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Thoughtsonstuff · 13/04/2025 08:21

Never2many · 13/04/2025 08:09

Then copy the bit of post you want to highlight and paste it in bold. It’s not that hard.

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I thought I did? It took me ages.

Oh I see why you are so very agitated. I didn't notice the top part of the post had attached itself. That was inadvertent. I'm sorry it upset you so much you had to use the FFS word. Although TBF I can do what I like...and you can report my post of course.

Any thoughts about my actual post? Or are we just going to quibble about something inconsequential.

Never2many · 13/04/2025 08:09

Thoughtsonstuff · 13/04/2025 07:42

Oh stop being ridiculous, calm down and read my post. I'm quoting a specific section of the OPs original post.

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Then copy the bit of post you want to highlight and paste it in bold. It’s not that hard.

HappiestSleeping · 13/04/2025 07:46

I saw a car sticker on a Tesla the other day that said "we bought this before we knew Elon Musk was crazy".

I laughed, but would probably suggest that most of us have known he is crazy for a long time.

Thoughtsonstuff · 13/04/2025 07:42

Never2many · 13/04/2025 07:30

Ffs MNHQ please remove the ability to quote the OP. or do you really think that people can’t read the post that came two posts before yours?

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Oh stop being ridiculous, calm down and read my post. I'm quoting a specific section of the OPs original post.

Never2many · 13/04/2025 07:33

Elon Musk is done in the states as well - he and Trump have fallen out.

He already was almost done with doge because constitutionally he could only be there for 130 days.

But since Wisconsin lost the election that he sponsored Trump already had it in for him. And he has subsequently been very openly critical of Trumps’ mishandling of the economy through tariffs etc.

Never2many · 13/04/2025 07:30

Thoughtsonstuff · 13/04/2025 07:16

In Britain, Mr. Musk is known for sharing misinformation about a child rape scandal and calling for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to be jailed. He has called for the release of Tommy Robinson, a far-right, anti-immigrant agitator who is in prison for contempt of court. And he criticized the seven-year sentence of a neo-Nazi who incited and took part in anti-immigrant riots last summer.

Only the point about Tommy Robinson is valid in this paragraph (Elon Musk was wrong on that). He was right about the other points; the author has been a bit misleading in his wording there.
Im not defending Elon Musk. There's a lot of things he is doing that I dont agree with. But there are some things that I do agree with.

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Ffs MNHQ please remove the ability to quote the OP. or do you really think that people can’t read the post that came two posts before yours?

Thoughtsonstuff · 13/04/2025 07:16

MsAmerica · 13/04/2025 00:11

‘0 to 1939 in 3 seconds’: Why Anti-Elon Musk Satire Is Flourishing in Britain
By Michael D. Shear

On the side of an East London bus stop, one of them shows Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, emerging from a Tesla’s roof with his hand pointing upward in a straight-armed salute. “Goes from 0 to 1939 in 3 seconds,” the ad reads. “Tesla. The Swasticar.”

Another mock ad shows Mr. Musk and President Trump in front of a red Tesla with the words: “Now With White Power Steering.” In North London, a fake movie billboard blares: “The Fast and the Führer,” with a picture of Mr. Musk saluting beside a Tesla with a DOGE license plate, a reference to the budget-slashing federal agency he currently leads on behalf of Mr. Trump...

In Britain, Mr. Musk is known for sharing misinformation about a child rape scandal and calling for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to be jailed. He has called for the release of Tommy Robinson, a far-right, anti-immigrant agitator who is in prison for contempt of court. And he criticized the seven-year sentence of a neo-Nazi who incited and took part in anti-immigrant riots last summer.

The small anti-Musk groups that have popped up around Europe have the same basic goal: Tank Tesla’s stock price and sales as a way of sending a message to Mr. Musk and other super-wealthy people who are thinking of promoting far-right politics around the world...

There are mock car air fresheners called “Musk-B-Gone” that promise to cover “the stench of fascism.”

For the whole article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/world/europe/anti-elon-musk-tesla-ads.html

https://dnyuz.com/2025/04/06/0-to-1939-in-3-seconds-why-anti-elon-musk-satire-is-flourishing-in-britain/

In Britain, Mr. Musk is known for sharing misinformation about a child rape scandal and calling for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to be jailed. He has called for the release of Tommy Robinson, a far-right, anti-immigrant agitator who is in prison for contempt of court. And he criticized the seven-year sentence of a neo-Nazi who incited and took part in anti-immigrant riots last summer.

Only the point about Tommy Robinson is valid in this paragraph (Elon Musk was wrong on that). He was right about the other points; the author has been a bit misleading in his wording there.
Im not defending Elon Musk. There's a lot of things he is doing that I dont agree with. But there are some things that I do agree with.

Thoughtsonstuff · 13/04/2025 07:11

I did approve of Elon Musk highlighting the child grooming gang scandal though. Although that seems to have been kicked into the long grass again.

BlueEyedBogWitch · 13/04/2025 04:34

Good. The prick.