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Mister Speaker posted:E: ^^^ drat, great minds think alike. Yeah you're right. Who tf is saying people are reading too much into it? Open your eyes. Another dogwhistle tweet was two weeks ago with the Analog Tweets or Tweets in the 1930s, whatever, but it was a messenger pigeon in a backpack being worn by a WWII nazi soldier. The nazi isn't the focus, but it's there for the wink-wink elbow nudge crowd and they love it.
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Mister Speaker posted:Dollars to doughnuts he was searching for something with 88 in it that was vague enough to still be a dogwhistle, and he found that to quote tweet. Does musk look like a man with a plan? I don't think he's trying to hide his nazi sympathies, I think he genuinely does not understand that his beliefs are fash and fash-adjacent.
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Nov 26, 2022 20:57
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I think he's got 'a plan' enough to know what 88 means and barely enough intelligence to find something coded enough to generate interest while maintaining plausible deniability, sure. The whole business of nazi dogwhistles is so infuriatingly nefarious. It feels like gaslighting, how pervasive the "you're reaching and you sound ridiculous" argument.
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Nov 26, 2022 20:59
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I am usually big on "never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity", but with Musk it's pretty clear that malice is charting at #1 in most things he does.
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Nov 26, 2022 21:00
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Mister Speaker posted:The whole business of nazi dogwhistles is so infuriatingly nefarious. It feels like gaslighting, how pervasive the "you're reaching and you sound ridiculous" argument. That's exactly the reaction they're trying to provoke.
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Nov 26, 2022 21:00
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:That's exactly the reaction they're trying to provoke. Yes I know, I'm saying it's straight-up gaslighting and it's maddening.
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waffle iron posted:I am usually big on "never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity", but with Musk it's pretty clear that malice is charting at #1 in most things he does. I dunno, I could totally believe his thoughts and actions are led more by stupidity.
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Nov 26, 2022 21:02
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I didn't even realize that this random nature account brought 88 into it. But thats a good point, there's no reason at all for Elon to see that tweet either, he must have specifically searched 88 out.
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Nov 26, 2022 21:02
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i dont think elon is smart enough for dogwhistles but the nazis he keeps interacting with do. i know ive gotten weird recs for stuff on twitter just based on what someone im following said
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Nov 26, 2022 21:04
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Xakura posted:Does musk look like a man with a plan? He’s a South African boer, he absolutely knows that his beliefs are fash and fash-adjacent. I’m coming around to the idea that he genuinely, honestly considers that to be centrism though. Right wing in his mind is probably literal death squads like in Rwanda or the “good ol’ days” when Zimbabwe was still Rhodesia.
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Zzulu posted:There are no good or decent billionaires, this is a natural law Chuck Feeney gave away almost his entire net worth of 8 billion and now lives modestly with 1.5 million left. He’s only decent one I can think of
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Nov 26, 2022 21:13
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Mister Speaker posted:I think he's got 'a plan' enough to know what 88 means and barely enough intelligence to find something coded enough to generate interest while maintaining plausible deniability, sure. I get that, and it's a fair argument. waffle iron posted:I am usually big on "never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity", but with Musk it's pretty clear that malice is charting at #1 in most things he does. I guess I just come down on the "stupid" side of the divide. He's just so incredibly stupid. Dewgy posted:He’s a South African boer, he absolutely knows that his beliefs are fash and fash-adjacent. I think you first and second paragraph are in opposition? If he thinks his far right nonsense is "enlightened centrism", then he wouldn't identify that as fascism, which is what I think is the case.
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Dewgy posted:I’m coming around to the idea that he genuinely, honestly considers that to be centrism though. Right wing in his mind is probably literal death squads like in Rwanda or the “good ol’ days” when Zimbabwe was still Rhodesia. That's a good point. His own 'Overton Window' is so hosed up by being raised by Boer shitheads that he might genuinely think he's a progressive. Speaking of Rhodesia, I had to go and find a video to cheer myself up after reading all this bullshit. You know the one, with the three AWB members in the blue Mercedes.
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Musk is already in a rarefied atmosphere, since very few of us grew up with a daddy who owned an emerald mine. Combine that with surrounding yourself with bootlicking sycophants and a dash of 'I'm wealthy, therefore I not only earned it but I'm a special genius' and it's easy to imagine yourself as a "reasonable" "centrist".
