Re:Did Elon Musk Appear to Sieg Heil at Trump Inauguration?
by mandmandam on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @10:33AM
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> Elon Musk makes the Nazi salute twice in a row
Day one of Trump's presidency, live at the Inauguration with millions around the world watching, with emphasis. Multiple respectable groups have called them out as Nazi salutes.
> HN: Nothing to see here.
It's worse than that.
Dang is point blank refusing to unflag the story; sweeping it under the rug multiple times while blaming 'users' (just like with Sam Altman's sisters claims, or stories re systemic US torture).
He claims that this is the right thing to do because "Brownian motion" prohibits any forum from being able to discuss this productively.
Apparently, since the fact that our new Admin is performing forceful Sieg Heils in front of the world will provoke toxic discussion, this community can't be trusted to discuss it at all. I'm trying to think of a metaphor to explain how bad this is...
Imagine the fire alarm goes off in a crowded theater. The editor of 'Theater Goer's Digest' silences the alarm multiple times, assuring people that it's for the best, because talk of smoke and fire can lead to panic and toxicity... An 'orderly discussion' regarding the arsonist (still visible with a lighter in their hand on the balcony as smoke fans out overhead) is deemed impossible due to the "Brownian motion" of such a large theater, and so is prohibited.
Day one of Trump's presidency, live at the Inauguration with millions around the world watching, with emphasis. Multiple respectable groups have called them out as Nazi salutes.
> HN: Nothing to see here.
It's worse than that.
Dang is point blank refusing to unflag the story; sweeping it under the rug multiple times while blaming 'users' (just like with Sam Altman's sisters claims, or stories re systemic US torture).
He claims that this is the right thing to do because "Brownian motion" prohibits any forum from being able to discuss this productively.
Apparently, since the fact that our new Admin is performing forceful Sieg Heils in front of the world will provoke toxic discussion, this community can't be trusted to discuss it at all. I'm trying to think of a metaphor to explain how bad this is...
Imagine the fire alarm goes off in a crowded theater. The editor of 'Theater Goer's Digest' silences the alarm multiple times, assuring people that it's for the best, because talk of smoke and fire can lead to panic and toxicity... An 'orderly discussion' regarding the arsonist (still visible with a lighter in their hand on the balcony as smoke fans out overhead) is deemed impossible due to the "Brownian motion" of such a large theater, and so is prohibited.
That's where we're at.