Now that the influential bigot who did a Hitler salute publicly claimed that organic protests against his malfeasance are secretly controlled by a list of foreign Jews, some of whom aren’t even alive today, are we allowed to call him a Nazi, or is there something even Nazier we have to wait for? - ThreadSky

nicholasgrossman.bsky.social • 12 hours ago

Now that the influential bigot who did a Hitler salute publicly claimed that organic protests against his malfeasance are secretly controlled by a list of foreign Jews, some of whom aren’t even alive today, are we allowed to call him a Nazi, or is there something even Nazier we have to wait for?

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bloodworth.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Didn’t he already say that the only way anyone can be called a Nazi is if they actually set up death camps?

dpolar.bsky.social•12 hours ago

We eagerly await to see just how cowardly Jonathan Greenblatt and JDL are.

cbjacob1.bsky.social•12 hours ago

He strongly denies it. We’ll just have to take his at his word.

eddiemauldin.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Democrats: “that’s four strikes. Ten more and we’ll consider calling him a Nazi.”

rfc19129.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Nazi!

balmachreuchie.bsky.social•12 hours ago

the fact that 'waiting to know' what's 'really in his heart' relies on denying the self-consciousness of his gestures, acts and speech acts makes it difficult won't stop some from trying.

transmorpherdds.bsky.social•9 hours ago

The same people who think you need a written confession signed and notarized to even accuse him of being a nazi also believe wholeheartedly that literally every single refugee from a non-white Nation is a serial killer based on zero evidence.

centristsisyphus.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Not yet, not until Musk grows a narrow mustache and makes his claims in the original German.

These are the rules.

jennk108.bsky.social•12 hours ago

I think we have to wait for him to dully shave is head and tattoo a swastika on his scalp

jennk108.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Edit: fully shave

stevemirsky.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Yeah, but I hope his razor is dull.

jennk108.bsky.social•12 hours ago

"It's dull, you twit, it'll hurt more!" -Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman)

shannong74.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Nah. They’ll say it’s not the “Nazi” swastika, it’s the ancient swastika.

jennk108.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Oh yes, to go along with his "Roman Salute" ... at the same time they will assure us that he is a genius, just not the kind of genius that understands the implications of his actions.

jo-azz.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Yes

beege4.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Hey, I’m already at obersturmfuhrer as it is.He and his mommy are melting down.And he’s got his foot so deeply embedded, it’s stuck in his throat. Everything he touches implodes and with his substance abuse issues to boot, he’s on borrowed time.I’m guessing mommy knows that and is getting involved.

dwhydx.bsky.social•6 hours ago

I'm pretty sure he could start yelling racial slurs every day and explicitly call for a fourth Reich, and there will be centrists who will say he's just trolling.

ma7moud77.bsky.social•1 hour ago

https://bsky.app/profile/ma7moud77.bsky.social/post/3ljycjevlm224

spanishjonny.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Whether he likes being classified as a nazi or not doesn't change the facts

heffbombs.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Nah, Nazi covers it pretty well

doug-holst.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Just the little mustache.

step2land.bsky.social•11 hours ago

We have to wait until he becomes the Naziest.

eamusursuli.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Elon is the Naziest Nazi to ever Nazi in this decade.

bluelion70.bsky.social•8 hours ago

No, he said that we can’t call him a Nazi until he invades Poland, remember?

tinykrisgames.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Some of us already were. He's a nazi.

chesterdavis.bsky.social•10 hours ago

You have to wait until he starts wearing a uniform by Hugo Boss at public appearances.

captainheartless.bsky.social•6 hours ago

No he's gotta threaten Poland and carve up eastern Europe in an unholy alliance with Russia first. *taps earpiece* oh, oh no

suebachnershow.bsky.social•1 hour ago

I beg your pardon sir. The established precedent for Nazi labeling is INVADING Poland,(plus carving up eastern Europe) not merely THREATENING Poland etc. Let's all be reasonable. And of course the unholy alliance with Russia. Unless it's Russia invading and carving. Then all bets are off, I guess.

lxtruong.bsky.social•12 hours ago

I think the official line is that he isn't a Nazi unless he has the exact same mustache as Hitler.

maryshannonthomas.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Yeah, it's totally unfair to speculate that a man who directly benefited from apartheid would end up holding appallingly antisemitic beliefs, especially when he hasn't come out and done the "Look at me, I'm a Nazi" dance. Everyone knows that's the only way to be sure.

