And looking through Elon's timeline fills me with pride and hope for the future. I hope he becomes the first trillionaire (maybe with a little help from the current administration).
ian wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2025 5:31 am
The optics aren't good, and apparently it's caused Reddit to lose their fucking minds but I think context is important.
He said "my heart goes out to you" tapped his chest and put a raised palm out... If he'd said "now Trump is in we're going to gas the Jews and put the trans in concentration camps" and held his arm out for more than half a second I'd be more inclined to believe it was intended as an actual Nazi salute.
He was just a guy who made an unfortunate movement and it's been taken the wrong way by people who aren't happy with him, or with Trump.
It's really no where near as bad as people make it seem...
Also in the same speech he was punching down at the ground! DISGUSTING! he WAS Mimicking domestic violence against women!!! There's the real news story.
He is a nazi, he loves nazis, he can go get fucked with the rest of the nazis the world defeated 80 years ago
My father and grandparents came here from Germany when my dad was a kid. I have no sympathy for nazis or wannabe nazis like this drug fucked lunatic
I think the drug fucked lunatic part is probably the biggest reason for his actions.
However, everyone should be a lot more alarmed about the damage their elected leader can do than a drug fucked lunatic, albeit a rich one.
Nazis aren't a problem.. the rest of the world kicked their asses, and we'll do it again if need be, but I do wonder if he'd try that shit in Germany. I don't think all the money and freedom in the world would save him if he tried that shit there.
Those bums won their court case so they're marching today!
What bums?
The fucking Nazi party!
Illinois Nazis pffft.
I hate Illinois Nazis!
Skynet wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2025 8:28 pm
Australia dropped our 1 and 2 cent coins from circulation in the early 90s. I don't agree with much he says, but this decision makes sense.
The weirdest and most outrageous part of that whole front page is that Gen Z are terrified of capital letters.
I think it was probably a typo and it was supposed to be terrified of capitalism, but the editor didn't notice. And if it IS supposed to be capital letters, they aren't going to get new readers who are scared of capital letters by printing most of their front page in upper case.
Or maybe capital letters is a code word or metaphor for cost of living?
Either way it's not even close to the stupidest thing I've seen on a newspaper in recent memory.
ian wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2025 7:17 pm
The weirdest and most outrageous part of that whole front page is that Gen Z are terrified of capital letters.
I think it was probably a typo and it was supposed to be terrified of capitalism, but the editor didn't notice. And if it IS supposed to be capital letters, they aren't going to get new readers who are scared of capital letters by printing most of their front page in upper case.
Or maybe capital letters is a code word or metaphor for cost of living?
Either way it's not even close to the stupidest thing I've seen on a newspaper in recent memory.
It’s a clickbait title. If I had to guess, it’s probably about how, due to texting, younger people see capital letters as yelling. So they are ‘terrified’ because they think someone is yelling at them when they read it.
