Summary

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized Elon Musk after he made a gesture during Trump’s inauguration resembling a Nazi salute.

Musk and his allies dismissed the comparison, calling such accusations exaggerated.

Ocasio-Cortez, however, called the gesture unacceptable, emphasizing America’s history of opposing Nazis and the Confederacy.

She also condemned the Anti-Defamation League for defending Musk, accusing it of losing credibility.

Her comments sparked broader debate on symbols, gestures, and their implications amid Trump’s return to office.

  • in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 month ago

    Who do you think will stop them then? Are you counting on Americans to “rise up” like the average German moderate in the 1930’s did?

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        1 month ago

        I don’t get it though, I don’t even read Marx. The fact that it was Russia and China who stopped fascists last time, and might have to do it again because the West is doing the opposite of stopping fascism, how is that Marxist? It’s literally what happened.

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          1 month ago

          You have no idea how “Now the collective West is the new Nazi party, and like it or not it’s up to Russia and China to stop them again.” sounds tankie as fuck?