lxtruong.bsky.social•12 hours ago

We could literally find Nazi paraphernalia in Elons closet and people would find lame ass excuses

akw.bsky.social•12 hours ago

hE's jUsT rEaLLy iNtO hiStOrY

lxtruong.bsky.social•12 hours ago

peterfsmith.bsky.social•10 hours ago

"It's a vintage comedy prop from the musical The Producers, man!"

andyk250.bsky.social•7 hours ago

That's not fair, though, since he seems to only be able to grow a dirt 'stache.

lokaji.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Looks like a duck, it must be a duck.
#fuckmusk #fucknazis

dogmax2.bsky.social•6 hours ago

He's full on Nazi, so it's full court press time.

striple.bsky.social•3 hours ago

If you're waiting for something "Nazier" it will probably be a very short wait...

commonsensegoodgov.bsky.social•12 hours ago

We need to wait and see. Give him the benefit of the doubt. How can we be sure? Who can know?

webrant.bsky.social•10 hours ago

You mean the one who has always named everything "X" because it's a coded symbol for "Heil Hitler"?

https://bsky.app/profile/nicholasgrossman.bsky.social/post/3ljx5awfb5k23

plasticveinsbible.bsky.social•10 hours ago

American media will only allow americans to call him a nazi when they see it fit, factually. So when Trump gets bored of him

silkcircuits.bsky.social•9 hours ago

A Nazi who mutilated his own genitals?

pilgor.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Maybe they’ll finally start calling him a Nazi if some escaped prisoners told everyone about the conditions in his concentration camps.

judyblue007.bsky.social•2 hours ago

Well, he prefers being called a genius.

kvetchrelease.bsky.social•10 hours ago

https://bsky.app/profile/kvetchrelease.bsky.social/post/3ljvuxeobh22n

tirelesstribal.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Gotta wait until he double-crosses Indiana Jones to steal the Holy Grail, I'm afraid.

beefkazenzakis.bsky.social•6 hours ago

He chose... poorly.

chronicexpat.bsky.social•7 hours ago

lukewarmgruel.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Only a penitent man shall pass, hopefully

captainoftheship.bsky.social•4 hours ago

gas chambers

annboyd14.bsky.social•11 hours ago

I feel free to use the Nazi label as it clearly fits. How tragic and ironic that the USA has flipped to become a player in the axis of evil. The far Right worked toward their goal for decades and trump is their trigger man.

expansiveuniverse.bsky.social•1 hour ago

What the press and people refuse to see is the current scapegoat has been identified to unite the sheep. The war on trans people is to make “others” feel safe. “They are a small percentage, I am safe.” This is how the Nazis rose! Right now it is imperative to speak up for trans rights!!!!

dustinheron.bsky.social•7 hours ago

No it would be isolating to the Nazi voters we want to win in 2026. Also, better make sure not to call him dumb or weird, either!

scoundrel2.bsky.social•6 hours ago

🤣 nazier

f-aulbach.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Well, you know, the head of the AfD even called Hitler a communist. So the MAGAs certainly will find excuses for the Kremlin Gremlin's behaviour.

notthatmattwalsh.bsky.social•11 hours ago

According to his own words, you're not a Nazi until you put someone in an oven. All the stuff up to that point is just sparkling national socialism.

yeoldefilmfan.bsky.social•5 hours ago

It's only Nazism if it comes from the Bavarian region of Germany, otherwise he's a sparkling, fascist, neo-Nazi who should receive all the care and concern he has shown towards his employees.

eleshplays.bsky.social•10 hours ago

You have my permission if that matters lol

neuroics.bsky.social•1 hour ago

nosoupforglen.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Goalpost moving is their specialty.
"Mr. Musk just loves eagles. Coincidence."
"It's a Charlie Chaplin mustache. Coincidence."
"Mr. Musk has been asked to design the heat in the ADHD camps using good ol' American coal. And fit 300 people. Coincidence."

zclaude.bsky.social•11 hours ago

I don't think we will have to wait very long

caroyyc.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Nope, no need to wait, NAZI it is.

andyfraser.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Isn’t the accepted journalistic form “Elon musk, who repeatedly appears to make statements that align with certain far right sentiments…” or “it appears baffling that Elon Musk would make statements that have strong similarities to far right views” etc etc

nicholasgrossman.bsky.social•11 hours ago

"Elon Musk accidentally made a gesture some say appeared similar to a Nazi solute, which must have been due to his autism [and this isn't a wild insult against the many people with autism who manage to not sing heil]."

luvcatzfun.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Do you like my new haircut- Elon

jamesw228.bsky.social•10 hours ago

I was going to say something about them building new internment camps and then I remembered they're putting migrants with suspected gang links in Guantanamo Bay

jpober.bsky.social•4 hours ago

They called him "White Kanye" last night on SNL; I think it's open season at this point

jfs.bsky.social•6 hours ago

I think he said that it’s only Nazi if it invades Poland.

caludio.social•6 hours ago

First, what would Jews have to do with that?

