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[–] biofaust 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I had a discussion on an industry Slack yesterday with a guy because I called Elon a nazi.

The guy brought immediately the discussion in DM and there I noticed he was wearing a kippa in his profile picture so I asked where was he from...

And he snapped and started to call me a jew hater and telling me that I wanted to bring him to the gas chambers and all the usual bullying.

Turns out the term they are using to make this connection is called Holocaust Trivialization.

I screenshot the whole discussion, blocked him everywhere I could find him (as I am doing with all Israeli people and businesses to be fair) and kept going with my life while he was still spewing insults at me.

This guy is the frontman of the most important conference in my industry.

Keep ready.

[–] iAvicenna 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

wow and is he an Elon fan too? or is he just one of those people who call everyone anti-semitist even those speaking against literal Nazi sympathisers lol

[–] biofaust 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

He put his hands forward and said, "I don't particularly like Musk", but really, I see no difference between the two categories you described. The Israeli narrative of not allowing to "trivialize the Holocaust" when I have just been calling the guy a nazi because he speaks, acts and supports like one is exactly the kind of wildcard that a Musk/Trump sympathizer dreams of.

As long as you don't touch the Jews (or better israel and zionists), you are in the clear.

[–] iAvicenna 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

"dont particularly like Elon" is pretty soft compared to the reaction you got. I don't know what he expects a non-trivial Nazi sympathiser to be like in 2025, someone getting a rifle and going around killing Jews randomly while singing "Die Fahne hoch"?