Trump and Hitler - a comparison

[TomC]

Trolling really shouldn’t be newsworthy.

This isn't trolling. Remember how OJ Simpson got after he was acquitted? This is similar. Musk and Trump feel invulnerable at the moment. They are clearly pushing limits. They aren't Nazis, but they are fascists.

At the same time if a fascist makes a Nazi salute hard to tell if they aren't Nazi.

Exactly.
If Musk dropped trou and showed everyone his "manhood" it would be referred to as a "wardrobe malfunction" by the sort of people who think it was just an "awkward hand gesture".
Tom

 

[ZiprHead]

Trolling really shouldn’t be newsworthy.

This isn't trolling. Remember how OJ Simpson got after he was acquitted? This is similar. Musk and Trump feel invulnerable at the moment. They are clearly pushing limits. They aren't Nazis, but they are fascists.

At the same time if a fascist makes a Nazi salute hard to tell if they aren't Nazi.

Exactly.
If Musk dropped trou and showed everyone his "manhood" it would be referred to as a "wardrobe malfunction" by the sort of people who think it was just an "awkward hand gesture".
Tom

Rachel Maddow called it a "Roman salute." Has the entire mainstream media completely lost its balls???

 

[TomC]

Remember how OJ Simpson got after he was acquitted?

Oh...
I remember him. He's the guy who proved that black guys can get away with murder. If they have enough money to buy Dream Team lawyers.
Which he obviously did.

Tom

 

[Patooka]

Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Elon's mother's family were Nazi sympathizers.

Musk family - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Musk supports and has done speeches for a far right party in Germany that has been said are equivalent to Nazis. I don't remember the name of the party.

The AfD. Alternative fur Deustchland.

 

[Millrat]

Trolling really shouldn’t be newsworthy.

This isn't trolling. Remember how OJ Simpson got after he was acquitted? This is similar. Musk and Trump feel invulnerable at the moment. Trump is generally self-deluded, but he was enabled so much by the GOP and surviving an assassination attempt, just makes him possibly megalomaniac. They are clearly pushing limits. They aren't Nazis, but they are fascists.

I don’t disagree. Their actual fascism is far more important and newsworthy than reacting predictably to performative gestures.