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Stephen Fry released a statement: "Elon Musk is not a Nazi. Nazis make really good cars." (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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What's great about this, and Stephen Fry is brilliant, is not that he's absolving Musk, or that he's criticizing Tesla, but that it is an argument likely leading to Elon Musk protesting,

'No, my cars are good enough that I can be a Nazi!'

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[–] RangerJosey@lemmy.ml 18 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

I'd imagine Jeremy Clarkson might have said this on old top gear before he outed himself as a massive asshole.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

Before? What, in primary school?

[–] enbipanic@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 9 hours ago

All Nazis are assholes Not all assholes are Nazis

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

What did he do to out himself, out of curiosity?

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Nobody really remembers, it was so long ago.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Then all's well, I guess. Just like Hitler. Who was he? ANYWAY let's get some froghurt...