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Why was there a pro-Hitler, Holocaust-denying ad on X? (forward.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago

You know why.

Also, get off Twitler

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 days ago

Stop asking questions when you know the answer.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago

Why is water wet?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

Why is there steak at the steakhouse??

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

Gee I wonder why. Truly a mystery for the chronicles. /s

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

How does this article not include a picture of the ad?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's linked.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The article's link goes to X (twitter) though, not to imgur.

[+] [email protected] -17 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Because musk himself posted those ads, obviously.

What is the point of that article? Let's associate everything negative on Twitter with musk personally because we dont like him?

Funny, I expected to find "Technology" posts here, not political activism.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Musk wasnt even elected

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Out of curiosity, are any other department heads elected? (Canadian here, don't know US system well.)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

If you think technology isnt analogous with socio-political development then you have definitely missed a huge point in the tech-sphere.

Technology is not your friend. It will consume you, destroy you, and ultimately replace you. Not in a philosophical way, but rather literal sadly.

It's not a new thought, decades old.

If you do not want to be aware, please close your eyes. Life will eventually force them awake.

[–] [email protected] 426 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The site is literally bought, paid for, and owned by a nazi.

Next question.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

It hurts when i do this. What should i do.

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[–] [email protected] 177 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

It might seem trivial, but this stupid headline points to one reason Republicans have been winning. Everyone (notably journalists) still feels the need to "play the game" as they've always known it.

Oh, Candidate A said something? The game rules say you now have to run a quote in response from Candidate B.

But when Candidate B is an openly corrupt, lying, fascist, rapist shitpile who can't make it to the potty in time and is in the pocket of Russia, maybe take the fucking gloves off at some point and stop pretending you can or SHOULD be impartial. Here, watch:

After Public Nazi Salute Musk-Owned X Now Running Pro-Hitler, Holocaust-Denying Ads

It's not perfect, yet still worlds better.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Here, watch:

After Public Nazi Salute Musk-Owned X Now Running Pro-Hitler, Holocaust-Denying Ads

Because they're scared. Print that, get buried in lawsuits by the richest edge lord in history.

You have to be smarter than this and actually defund his backers. Make it incredibly hard for them to be associated with him. Show him as a losing proposition.

As long as he's winning, people are buying Tesla's, the US is financing public money into space X, and multinationals are active and paying for Twitter then nothing is going to change.

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[–] [email protected] 84 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Because X is owned by a pro-hitler probably Holocaust-denying shit heal.

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[–] [email protected] 81 points 1 week ago

Because pro-Hitler, Holocaust-denying content aligns with the platforms ownership and doesn’t receive an appropriate response from a user base who learned about aliens on History and history on Fox News entertainment.