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I don’t think it’s overreacting to think people looking for coded messages are dumb. He’s openly supporting these type of people so what would the point be
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So when is he gonna be so high on his own farts that hell run for president? Be the  centrist the world needs right now
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Nov 26, 2022 21:20
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he can't run for president because he's not a natural born citizen
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nullEntityRNG posted:So when is he gonna be so high on his own farts that hell run for president? Be the Someone should put it in the OP but Musk cannot be president as he isn't a natural born citizen
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CharlestheHammer posted:I don’t think it’s overreacting to think people looking for coded messages are dumb. He’s openly supporting these type of people so what would the point be Yeah, even if he is dogwhistling, it doesn't really matter at this point. Guy is welcoming back facists on his platform openly. No decoding needed.
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Nov 26, 2022 21:24
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He might run for Senate in Texas someday. Cornyn is getting old.
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kazil posted:Someone should put it in the OP but Musk cannot be president as he isn't a natural born citizen
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CharlestheHammer posted:I don’t think it’s overreacting to think people looking for coded messages are dumb. He’s openly supporting these type of people so what would the point be The man posts a lot.
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:Musk is already in a rarefied atmosphere, since very few of us grew up with a daddy who owned an emerald mine. Combine that with surrounding yourself with bootlicking sycophants and a dash of 'I'm wealthy, therefore I not only earned it but I'm a special genius' and it's easy to imagine yourself as a "reasonable" "centrist". There's also an element of techbro narcissism where they act like their position is the centrist one by default, as all of their opinions are impartially based on pure logic and reason and are not swayed left or right by emotional appeals. This also means that their position is the objectively correct one and there's no reason to engage with other ideas or learn new things.
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Nessus posted:What's the over/under on him doing it anyway, avoiding consequences, and in a 6-3 decision, 88
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Wingnut Ninja posted:There's also an element of techbro narcissism where they act like their position is the centrist one by default, as all of their opinions are impartially based on pure logic and reason and are not swayed left or right by emotional appeals. This also means that their position is the objectively correct one and there's no reason to engage with other ideas or learn new things. Yes, exactly. Elon is everything wrong with Silicon Valley in a single paunchy package.
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Mister Speaker posted:I think he's got 'a plan' enough to know what 88 means and barely enough intelligence to find something coded enough to generate interest while maintaining plausible deniability, sure. I've seen people get upset that calculators with 7-segment displays are clearly dogwhistles because they show all 8s, or a 1 followed by 8s, so there's definitely some people who end up getting utterly demented
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CharlestheHammer posted:I don’t think it’s overreacting to think people looking for coded messages are dumb. He’s openly supporting these type of people so what would the point be Trolling, making “the left” mad, etc. Unlike his dumb memes and jokes, it might even work.
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Nessus posted:What's the over/under on him doing it anyway, avoiding consequences, and in a 6-3 decision, He wasn’t conceived by IVF or delivered via cesarean so he was naturally born and is a citizen, they will argue.
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Chief McHeath posted:He wasn’t conceived by IVF or delivered via cesarean so he was naturally born and is a citizen, they will argue. I'm willing to give a replicant a chance as president.
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Mr.Pibbleton posted:I'm willing to give a replicant a chance as president. The oath of office will be replaced by the "Baseline" segment from BR2049
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His reply guys are already up on that dick https://twitter.com/Vaquero2XL/status/1596564229401837570
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Mr.Pibbleton posted:I'm willing to give a replicant a chance as president. As long as they're an original model and die after 4 years, I'd throw them my vote. No incumbent advantages with a replicant.
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Nessus posted:What's the over/under on him doing it anyway, avoiding consequences, and in a 6-3 decision, Especially with the current DOJ stance that Republican presidential candidates cannot be legally held accountable for anything while running for office. Ruling that he's ineligible to be president would be egregious politically-motivated election interference.
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E: nm
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Wingnut Ninja posted:Especially with the current DOJ stance that Republican presidential candidates cannot be legally held accountable for anything while running for office. Ruling that he's ineligible to be president would be egregious politically-motivated election interference.
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https://twitter.com/steinkobbe/status/1596574133663440897?s=46&t=qtdtj3LW4suo3Wi0wu6ORA Apple is done
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Good job making a solar powered phone for a bunch of shut-in incels
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kazil posted:Good job making a solar powered phone for a bunch of shut-in incels God drat that is a good post.
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Steadiman posted:https://twitter.com/steinkobbe/status/1596574133663440897?s=46&t=qtdtj3LW4suo3Wi0wu6ORA
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