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@fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months ago

Musk’s Dad: Elon’s Not Racist—He Was Friends With ‘Black Servants’

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Musk’s Dad: Elon’s Not Racist—He Was Friends With ‘Black Servants’

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@fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months ago
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The Musk patriarch also fondly recalled apartheid-era South Africa as as a “well-run, law abiding country.”
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  • @ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml
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    I’m not racist, my favorite slaves are black

    • @InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world
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      Nothing racist about that. Just libertarian, but please call them free bounded employees /s

  • mimavox
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    This is beyond parody at this point.

    • @fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      Makes Cheryl Tunt look more realistic than this family.

  • rice_nine
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    “Servants”.

  • @klu9@lemmy.ca
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    I thought I was so original posting this yesterday:

    Elon “I can’t possibly be a racist troll, some of my best serfs are Negroes!” Musk.

    Turns out his own father beat me to it!

  • @Sibshops@lemm.ee
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    He’s just rreeeaalllyy into white people breeding.

    • @LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works
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      7•2 months ago

      No /s required there

      • @Sibshops@lemm.ee
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        Oh yeah, true. I’ll remove it.

  • @blattrules@lemmy.world
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    27•2 months ago

    I read the headline and was absolutely positive that it was an onion article, then saw where this was posted.

  • @TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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    25•2 months ago

    This is the same guy that married his step daughter.

  • @Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world
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    Yowza.

    Just shows how disconnected from reality these people are. They live in a bubble of luxury, affluence, yes-men. They’ve never experienced any semblance of hardship or struggle, ever. He grew up with servants for fucks sake.

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    How dumb do you have to be to mess up the “I have a black friend” defense?

  • "no" banana
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    Look, I think my opinion on Elon is obvious, but “my son made friends with people whose best interest was to be friendly towards him and not mouth off” is not a good argument lmao

  • @Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world
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    It’s the “I have black friends” defense but with servants. What’s next? “The people he had locked up were his best chums so he’s still not racist?”

  • @Elkot@lemmy.world
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    My family is originally from Rhodesia, I was shocked when my father told me he had servants growing up

    • @stoly@lemmy.world
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      It’s very common outside of Europe and North America. You don’t need to be wealthy when so many are super poor.

  • @thesohoriots@lemmy.world
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    “His best friend was a black guy named Early! Because he was never late.”

  • @Infynis@midwest.social
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    This one really should have been the Onion

  • @JoeTheSane@lemmy.world
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    Holy shit

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