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[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 163 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Looks kinda weird. Maybe because usually when You see photos of people doing this pose, its in black and white.

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 80 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 41 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I am being so productive at work today...

[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

Ok, this is brilliant! HAHAHAHAHA thank you!

[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Dear Captain Wolf, you are being productive to the world and I salute you - sir!

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just... Not that salute...

[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

LMAO - You. Are. Killing. Me. LOL thank you! Yes, for sure. I'm no Sieg Heiling Space Karen.

[–] ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago

My favorite is the one of him uh hanging out with his friend Mussolini but I’m not sure .world is willing to host that one lol

[–] lando55@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

You're doing the lord's work today son

[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 months ago

Moreover, you are so accommodating. Thank you for spreading the truth.

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Only the mustache is missing.

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Yeah, he wishes... He couldn't even grow chin pubes.

[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 months ago

I came to this discussion thread to up-vote this comment. Thank you for posting it.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

only thing missing is hitler next to him for comparison

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 77 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Quit paying any attention to what he says. If you have been the victim of a narcissist you know that they can never admit fault. Ever! What he says doesn't matter. Just keep slamming his every word and deed and stop using his products. He isn't the only one. We are in this mess because of mentally unbalanced people just like him. It has nothing to do with them being rich and out of touch with reality. Its because they are born mentally incapable of decency. You can't get good numbers on how many narcissist exist. After all they are the least likely to ever get any form of therapy.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If they weren’t rich, they’d just be crazy people, with no national impact.

Wealth is power. The only way to effect change is to seriously threaten wealth.

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

They are not crazy. They are cruel and without decency. Few of them end up homeless. They are too nasty for that. They will do anything, steal from anyone. Including their children. The rich ones show how unbalanced they are because they have the wealth for it not to matter. The ones that are not rich are sly and secretive. They hide their cruelty. They do however support the exposed ones like musk and trump. They wouldn't harm them unless they could become them.

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 53 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"I'm not a Nazi!," cries the guy openly supporting national socialists in Germany, publicly making Nazi puns on Twitter, and throwing Nazi salutes on stage during the presidential inauguration...

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don’t forget unbanning tons of Nazis on twitter in the name of “free speech” while silencing their critics.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Almost as if being dishonest was a trait of totalitarian fucktards, huh?

Why are we still treating them with good faith in anything?

[–] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 45 points 2 months ago
[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

Hey, Elon, you're a Nazi.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

“...I’m a Nazi”

-Elon Musk

[–] skvlp@lemm.ee 22 points 2 months ago

Elon, I’m not claiming that you are a nazi. I’m starting the fact that you are a nazi.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

Weird thing for a Nazi to say.

[–] ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 19 points 2 months ago

Shut up nazi

[–] BobbyGasoline@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

If the armband fits...

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

A fascist supporter of Trumpism and the Apartheid regime is close enough to Nazism as it needs to be. I don't think it's outrageous at all. Also bro did a Nazi salute on live TV.

[–] InfiniteHench@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Multiple times he has publicly defended a German political party that has a leader who has stated, and I quote: “Germany was safer under Adolf Hitler.” End quote.

He personally flew out to attend a party from this, uh, ‘party.’

Fuck Elon Musk and every single person who defends him in any way, shape, or form.

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[–] thisphuckinguy@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago
[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Things a Nazi say.

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 14 points 2 months ago

In his interview with Lara Trump, Musk said he thinks some people want him dead.

Hey Elon, it's me, some people.

since I’m a little difficult to kill

Leave your human meat shield home next time you speak in public.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No, doing a full on sig heil is outrageous, you fucking muppet.

[–] jhymesba@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago
[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

They all want to be Nazis, but not called Nazis. Elon, Trump, the AfD...

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Sorry, slimey attention seeker and unloveable edgelord then

[–] xyzzy@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

Forever alone gutter troll

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[–] antisocialite@lemmy.today 10 points 2 months ago

The lady doth protest too much.

[–] BigxRedxHusker@midwest.social 10 points 2 months ago

The Nazi doesn't like being called a Nazi, that's too bad Nazi.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I too am outraged that it's being framed as a "claim" rather than a "fact".

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world 7 points 2 months ago
[–] wwb4itcgas@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

Yeah, but who'd take a Nazi at their word?

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago
[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Show the actual video whenever possible, don't let them off the hook with "it's an awkward hand gesture by an awkward guy".

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