Second: what's wrong with Jews fighting nazis, exactly?

brianburch.bsky.social•6 hours ago

https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/305854?lang=bi

chefesque.bsky.social•11 hours ago

I think the media is waiting for Nazi arm bands.

shuasanchez.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Question what are you referring to specifically? I refuse to go to his tweets to check lol

lizzwestman.bsky.social•2 hours ago

German Nazis were less openly racist and unlikeable. South Afrikaners who came here to exploit their awareness of the United States being the epicenter for the fourth reich as known by the 1980s are significantly worse.

rikabel69.bsky.social•9 hours ago

I thought it was a sinister cabal of r______ slurs?

martyolliff.bsky.social•9 hours ago

We can’t call him a Nazi as long as Nazi is a bad thing.

mayorseidel.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Yeah we have to wait for if he says Palestinians are people. That’s what gets you kidnapped by the state and your green card and summarily confiscated.

ewing33.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Some will never cross the Rubicon

flashgordon.bsky.social•9 hours ago

thank you. the taboo against calling players in the american political scene nazis or fascists is old hat, at this point. "godwin's law" seems almost like a quaint observation, given current circumstances. musk couldn't be more clear about his worldview...

paperwhalefly.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Godwin's law suffered semantic shift. It was never meant to be used to invalidate genuine criticism of fascism in the world. It only implied that in online debates of any nature, polarization would eventually lead to allusions to nazis.

msdobalina.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Godwin himself tweeted during Trump 1 (right after Charlottesville maybe?) that "Godwin's law" was moot now that actual Nazis were marching in the streets again.

flashgordon.bsky.social•6 hours ago

agreed.

rexaura888.bsky.social•7 hours ago

According to his one interview about what made the Nazis so bad, he’d have to first imprison people in concentration camps (Gitmo/Panama) and start a war and kill people (currently a soft coup and a military-less war against the working class that’s caused deaths both nationally and internationally)

rexaura888.bsky.social•7 hours ago

But I guess the jury (the press) is still out :/

internationaljesse.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Pretty sure he could say he hates Jews and wants them all to die and my very Jewish dad would say it wasn’t meant to be taken literally and that we need to focus on real issues like DEI and trans ppl and the border and fentanyl issues.

enzo51.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Patience.

essaywells.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Four years ago we couldn't say "looks like 1929 Nazi" because it didn't look like 1939 Nazi. Now we can't say "looks like 1933 Nazi" because it doesn't look like 1943 Nazi. Totally consistent!

gendergoblinhelen.bsky.social•9 hours ago

If only he looked like a 1945 Nazi.

kumasarrk.bsky.social•4 hours ago

The era we live in...Musk could be a commandant of a concentration camp and people would still be covering for him....people including Bari Weiss

ehovland.bsky.social•2 hours ago

maverickmatt94.bsky.social•10 hours ago

The day we stop calling out nazis, is the day they win.

There's only one type of nazi I like. And if I say it here, I could get banned.

But a hint: My grandpa killed nazis in ww2, and I wouldn't mind joining the family business...

genkidesuu.bsky.social•12 hours ago

https://bsky.app/profile/scooptown.bsky.social/post/3ljvd3yg2ds2t

babs-joestar.bsky.social•7 hours ago

well you see, i have still frames of obama and bernie waving, so i win

kirmley.bsky.social•10 hours ago

it's time

steannh.bsky.social•9 hours ago

He's a fucking Nazi. That's the story.

pat-snyder.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Becoming a Nazi is a complicated and arcane ritual. It ends with filing an application to the Federal Nazi Bureau. Until such application is filed (and approved) it is unfortunately, impossible to designate anyone a Nazi. Sorry, didn’t make the rules.

greeboogg.bsky.social•7 hours ago

I think you misspelled Heritage Foundation

nicholasgrossman.bsky.social•12 hours ago

But what if the funding for the Federal Nazi Bureau has been impounded and it’s no longer processing applications in a timely manner?

mi-forest.bsky.social•11 hours ago

I say avoid the holiday rush and call him a Nazi now!!

pat-snyder.bsky.social•11 hours ago

“I just don’t think the American people want us to use our resources to prioritise the processing of applications of wannabe Nazis.”

