• Spzi@lemm.ee
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    3 hours ago

    What are the Holocaust Jokes referenced in the title? Didn’t find an explanation in the article.

    For context, I’m a German missing out on many news and stories, for sanity reasons. But I’d like to know more about this.

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      3 hours ago

      Elon’s response to the world saying they saw a Nazi salute at the presidential inauguration. Not quite an “oops, I didn’t mean it that way”

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        Elon’s response to the world saying they saw a Nazi salute at the presidential inauguration. Not quite an “oops, I didn’t mean it that way”

        Oh, WOW! Glad I asked. Will happily add this to a conversation with a ‘skeptical’ friend.

        Honestly, I found some genuinely funny and actually laughed. But I would never share stuff like that in public, if at all, certainly not in a position like Musk, especially not after that salute. Guess he’s testing the waters or normalizing.

        Anyways, thanks a lot for the info with screenshot! Once more, reality trumps satire. When asking the question, I thought it might be about some hints here and there requiring interpretation. I did not expect something so blatant.

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          56 minutes ago

          yeah, I think context really matters here. He also made these jokes on Jan 23, the day that Auschwitz was liberated, and is held as a day of remembrance. He’s got a dog train whistle.