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In reply to the discussion: Apparently, Elon is upset that people have started calling Teslas swasticars. [View all]Kid Berwyn
(24,937 posts)89. Where did I write that? I write about Elon Musk.
Posted this just the other day...
Lemkin Institute Issues 'Red Flag Alert for Genocide' After Musk's Nazi Salutes
Achtung!

This guy making a NAZI Sieg Heil salute used his pocket change to buy the pee-residency for a puppet of Putin.
Lemkin Institute Issues 'Red Flag Alert for Genocide' After Musk's Nazi Salutes
"Trans people, refugees, and migrants are not the threats," the group said. "The billionaires with close ties to our new president who flash the Nazi salute and seek to replace the old elites with a new castethat is the real threat to America."
by Jake Johnson
Common Dreams, January 21, 2025
A group named after the Polish-born lawyer of Jewish descent who coined the term genocide issued a "red flag alert" for the United States on Monday after billionaire Elon Muska top ally of President Donald Trumptwice flashed what was widely seen as a Nazi salute during a post-inauguration event.
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Studies and Prevention said that "Musk's act is a frightening signal of things to come" and rejected the notion that the billionaire's gestures were unintentional.
"In light of Musk's important influence on the new administration," the group said in a statement, "the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention is issuing a Red Flag Alert for genocide in the United States."
The Lemkin Institute urged Americans to "respond with critical thinking" to any suggestion that Musk's salutes were merely awkward or odd-lookingbut ultimately benignexpressions of enthusiasm.
"Is it possible that any personespecially in South Africa (where support for Nazism was very strong) or the USA (where the History Channel has introduced almost all but the youngest generations to the Nazi salute)is unaware of this salute or what it means?" the group asked. "It is almost impossible that this was an unfortunate mistake. Finally, can we really believe that someone who is so often in the public eye would risk an arm gesturetwicethat looks almost exactly like the Nazi salute while he is supposedly celebrating Donald Trump's election to president? We strongly believe that Elon Musk's gesture was intentional. We will be happy to be proven wrong."
"Musk's Hitler salute cannot and must not be swept under the rug. The U.S. press, cowed as it has been under President Biden, cannot be trusted to cover the new president's administration with any backbone or honesty. It is up to the American people to defend the Constitution and this country's core values against all threats," the organization continued. "Trans people, refugees, and migrants are not the threats. The billionaires with close ties to our new president who flash the Nazi salute and seek to replace the old elites with a new castethat is the real threat to America."
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/lemkin-institute-musk-salute
Learn about the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security: https://www.lemkininstitute.com/
Original DU post: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219928411
ETA: Above all, I meant no disrespect to you or most anyone who owns an electric vehicle.
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Apparently, Elon is upset that people have started calling Teslas swasticars. [View all]
applegrove
Jan 2025
OP
It would be irresponsible, thoughtless, immature vandalism to slap swastika stickers on them.
Girard442
Jan 2025
#13
Given that we bought our car years ago, I hope people don't. We cannot afford to replace our car right now,
LauraInLA
Jan 2025
#20
I guess my point is, we shouldn't have to virtue signal. And people shouldn't vandalize.
LauraInLA
Jan 2025
#25
I agree - we shouldn't have to "virtue signal" (a good neologism at least to moi). But vandals abound.
erronis
Jan 2025
#30
We've had Priuses, as well, and a Volt. We bought our Tesla when it was the only game in town for EVs, and we wanted
LauraInLA
Jan 2025
#75
I know, right?! That's the dumb thing -- it has a ceramic coating to protect from scrapes, and it won't hold magnets ;(.
LauraInLA
Jan 2025
#86
Thank you ;). We bought it when it was basically the only ev, because we've always tried to get "cleaner" cars.
LauraInLA
Jan 2025
#85
Going to a restaurant last night, one struggled to back into a parking stop. The car was whirring and clicking.
TheBlackAdder
Jan 2025
#72
Automotive history is littered with so called visionaries - unlikely Musk will break this through line in history.
waterwatcher123
Jan 2025
#26
And to think that's the car that I used to dream of being able to own one, one day.
NBachers
Jan 2025
#46