• TheEmpireStrikesDak
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    1 day ago

    I seem to remember Musk’s defence on the paedo thing being that in South Africa, it’s not meant to be taken literally and it’s just a generic insult.

    Mr Musk told the court this week the phrase “pedo guy” was common in South Africa, where he grew up.

    So if a bunch of South Africans started calling Musk paedo-guy on Twitter and elsewhere, it’s just bants and not defamation, right?

    • Kurious84@eviltoast.org
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      22 hours ago

      Everything musk says is more or less a lie. He said he didn’t give a nazi salute. Of course he did.

      Our politics are a lot like Russia. They provide the most ridiculous counter argument that is absurd and then end the discussion. Or they blame or accuse others of doing Exsctlt what they’re doing. I think they were during nuclear blackmail many times when they’re the only country threatening everyone with nukes. Crap like that.

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      Surprised he didn’t use that as a defense for the Nazi salute, considering that he was named after a character in a Von Braun novel.

      “I grew up in a community of violent racists mad about the end of apartheid. I couldn’t have known any better.”