02-07-2025, 02:39 PM
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#5361
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Join Date: Aug 2009
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Why did musk go after USAID
One of Musk's first moves as DOGE chief has been to#dismantle USAID, convincing the Trump administration that the agency is a waste of federal spending and not fit for purpose.
This raises a potential conflict of interest, as Musk's company was under investigation by USAID shortly before he began calling for the shutdown. Starlink's activity in Eastern Europe has been criticized, with many Russian operatives#claiming to have access to Starlink#despite Musk's assurances that only Ukraine was using the service.
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02-07-2025, 02:45 PM
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#5362
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Lifetime In Suspension
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I think a lot of these Nazi sympathizers feel that unless there's video of someone loading Jews into a gas chamber they're not actually a Nazi. As already detailed there are a litany of actions that support Nazi ideology by Elon himself, his signal boosting of white supremacist and Nazi accounts, and the physical actions you can see with you own two eyes are not evidence enough for them. They'll cry about a witch-hunt as has been the recent tradition and you'll be left trying to use reason on someone who's unreasonable.
If they're not willing to let evidence inform their opinion you can't be surprised when reason and logic also fail them. This is how they weasel into popular thought and society, trying to create shades of grey to make their abhorrent views more palatable to a wider audience. Sad to see someone fall into that trap.
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02-07-2025, 02:53 PM
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#5363
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wins 10 internets
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Originally Posted by Icantwhisper
I'm going to side with Israel (on this issue only) and the US defamation league and say that while not appropriate and awkward it wasn't meant as a Nazi salute.
X or twitter or whatever it is is obligated to follow the law, car makers don't make speed limits, twitter doesn't make the law for what is legal to say and what isn't.
Asking a corporation to decide such things seems like what we are trying to avoid.
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Can we just not have nazi apologists on this board?
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02-07-2025, 02:54 PM
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#5364
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov
You spelt dick wrong.
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stupid autocorrect.
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02-07-2025, 03:28 PM
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#5365
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Just to be clear, you guys think the richest man in the world a Nazi who is going to bring back their ideology of mass executions so the elite can prosper?
And your contribution to stopping this from happening is posting on an obscure website, the equivalent of "thoughts and prayers"?
And anyone who disagrees with calling him a Nazi is a Nazi-apologist, this is George Bush level, you're either with us or against us garbage.
Please tell me you're doing more. At least burn a Tesla, take a stand, do something.
Oh yeah, you cancelled your twitter, problem solved.
And just to be clear I don't really agree with anything Musk is doing, I disagree with his being a called Nazi as I'm going to need a lot more evil committed against humanity before I start agreeing with Nazi.
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02-07-2025, 03:31 PM
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#5366
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Apartment 5A
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Wtf
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02-07-2025, 03:34 PM
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#5367
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis
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Can we call him chicken ####er at least?
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02-07-2025, 03:38 PM
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#5368
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: wearing raccoons for boots
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What makes you think I havent been burning Teslas...I mean I try to but they combust all by themselves most times
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02-07-2025, 03:39 PM
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#5369
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Icantwhisper
Just to be clear, you guys think the richest man in the world a Nazi who is going to bring back their ideology of mass executions so the elite can prosper?
And your contribution to stopping this from happening is posting on an obscure website, the equivalent of "thoughts and prayers"?
And anyone who disagrees with calling him a Nazi is a Nazi-apologist, this is George Bush level, you're either with us or against us garbage.
Please tell me you're doing more. At least burn a Tesla, take a stand, do something.
Oh yeah, you cancelled your twitter, problem solved.
And just to be clear I don't really agree with anything Musk is doing, I disagree with his being a called Nazi as I'm going to need a lot more evil committed against humanity before I start agreeing with Nazi.
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What evidence would you need to see, because it's probably out there. What's the thing that would make you go "ok, ya, he's a nazi"? I am actually curious, because I personally struggle to see how it people can't recognize that, but maybe my "ya, he's a nazi" bar is lower than most? I dunno, you tell me.
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02-07-2025, 03:40 PM
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#5370
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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I will say, "go burn a Tesla, do something" is not something I expected to read in this thread today.
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02-07-2025, 03:47 PM
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#5371
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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I had forgotten about this as well. Musk knows how to throw his heart to a crowd. This is Elon throwing his heart.
This is Elon throwing a Nazi salute:
I presume there will be no further questions.
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02-07-2025, 03:53 PM
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#5372
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Scoring Winger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuzz
What evidence would you need to see, because it's probably out there. What's the thing that would make you go "ok, ya, he's a nazi"? I am actually curious, because I personally struggle to see how it people can't recognize that, but maybe my "ya, he's a nazi" bar is lower than most? I dunno, you tell me.
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My guess is that you couldn't even get him to admit Hitler had Nazi tendencies. The heart wants what the heart wants
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02-07-2025, 04:08 PM
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#5373
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by flizzenflozz
My guess is that you couldn't even get him to admit Hitler had Nazi tendencies. The heart wants what the heart wants
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Oh god, big leap there.
I’ll wait for Israel, they’d have to agree with you right?
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02-07-2025, 04:19 PM
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#5374
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Icantwhisper
Just to be clear, you guys think the richest man in the world a Nazi who is going to bring back their ideology of mass executions so the elite can prosper?
And your contribution to stopping this from happening is posting on an obscure website, the equivalent of "thoughts and prayers"?
And anyone who disagrees with calling him a Nazi is a Nazi-apologist, this is George Bush level, you're either with us or against us garbage.
Please tell me you're doing more. At least burn a Tesla, take a stand, do something.
Oh yeah, you cancelled your twitter, problem solved.
And just to be clear I don't really agree with anything Musk is doing, I disagree with his being a called Nazi as I'm going to need a lot more evil committed against humanity before I start agreeing with Nazi.
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Fight the good fight....bro?.....
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02-07-2025, 04:20 PM
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#5375
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Can we call him chicken ####er at least?
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No
He isn't in the RCR
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02-07-2025, 04:32 PM
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#5376
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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I honestly can't see a Tesla on the road now and not think that the person driving it is a fascist ######. I know that probably isn't fair to a lot of people who bought in before Musk got involved with politics and Twitter, but the brand is completely ruined for me.
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02-07-2025, 04:33 PM
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#5377
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ResAlien
I think a lot of these Nazi sympathizers feel that unless there's video of someone loading Jews into a gas chamber they're not actually a Nazi.
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Even then there would be defenders. Humanity is both sad and terrible.
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02-07-2025, 04:44 PM
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#5378
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Victoria, BC
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Elon let White Supremacist and Nazis run wild on his platform. He’s repeatedly engaged with and retweeted accounts associated with the above then he went full on Nazi salute. The mask fell off a long time ago.
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02-07-2025, 06:27 PM
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#5379
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Icantwhisper
Oh god, big leap there.
I’ll wait for Israel, they’d have to agree with you right?
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If we call him a nazi sympathizer who advocates for and promotes white nationalists directly and indirectly and uses nazi gestures would that satisfy you and allow you to end this courageous fight against anyone without a swastika tattooed on their chest being called a nazi?
And just to be clear, people who disagreed weren’t called nazi apologists. Nazi apologists were called nazi apologists.
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02-07-2025, 06:30 PM
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#5380
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ped
Even then there would be defenders. Humanity is both sad and terrible.
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Icantwhisper: “Sorry, I’ll wait until Israel personally sends me a video of them releasing the gas before I’m willing to call anyone a Nazi. Death is quick, but words can hurt for a long time.”
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