Yes, that piece refers to the same event.
I feel like when I said, “Elon has been a public Nazi for a few years now,” what you heard was, “the general public has known Elon is a Nazi for a few years now.”
Were you trying to imply moral culpability for people "buying their own coffin from a Nazi" or not?
Moral culpability only works if they reasonably would have known, so that "buying it" is a choice eligible for moral consideration.
If you're merely observing the situation without moral consideration to point out gee, that's ironic, then I'm forced to agree: that is ironic.
However, you seem to be claiming more than that with the word excuse.
if you have a Model 3, you may have an excuse, but if you have a Cyberdump, you have no excuse
Thus, for your claim to work they had to be aware, and since we know nothing about them, we can only reasonably expect they knew if the general public knew.
So, I don't think I misunderstood you.
Yes, maga idiots have excused his behavior for years
Excused?
No, they do the same and have for years.
Feeding into Nazi conspiracy theories & agreeing with Nazis is typical MAGA behavior.
Remember Pizza Gate & the adrenochrome conspiracy?
Both have roots in old antisemitic conspiracies of Jews consuming the blood of sacrificed children, though I doubt MAGA conspiracists know that.
Musk had a firm reason to know he was agreeing with a Nazi: the tweet he agreed with was answering a challenge for "cowards" posting "Hitler was right" to explain themselves.
Even so, agreeing with Nazi conspiracies doesn't amount to essentials that define Nazi: white supremacy, advocating for genocide & an ethnostate, etc.
It doesn't surprise me that people often see it as more MAGA idiocy similar to Trump saying both sides include "some very fine people".
until after much of this behavior had already been very public
I agree it was public.
I also submit that the general public probably saw it as MAGA instead of Nazi if they paid attention at all.
When people shop for a car, the company's CEO may not be their top consideration if any.
In the case of a Cyberflop, they may be looking at the environment, self-driving features, or fall for marketing gimmicks & believe they're buying the greatest innovation.
Also, it’s just a fucking awful truck.
Totally.
For that alone, they deserve all the blame for getting that deathtrap.
Let's just forget this minor disagreement.
That car's a piece of shit.
Fuck that car.