(Read in the voice of your favourite Republican Musk apologist)

pithywidow.bsky.social•10 hours ago

What if they fired half the Nazi workforce

pat-snyder.bsky.social•10 hours ago

How about all of them? Maybe that’s too divisive

ssstephanie.bsky.social•2 hours ago

And so what? Doesn't he target people he doesn't like or that don't align with his agenda?

What a manbaby.

efnbsbun.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Nazi or not, the real problem is that he is mad. He should be confined.

torr-reor.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Nope, he's not mad. He's a traitor and a criminal (his actions at DOGE are going to cost their lives to thousands) and he deserves a trial in a criminal court.

efnbsbun.bsky.social•9 hours ago

He is a narcissist, lacking empathy and a ketamine addict. He should be in a straitjacket.

herrschmidt.bsky.social•8 hours ago

What was the ADL's reaction? Something like "It’s a new day and yet so many are on edge. Our politics are inflamed, and social media only adds to the anxiety. It seems that @elonmusk made an awkward assumption in a moment of enthusiasm - all sides should give one another a bit of grace"?

bubblestud.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Raise your hand if you did Nazi this coming.

Anyone? Bueller?

angelaisms.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Is he wearing Hugo Boss yet?

apetivist.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Musk he turn into the Red Skull?

suddenoutbreak.bsky.social•6 hours ago

We could have actual gas chambers, and as long as they're not using Zyklon B, there'd be people claiming that it "doesn't count." It's never in good faith. It's always a game to them. https://youtu.be/xMabpBvtXr4?si=QcMUlbkqQu-J6cET

christineloriol.bsky.social•7 hours ago

🎯

wesley.theatl.social•9 hours ago

I'm out of the loop on this one, is this in reference to a Twitter post or something?

stinkpickle.bsky.social•12 hours ago

ADL:

apetivist.bsky.social•12 hours ago

No they have no shame.

seesight.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Got a cite? I don't want to go look or feel any obligation to do so as prerequisite

misappropriated.bsky.social•3 hours ago

He literally needs to call for WWII-style concentration camps before the Right will acknowledge it.

expansiveuniverse.bsky.social•1 hour ago

But wait, RFK Jr has already called for “reparenting farms” for kids on ADHD meds and/or mood stabilizers to the sound of crickets from the media. Newsome has cracked already. The announcement of camps may not be enough to sway those in the cult.

kipwilliams.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Blah blah region blah blah sparkling.

robin-debowler.bsky.social•9 hours ago

I'm waiting for the bit at the end where they all pop pills, face their own gun or slink off to S.America. Sorry South America.

loseyourchain.bsky.social•5 hours ago

They installed wheels on the gateposts for a reason

telecordial.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Of course. He is a proud Nazi. Now that the ruling bigot who is handing Ukraine to Putin ......

norminator.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Media will wait until he wears the armband and has published Mein Kampf II

jim0novak.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Controversial opinion:

The cover-up of his Nazi views has been the greatest media failure regarding a public figure since Jeffrey Epstein.

jeffrush.bsky.social•6 hours ago

It is only the Nazi-est act if they off themselves in a bunker - everything else is sparkling fascism.

pink-tourmaline.bsky.social•10 hours ago

The target has always been the same people. Forget what they peddle. Its white supremacism and nazism cloaked in some economic populism nonsense. Eggs are expensive

texdem.bsky.social•10 hours ago

I'm waiting for the Tesla rechargeable Gas Chambers. gotta think about the environment

lgtrellis.bsky.social•8 hours ago

If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck,,,

racerx93.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Thought about this today. We do need a new way to say "yes, he is not a Nazi, but he is no different than a Nazi".

aiko1316.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Whatever Elon did since he won the presidency, the Hitler salute, defending the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)… all of these.. I did Nazi it coming.

brunopanta.bsky.social•12 hours ago

just one more openly semitic behavior, bro. the next one I promise bro. next one the adl will make the call

ehler.org•1 hour ago

I resent living in a timeline in which "Nazier" is a word that needed to be invented.

t3dward.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Goebels the clown feels nazier than nazi

ej23.bsky.social•12 hours ago

We could wait to see if he maybe endorses any foreign political parties with nazi ties / sympathies.

