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SouthBayDem

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47. Said by someone with a Berkeley PhD

Mon Jan 20, 2025, 07:09 PM

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and who (from what I’ve seen elsewhere) is a practicing Jew. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batya_Ungar-Sargon

Ungar-Sargon had been a liberal just 10 years ago but somehow decided to hop on the MAGA gravy train.

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I had people defending CNN in a few threads the other day, here's how CNN reported Musk's Nazi salute. [View all] ZonkerHarris 6 hrs ago OP

This was no mistake-Elon Musk gave two back to back Nazi salutes at the Trump inauguration parade LetMyPeopleVote 6 hrs ago #1

The Roman Salute preceded the Nazi/Hitler Salute no_hypocrisy 6 hrs ago #2

Yes it has been used by other facists. ForgoTheConsequence 6 hrs ago #5

May they perish in similar fashion... Evolve Dammit 5 hrs ago #28

"We who are sbout to die, salute you!" ProudMNDemocrat 6 hrs ago #19

However, since WWII, it has been uniquely identified with the NAZIs karynnj 5 hrs ago #39

This message was self-deleted by its author ForgoTheConsequence 6 hrs ago #3

CNN is still miles and miles ahead of Fox. ificandream 6 hrs ago #4

Why support either? CNN has gone way right a while back except for a few anchors like... brush 6 hrs ago #11

The news isn't right or left ificandream 6 hrs ago #14

Naivete. News is news but the way it's presented can and quite often does lean one way of the other. brush 6 hrs ago #17

No, it's called commentary, not reporting. ificandream 5 hrs ago #21

Ok. Like I said, news is news, but rarely are just the facts reported. Very rarely. brush 5 hrs ago #23

It's there, but sometimes it doesn't stick out like a sore thumb. ificandream 5 hrs ago #26

Try C-Span. That's where you get most straight facts. brush 5 hrs ago #41

It's normalizing... Dem4life1970 5 hrs ago #33

Agreed. Seems all the billionaire news platform owners are rolling over for trump and moving way right. brush 5 hrs ago #38

Attributing an obvious Sig Heil salute with "Asperger's" isn't being impartial. tenderfoot 6 hrs ago #18

Ideally, news would be thorough and impartial. Practically, it is not. 0rganism 6 hrs ago #20

I don't agree completely. ificandream 5 hrs ago #24

A person that supports the German AfD party lapfog_1 5 hrs ago #30

The commentary doesn't deserve that much importance. ificandream 5 hrs ago #36

It's not that hard... Dem4life1970 5 hrs ago #37

I'm not questioning what he did. ificandream 5 hrs ago #40

You're kdding right? Evolve Dammit 5 hrs ago #29

This idea is like living in a dream world. erodriguez 5 hrs ago #44

WTF else are you going to watch ? underpants 5 hrs ago #27

MSNBC Nicole Wallace and afterwards is about it and C-Span. MSNBC is being sold and probably... brush 5 hrs ago #34

Central Nazi News. Stopped watching 15 years ago. Haven't missed any MSM. Tuned out 12 years ago. Magoo48 5 hrs ago #42

No, no, no Cirsium 4 hrs ago #53

so now they're using Aspergers as an excuse ecstatic 6 hrs ago #6

I don't think he's on the spectrum - he's just a psycho tenderfoot 4 hrs ago #48

Gosh, the people I now with Aspergers don't mzmolly 6 hrs ago #7

Corporate "news" gaslighting (R) BoRaGard 6 hrs ago #8

Gaslighting and fart blowing on truth telling. La Coliniere 6 hrs ago #10

They step lightly these days. They might get sued. Klarkashton 6 hrs ago #9

I;m keeping a wary eye on my favorite evening MSNBC hosts hoping they don't waver: Peregrine Took 6 hrs ago #12

If you wouldn't mind, please update. SilasSouleII 5 hrs ago #22

Well, I call CNN the "Conservative Nazi Network" for a reason. REMEMBER WHEN... CousinIT 6 hrs ago #13

There's a difference between news and news commentary ificandream 6 hrs ago #16

Yes, there is a difference senseandsensibility 5 hrs ago #35

Exactly right. Seems some need that explained. brush 4 hrs ago #54

K&R; nailed it Evolve Dammit 5 hrs ago #32

I think its forced controversy osteopath6 6 hrs ago #15

Both the swastika and salute go back a long way in history. Aussie105 5 hrs ago #25

We had controversy here over saluting the flag during the Pledge of Allegiance state of stupid 5 hrs ago #31

"Friend of the Jews"???? Good lord that is thoroughly disgusting LymphocyteLover 5 hrs ago #43

Said by someone with a Berkeley PhD SouthBayDem 4 hrs ago #47

Ah, I've looked her up before after seeing Steve Bannon rave about her. She's bad news LymphocyteLover 4 hrs ago #55

Obscene salute... mamajudi 5 hrs ago #45

Typical sanewashing nt SouthBayDem 4 hrs ago #46

DU taught me that this was the Nazi salute LittleGirl 4 hrs ago #49

And here I pondered that was being hyperbolic UTUSN 4 hrs ago #50

He has Ass-bargle Syndrome rpannier 4 hrs ago #51

Yes, they will be the death of America alarimer 4 hrs ago #52

Vichy Democrats Baron2024 3 hrs ago #56

No idea. alarimer 3 hrs ago #59

Good Analysis Baron2024 1 hr ago #62

The death of America is in the freaking White House now. ificandream 3 hrs ago #57

The ADL said it isn't a Nazi salute. WarGamer 3 hrs ago #58

Agree. Think if you look at the whole motion, Musk is just an oddball POS who'd still be in his basement but for money. Silent Type 1 hr ago #60

What's next? LudwigPastorius 32 min ago #64

I'm not living my life in fear of nonsense, though Musk is a POS. Silent Type 29 min ago #65

I'm not letting the ADL gaslight me. I know a Nazi salute when I see it done twice like that. ZonkerHarris 1 hr ago #61

The ADL is giving him a pass, too tishaLA 59 min ago #63