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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.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

Most based AOC, I wonder if the hate-thirsting over her will begin again now that she's becoming such a needed voice in these trying times.

Only asking because the memes about Ben Shapiro wnating her feet pics were funny as hell.

But seriously, can it actually not? I low-key hated all the "Let's just tell dumb blonde jokes with AOC instead of the dumb blonde." memes, cause it's like.. when we call Trump dumb, we can point to shit he actually did (like turn every American into a woman because he's too transphobic to know how to read), we aren't just saying it to say it.

[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Meh. 25% or so love them, another 25% couldn’t be bothered to care.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Nobody could have predicted him to be a bad person. Really, that came as a surprise for everyone 🤡

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

25% of people who couldn't be bothered to care are still considered Nazis as far as I know

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You think the numbers are that low? I'd say tops only 33% of the US still hates nazis. The remainder are split between loving them or being indifferent

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (4 children)

i never realized that in the final battle between the forces of good, evil, and indifference that the indifferent would be by far the largest and most dangerous faction

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago

I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season."

Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.

-Martin Luther King Jr

He got it

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

Fucking preach.

I really hope AOC considers a 2028 run for President.

Edit: please fuck off about the uncertainty of 2028 elections, I'm excruciatingly aware, your reminders are not helpful.

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

'In this country, we hate Nazis'

I wouldn't be so sure. Trump didn't win the election in a packet of cereals...

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I greatly appreciate her frustration and look forward to her being the largest voice in dissent.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

Same. But she better not be the only dissenting voice!

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I'd kind of be willing to wager that we actually hated nazis mostly because they were foreign, more than anything else. I think all that ww2 valorizing history schlock about me and the good old boys from ken-tucky and all over going out and killing all the nazis has totally cooked america's understanding of that war. I dunno, towards the end we did nuke a country, twice, in a totally superfluous and cruel act, and we also concentrated the domestic immigrant population that we were bombing during that war into camps. Everyone brushes over that part, though, and america is truly faultless. These aren't our true characters, being revealed, no, this is just some errant deviation from a much more civilized and reasonable norm! Surely, that must be the case.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The US also let neo-nazis march on the streets without contest.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (5 children)

This is an unpopular opinion with .world mods, but I believe nazis should be dealt with immediately.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Where are the 2A nutjobs now?

This is literally what they've been waiting for. Pick up your guns and go deal with Nazis right here on the American mainland. In the White House.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Where are the 2A nutjobs now?

They're the Nazis

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[–] Typotyper 24 points 1 day ago

I wish that were true

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My Grandpa hated some Nazis in other countries, too.

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