vinylgyroid.sparkle.blue•12 hours ago

Oh wait, he already did that when he endorsed the AfD in Germany (and lost).

ej23.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Oh whoops

h2k.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Now now. That in itself is just political provocation. It’s not like he told Germans that they should not feel guilty for the holocaust.

ggold328.bsky.social•12 hours ago

[jd vance and elon walking into a bar in munich] YO WHERE MY NAZIS AT

romerojohnm.bsky.social•9 hours ago

He's just being ironic dude, chill /s

princessautobot.bsky.social•7 hours ago

https://bsky.app/profile/princessautobot.bsky.social/post/3liaf5bozos2g

kakehres.bsky.social•2 hours ago

If he invests in a railroad cattlecar company, maybe?

expansiveuniverse.bsky.social•1 hour ago

He’s announced plans to privatize Amtrak. Who will buy it???? Just wondering….

rulen613.bsky.social•7 hours ago

We gotta get the ark out and leave it on the White House lawn.

Just remember to avert your eyes...

As you do for the sun during an eclipse...

kc-momkin.bsky.social•11 hours ago

I wish more news organizations would actually show up and interview the peaceful protestors about why they are there. Re-posting Musk's unverified lies and then mostly focusing on stray incidents of violence really just helps Musk/Trump spin their lies. #teslatakedown #cats #catsversusdoge #doge

deathbybreath.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Film every protest with no cuts so that the truth can be told.

wufkitn.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Why, it's almost as if mainstream media was in the tank for the illicit regime in Washington. But of course that would never happen in ~aMeRiCa~..

expansiveuniverse.bsky.social•1 hour ago

You mean the news following the government agenda…insert shocked Pikachu face.

ergeek.bsky.social•10 hours ago

At least the Columbus Dispatch finally showed up
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2025/03/08/elon-musk-doge-topic-of-protest-at-columbus-easton-town-center-tesla-dealership-trump-federal-cut/82054721007/#

mouthjazz.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Main stream media is not interested in people who did not ever vote for Trump.

kimberleelynn.bsky.social•11 hours ago

The big news organizations have mostly gone over to the Dark Side. They seem to be assisting with the coup.

wildecard.bsky.social•4 hours ago

They haven't 'gone' anywhere. This was what they always were: attack dogs for billionaire owners

ctreese2.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Topped off with this other nugget. A man who had no problem with CCP ownership requirements doesn't like South African laws.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/south-africa-rejects-musk-claim-171020864.html

vaskaraeca.bsky.social•10 hours ago

[Musk makes appearance in SS-Totenkopfverbände uniform]
NYT: It's complicated.

raucousindignation.bsky.social•2 hours ago

Call him a Nazi and his cars swastikars.

spookymoosestudio.bsky.social•7 hours ago

That's wild! I'm not doubting this considering all of the other insanity I've seen lately, but do you by chance have a source I could check out about this?? I have been trying to find out more but I can't seem to find it online!

charlesjmorris.com•7 hours ago

https://bsky.app/profile/esqueer.net/post/3ljvmn5ko5s26

zugernat.bsky.social•10 hours ago

For the media, there’s always something Nazier. Musk could gas people with Zyklon B and they’d find an excuse.

mediumreginald.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Really think the bar should've been when he publicly endorsed the holocaust in 2023

nancy-willauer.bsky.social•10 hours ago

No kidding! WTF does it take? And why is everyone all OK with Nazi salutes suddenly??

mikecook82.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Watch this. These tech billionaires are just Nazis with a new veneer of corporate tech talk. Seems like they don’t think they’re nazis, because they’re so ignorant and delusional they think they’re the first people to think of these ideas. It’s all just anti-human sociopathy https://youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no?...

kencomplain.bsky.social•10 hours ago

I never stopped.

Every time he’s shown on the news, online, etc, media should use that salute.

heepst.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Why wait for permission?
Just call him what he is

pmzyox.bsky.social•9 hours ago

trippxx.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Oh, he’s a Nazi. He just thought that he was too clever for anyone to suspect. He probably bet Trump that he could do the salute and get by with it. Then Bannon repeated the salute to try to normalize. What a bunch of losers. 🙄

pdawkins.bsky.social•12 hours ago

The unwillingness of major networks to call his Nazi crap out for what it is, on top of the heinous racism fueling the regime he serves, is such a damning indictment on the state of the media.