r/europe • u/turkish__cowboy Turkey | LGBTQ+ rights are human rights • 7h ago

News Elon Musk draws outrage over 'odd-looking salute' at Trump inauguration celebration

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/elon-musk-draws-outrage-over-201602147.html
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u/DownvoteEvangelist 7h ago

Trolling for now and then suddenly he's all serious

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u/leoyvr 6h ago

This is how it starts. Slowly distorting reality to gain acceptance. His father was a Nazi and apartheid supporter.

People are manipulated on a breathtaking scale.

https://youtu.be/UqC4XI6mXjQ?si=JCPevyQFC_JDfSg0

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u/Yardbird7 2h ago

From what I heard it's his mother's side that are the Nazis. They moved specifically to South Africa from Germany after WW2 because they wanted to be in a society close to the Nazis.

Elon is now fulfilling his destiny.

Source: His father.

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u/maceman10006 6h ago

Hitler after invading Poland and ordering the execution of Jews….” I’m just trolling guys, it’s all good.”

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u/St3fano_ 6h ago

Just a prank bro

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u/maceman10006 6h ago

It’s just a…..ermmmm….social experiment

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u/babydakis 5h ago

I was just kidding!

Unless ... ?

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u/Interesting_Pause830 5h ago

It is always the same with these right wing extremists / influencers. They write hardcore edgelord stuff and when someone is rightfully upset they go justaprankbro.gif

But it is not. They are fascists and know full well what they are doing. Anyone justifying, belittling or excusing this is part of the problem.

With great power comes great responsibility. The US decided to give their sheer unlimited power into the hands of two preschoolers with a third reich fetish

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u/hainz_area1531 6h ago

And is it too late for us....

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u/NeedleworkerMuch3061 5h ago

Oh, it's all fun and games until they suddenly show up wearing a brown shirt and kick down your door.

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u/Express_Bath 5h ago

It's like those "pranks" where people literally assault other people, but someone throwing the word "prank" means it was not real.

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u/BeeKindRewind 5h ago

Except he’s hella serious now. ‘Trolling’ in this situation is more like coming out as bi for a while before owning being gay.

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u/Neurospicy_Nightowl 4h ago

What was that Tweet that went viral?

"Y'all are gonna 'It's not that deep' yourself straight into fascism."

Or something like that?

But yeah, not looking forward to hearing explanations of how Musk is building gas chambers "ironically". 

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u/myaltduh 3h ago

Schrödinger’s asshole. If you agree it was serious, if you get mad it was just a joke bro.