Summary
Trump supporters are calling to defund PBS after it reported that Elon Musk’s post-inauguration gesture resembled a Nazi salute.
PBS described it as “similar to the ‘Sieg Heil’ used by Nazis,” sparking conservative backlash, with figures like Tomi Lahren and Rep. Andy Biggs accusing PBS of propaganda.
Musk denied the claim and criticized “legacy media” and Wikipedia for bias.
Calls to defund PBS align with longstanding conservative goals and plans like Project 2025, which includes eliminating public media funding under a new Trump administration.
Of course the party of free speech wants to defund… free speech. Lol
Even if you think it wasn’t I’m going to keep saying it was. Know why?
If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that’s what I’m going to do
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I can’t believe how far this has been taken…
As an extremely awkward autistic person, I commiserate with Elon…
Think whatever, Elon didn’t know what to do with his his hands, or limbs in general.
Nazis don’t deserve to breathe.
As an autistic person, I have no sympathy for Elon. Nor do I have sympathy for anyone so blatantly refusing to call a spade a spade.
Elon didn’t know what to do with his hands, or limbs in general
Lol. Elon’s alleged autism comes in handy whenever he pulls off something that would embarass a teenage edgelord
As an extremely awkward autistic person, have you ever Sieg heiled?
Has musk said as much? Or is this just mental gymnastics making excuses for the guy?
Yeah, people with autism are sieg heiling left and right, it’s a common symptom described in the DSMIV /s
Get fucked nazi apologist.
Nazi sympathizer is a bad look.
I understand awkwardness and if that was the only thing he did i might sympathize, but does your autism also make you financially support far right candidates like the AfD and repost neo nazi talking points?
OP is in favor of racial segregation. Wtf.
this fuckers actually love cancel culture
How do you defund something that runs on charity from the people who watch it (and also a large contribution from the Koch brothers)? Do these dumbfucks think PBS is paid for by tax money? Every single program I’ve ever seen on PBS explicitly states it’s paid for by viewers (and again, the Koch brothers).
PBS is also funded by a grant from the government.
It’s a small portion of their funding at this point but still essential.
Well, looks like I’ll be setting up monthly donations to PBS.
I also just sent them a 100 just to be sure. 🤘
They’ve been after PBS pretty hard. It’s probably the one thing that stands between them owning all media in this country.
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
Orwell thought The Party would be directing it all, but this is all sufficiently self-directing, much more akin to what Huxley/Bradbury predicted. People are paying for the privilege of being lied to and running interference for The Party without needing to be coerced with fear of The Party. They only fear The Other.
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears
Given how fast generative AI is advancing I’m afraid we are only years away from not being able to trust even video evidence
Oh but they’ll still take direction from the party and alter their reality again. “That wasn’t a Nazi Salute! The left are all morons and liars!” “Oh Trump says we’re taking it back from the Nazis… so it was a Nazi Salute, but in a patriotic way!” “Oh, Trump says Hitler was a historical hero… SEIG HEIL!”
Exactly, just like Jan 6thers were antifa trying to make Trump look bad, but he just pardoned all of them and the followers celebrated…
It’s that Sartre quote about anti-semites and how they don’t actually have any real arguments or principles and will always say whatever to win.
It’s not a “salute”, it’s a Nazi salute, from a Nazi, to tell the world, “I’m a powerful Nazi and there’s nothing you can do about it.”
It’s time we did something about it.
Sometimes violence IS the answer
Violence is never an answer, it’s a question.
Sometimes, the answer to that question is yes.
It’s time we did something about it.
We had that chance, just over two months ago.
We elected one of them to office.
It’s never too late to fight fascism.
And never too early, neither.
And Wikipedia. Lol they’ll throw anything they don’t like in as a seed to further their fuck face agenda.
What a Nazi bitch move out of the I’m a little Nazi bitch playbook.
It’s official, trump fans are nazis
Official-er.
Er-er-er-er…
Musk denied the claim
Did he? Can anyone find exactly what he said in this denial?
Interviewer: “Did you really do a Nazi Seig Heil?!”
Elon Musk: “Nein”
yeah nothing new. they don’t like the post office, libraries, public media, public schools, public healthcare, public fire departments, pretty much anything public
Now, i want to check them out and support them.
“pure propaganda”
As in: “We want pure propaganda! We don’t want any media whatsoever to ever say anything that we don’t like or already agree with! You say Trump is God or you get defunded!!”
