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by teachrdan 64 days ago
> You cannot take a single gesture and say that performing it is outright behaving like a Nazi with the implication that such a thing would only be done by a Nazi

I am continuously surprised by how hard you work to rationalize away everything Elon is doing as an isolated action, when I have gone out of my way to show you a pattern of acting in a way that betrays white supremacist sympathies. Your behavior is baffling.

> You know what I would call behaving like a Nazi? The systematic rounding up and/or extermination of specific groups on the basis of nothing but their ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, etc.

Perhaps this is the explanation! Judging by your own words, the only thing that would convince you is Elon personally rounding up vulnerable minority groups and literally sending them to death camps. Indeed, that would be a very convincing argument. It would also come far too late.

I personally think it's enough to show that Elon has given a bullhorn to some of the loudest white supremacist voices out there and personally allied himself with a president who has repeatedly targeted those most vulnerable minorities: trans people, immigrants (including green card holders, asylum seekers and, increasingly, naturalized citizens), Muslims and others.

If you will not be convinced until you see with your own eyes that Elon is rounding up Jews to the gas chambers, then I am starting to wonder if you are arguing in good faith.

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You actually should have a high bar to make grandiose claims like calling someone a Nazi.

> I personally think it's enough to show that Elon has given a bullhorn to some of the loudest white supremacist voices out there and personally allied himself with a president who has repeatedly targeted those most vulnerable minorities: trans people, immigrants (including green card holders, asylum seekers and, increasingly, naturalized citizens), Muslims and others.

Right, so you think anyone who's allied with Trump is a Nazi. To be incredibly clear, I have never voted for Trump, but people like you who are incapable of nuance are what is wrong with everything in the world.

You may doubt whether I'm arguing in good faith, but I long ago became certain that you are not arguing with good reasoning skills.