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Uncle Joe

(61,222 posts)
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 10:39 PM Mar 13

Musk Retweets 'Hitler Didn't Murder Millions' Message Amid Ongoing Nazi Controversy

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Key Facts

Musk, who has over 219 million followers on X, formerly known as Twitter, retweeted a post saying Soviet revolutionary Joseph Stalin, former Chinese Communist Party chairman Mao Zedong and Hitler—whose regime under his direction orchestrated the Holocaust—did not murder millions of people, “Their public sector workers did.”

The post had 1 million views and 14,000 likes as of Thursday evening.

Musk’s repost comes as Tesla is facing boycotts around the world that has resulted in calls for Tesla owners to sell their vehicles and posters in the Bay Area urging owners to “sell your swasticar.”

The repost also follows Nazi puns made by Musk in January, when he evoked the names of infamous Nazi party members like Rudolf Hess and Joseph Goebbels after coming under fire for a gesture he made at a Trump inaugural event that was likened to a Nazi salute by foreign leaders and Democrats.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2025/03/13/musk-retweets-hitler-didnt-murder-millions-message-amid-ongoing-nazi-controversy/

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Musk Retweets 'Hitler Didn't Murder Millions' Message Amid Ongoing Nazi Controversy (Original Post) Uncle Joe Mar 13 OP
Nah. He's no Nazi. He just looks like one, talks like one, acts like one. marble falls Mar 13 #1
This is probably why they hate veterans, not to mention America. Uncle Joe Mar 13 #2
Does he really have 219 million followers? OAITW r.2.0 Mar 13 #3
If he has that many, it would have to be a global count, Uncle Joe Mar 13 #4
Must be his autism acting up again tulipsandroses Mar 13 #5
"He's no Nazi." J_William_Ryan Mar 13 #6
You don't believe that race plays a part in Musk's thinking? n/t Uncle Joe Mar 13 #7
This is really bad. It has been for a while. applegrove Mar 13 #8

OAITW r.2.0

(29,780 posts)
3. Does he really have 219 million followers?
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 11:10 PM
Mar 13

Maybe closer to 21.9 million anarchists, nihilists, Nazis, white supremacist/racists and assorted anti-socialists. It's all about tearing down and seeing what happens. You can do that when you are the richest man in the world controlling the US Presidency. Not sure if that's Putin or Musk, though.

Uncle Joe

(61,222 posts)
4. If he has that many, it would have to be a global count,
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 11:14 PM
Mar 13

and of course some them may be following him for purposes other than admiration.

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