Elon Musk did not name specific individuals or groups that were out to “kill” him, but vaguely blamed “people who still believe the legacy news.” Elon Musk, facing fresh backlash over allegations of promoting white supremacist signals, has accused his critics of orchestrating a “relentless propaganda campaign” against him. “If they could press a button and kill me in reality, they would press that button immediately,” Musk, who faced backlash for the Nazi-salute earlier this year, said in an interview with Fox News. “But since I’m a little difficult to kill, they’re doing character assassination instead. They really are trying on every angle to get me,” he said. He did not name specific individuals or groups that were out to “kill” him, but vaguely blamed “people who still believe the legacy news.” The criticism comes from the Tesla CEO’s controversial gesture at a Donald Trump rally in January, where he was seen raising his right arm in what many interpreted as a “Roman salute”, a move historically associated with Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party. (…) The backlash intensified further after his estranged daughter, Vivian Jenna Wilson, publicly condemned the gesture. Speaking to Teen Vogue, the 20-year-old described the moment as “insane.” “The Nazi salute st was insane. Honey, we’re going to call a fig a fig, and we’re going to call a Nazi salute what it was. That s*t was definitely a Nazi salute. The crowd is equally to blame, and I feel like people are not talking about that. That crowd should be denounced,” she said.
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siehe auch: Elon Musk Slams Nazi Comparisons As ‘Relentless Propaganda Campaign’ WHAT THE HEIL The Tesla CEO also claimed critics want to assassinate his character because he’s too “difficult” to kill in real life. Elon Musk of Nazi-salute fame slammed critics who have called out his white supremacist dog-whistles Saturday. “It’s a relentless propaganda campaign,” he said in a teased clip of an interview with Laura Trump for Fox News due to air later on Saturday. “They really are trying on every angle to get me.” Musk drew widespread condemnation for giving a “Roman salute”—raising his right arm in the same manner as members of the Nazi Party—while addressing the crowds at a GOP rally in January. “If they could press a button and kill me in reality, they would press that button immediately,” he added. “But since I’m a little difficult to kill, they’re doing character assassination instead.” (…) Though Musk has denied being a Nazi sympathizer, he has fueled such criticism further with a series of X posts featuring Nazi-related puns. A self-described “free-speech absolutist,” the tech broligarch’s decision to strip back content moderation to the bone following his 2022 acquisition of the social media platform has also long drawn criticism for fuelling the online spread of extremist material, with hate-speech watchdogs raising concerns over the growing abundance of antisemitic content on the platform.