Comment by teachrdan

11 hours ago

> Honestly, I think so many people were calling him a Nazi at the time that he just did it to fuel the trolls

If your reaction to being called a Nazi is to behave like a Nazi, then perhaps you actually have Nazi sympathies. Honestly, that "reasoning" can be used to justify literally ANY behavior. The "I was just kidding bro" defense is intellectually dishonest because it cannot be disproven. What if Elon said, "I am a white supremacist" but then winks afterwards? Would that be enough plausible deniability?

What if he supported a political party in Germany that wanted to ban immigrants based on their religion, and even deport naturalized citizens based on their religion? Oh wait, he already does! But again, you will pretend that this is not evidence of any kind of bias based on race or religion -- or, if it is, that he is simply "trolling the libs".