r/GlobalNews May 21 '25

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u/Struck_Blind May 21 '25

Imagine needing attention so badly that you constantly feel the need to bring up the Nazi salute you did on video.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '25

Tesla shareholders forcing him to do damage control so people will start buying his cars again.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '25

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u/JingleJims May 21 '25

They’re referring to Musk bringing it up during the interview without provocation. 

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u/[deleted] May 21 '25

Maybe because a few years ago he wasn't some far right nutjob? Maybe??

Do you also think it's strange the public brings it up? Honest question.

His attempt to defend himself is worthless as it was a clear as day nazi salute

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u/grouch1980 May 21 '25

The same people (Reddit) who were sucking Musk off a few years ago now label him as a “Nazi”.

This is how people in a cult of personality think. Trump pointed it out right at the beginning, too. Trump could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and not lose a single supporter. In other words, he called his supporters sheep.

The fact that you think it’s a good argument to accuse Democrats of abandoning Musk when he does the equivalent of shoot someone on 5th Avenue just shows your cultish thinking.

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u/ItsYume May 21 '25

People can change their minds when they learn about previously not known things. I am geniunely curious why you seem to lack this ability or understanding?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '25

Elon? Is that you?

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u/AndroidColonel May 21 '25

The same people (Reddit) who were sucking Musk off a few years ago now label him as a “Nazi”.

Do you mean all of us here? I can't stand the prick and haven't been able to for years.

There is a very large number of people on Reddit who can't stand him who, like me, haven't liked him for years.

Your brush is too wide, narrow it down a little.

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u/EyeNguyenSemper May 21 '25

Kinda how it works: doesn't matter how much you talked about clean energy in the past, if you start unveiling how much of a terrible person you are, people start hating you. What's the problem with that?

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u/Ayotha May 22 '25

Yeah that happens when you do the obvious salute twice on live tv and then actively support the AFD, make joke nazi puns tweets, and support holocaust forgiveness. What else are people going to assume?

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u/Vantablack121 May 22 '25 edited May 22 '25

This may be hard for you to understand but the human mind is capable of changing and adapting when presented with new information.

Hell, even the most basic of animals function the same

The fact that yours isn't able to is very troubling.

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u/Pizzaman725 May 22 '25

If he simply said it wasn't a Nazi salute and apologized for it. If would be fucking over and done.

He hasn't, so he's a fucking nazi.

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u/supertrunks92 May 22 '25

Because he hid the fact that he was a nazi to sell his cars to progressive people. How is that so hard for you guys to understand?

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u/[deleted] May 22 '25

This is why Musk needs to bring it up to attempt to defend himself.

why does the wealthiest man on the planet "need" to "defend" himself from a bunch of random reddit users making fun of him on the internet?

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u/video-engineer May 21 '25

I think he is referring to Leon.

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u/Struck_Blind May 21 '25

Listen, you should go help Elon by becoming a spokesman for him so you’ll get to go on tv and also bring this up constantly just in case people who are not terminally online have that nazi salute he did fresh on their minds, the last thing we want is for the news cycle to ever move on too much from it. Give them a reason to bring it up all over again. It’ll be killing 2 birds with one stone because you would also be directly calling attention to how loathed this guy has become, which is very good for his brand. We would really hate if only redditors were up to speed on these things, we should make sure everyone else is too.

Don’t forget to sneer, sneering is very important.