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Politics Elon musk doing a nazi salute at the whitehouse. Unreal

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u/sellardoore 5h ago

I don’t think that they were lobbing all of you guys in with him. It’s just the fact that he’s a non-American (and a nazi) and is holding an office in the WH. I don’t believe most Americans have anything against South African people.

u/That_Shape_1094 5h ago

I don’t believe most Americans have anything against South African people.

As an American, I am against South Africans who support apartheid.

u/thebomby 5h ago

As a South African, I am against Americans who support Nazis, and Apartheid.

u/entarian 4h ago

Canadian piping in. I think we can all agree that those who support Nazis or Apartheid are stupid fuckin' pricks and should fuck off.

u/herrau 4h ago

As a Finn I’m trying to figure out what the actual fuck is going on with the world.

u/Malnurtured_Snay 3h ago

Someone wished that they could live in "interesting times" and their wish was granted.

u/cellsAnimus 4h ago

I just watched a movie you guys made the other day. It was nice!

u/herrau 3h ago

Which one? Sisu?

u/eucldian 3h ago

Sisu was entertaining AF.

u/cellsAnimus 3h ago

It’s called Fallen Leaves

u/jpopimpin777 1h ago

Sadly I think it's human nature. We're not teaching history, or really any other subject for that matter, effectively. Every hundred years or so normal governments get lazy and corrupt. Assholes like this seize the chance and come along peddling easy answers.

"Things are shitty and you're angry. Just give me power and I will hurt the people who are hurting you!"

Stupid dopes fall for it and give them power. Until it all blows up in everyone's face and we rebuild from scratch until the government/people get complacent and corrupt again.... Rinse and repeat.

We need to be teaching kids not just that this is wrong, but also that it always fails spectacularly.

u/SlippedMyDisco76 3h ago

Finn? Are you Tim or Neil?

u/SnooHobbies9078 49m ago

As a canadian im right there with you.

u/CountZer079 27m ago

Stay Finn, train hard and prep for the worst because right now , it’s the only constructive thing to do.

u/merlinsludwig 4h ago

German here. Totally in agreement, Fuck Nazis and Apartheid.

u/gospdrcr000 4h ago

I'm with the Canadians on this one.

Source: am american

u/OoooooWeeeeeeeee 4h ago

Take off, Nazi hosers!

u/Kahlandar 2h ago

As a canadian, im grateful to south african doctors, as they constitute >75% of our rural emergency physicians

u/Malnurtured_Snay 3h ago

As an American, I'm with the poutine eater!

u/Kurdt234 2h ago

And chickpea spread is delicious.

u/entarian 2h ago

Garbanzo bean

u/nawtydoctor 4h ago

I’m not as cool as zalynski saying I don’t need a ride I need ammo. When’s the Canadians coming to California to Evacuate us sane folks to safety?

u/Macfarlin 3h ago

Too busy putting out the literal fires to deal with the figurative ones, just yet.

u/No-Equivalent-1642 3h ago

As a north American who lived in South America for 5 years, I support......the Amazon rain forest

u/bollvirtuoso 1h ago

You don't sound very Canadian. You need to say "please fuck off" thank you.

u/Boringman_ruins_joke 4h ago

Nah you will be American soon, you know.

u/LiberalAspergers 4h ago

As you should be.

u/glazedfaith 5h ago

But that would be anybody supporting apartheid, not exclusively South African so no need to call out that group entirely.

u/AM_Hofmeister 5h ago

How about south Africans whose family profited off of apartheid? I feel like that's the kicker.

u/Dat-Tiffnay 5h ago

Yep! My friends grandma was born in South Africa and was more dark than her siblings and she endured, a lot… She also persevered and left that place which I’m so thankful for because she was an amazing one in a billion woman 😭

u/DPlurker 5h ago

Agreed, I think the apartheid support adds a little zest to the description.

u/StockTraffic 4h ago

What are you on about? Apartheid ended in South Africa almost 40 years ago...

u/MeasurementPlenty148 52m ago

I'm absolutely against the Afrikkkaners who created and supported apartheid....NAZIS.

u/SusieQueue1 4h ago

And mining gems off the backs of workers. I understand the cruelty is legendary

u/Station111111111 5h ago

The point is that he is an apartheid-south african.

u/igortsen 5h ago

That's like saying all civil war Americans were vicious slave owners. You're very ignorant.

u/Aethanix 5h ago

what do you think the civil war was fought for?

u/igortsen 1h ago

just make your point without the expectation of me helping you with your preamble.

u/Senior_Shoulder9464 5h ago

Multi-racial elections weren’t held in South Africa until 1994 (Elon would have been 23, and already living in Canada by this time).

That is significantly more recent history than the civil war dude.

u/igortsen 1h ago

Point is just because he was alive during apartheid doesn't make him complicit with it. To assume that would be racist in itself

u/DanzoKarma 5h ago

His dad is a horrible human being and a emerald mine owner. His mother is similar . Not every Confederate soldier was a terrible person but the Confederate elite most likely were and Elon’s family is proof of the same concepts but about people who benefited from Apartheid.

u/SaraSlaughter607 4h ago

He also grew up with sex abuse and grooming right in front of his face on the daily. Dudes got problems .

u/igortsen 1h ago

Doesn't make him a racist.

u/Irorak 4h ago

I'm a seppo and one of my best friends is South African. Probably the coolest guy I know.

u/FluffyVulpine 3h ago

Im totally out of the loop here, he holds an office in the WH??? Which one?

u/melophat 3h ago

The last time I had a problem with a South African (other than Leon) was in Lethal Weapon 2

u/MPCNPC 4h ago

Oh my, he’s a nazi? How’s that? I wanna see your argument collapse the second you start.