Germany's far-right AfD welcomes Musk backing – DW – 12/20/2024
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After Elon Musk posted his support for Germany's far-right AfD, the party's leader Alice Weidel expressed her gratitude.

Summary

Elon Musk expressed support for Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on X, stating “Only the AfD can save Germany.”

Party leader Alice Weidel welcomed his endorsement, urging followers to review her criticisms of German politics.

The AfD, polling at 19% ahead of February’s federal election, is officially under scrutiny as an extremist group by German authorities.

Musk has previously questioned the party’s “far-right” label. Controversy surrounds the AfD, including links to a meeting discussing deportation of migrants.

  • Flying SquidMEnglish
    -21•18 hours ago

    Moderator warning: calling for Elon Musk or anyone else to be assassinated is a violation of Lemmy.world ToS.

    • @mPonyEnglish
      24•16 hours ago

      calling for Elon Musk or anyone else to be assassinated

      Yeah but we can discuss it without saying it should happen, right? (not trying to be a dick about this, honestly)

      • Flying SquidMEnglish
        35•16 hours ago

        Yes. That is fine. There’s a difference between saying “this sort of thing could lead to Elon being killed” and “Elon deserves a bullet in the head.” The issue is with the latter, which has been a big problem in this thread. It is not legal to do that in the Netherlands, where the server is based.

        • @mPonyEnglish
          13•16 hours ago

          Thanks, Flying Squid. I appreciate the clarification.

          • Flying SquidMEnglish
            9•16 hours ago

            No problem. I’m always happy to clarify such things.

    • @IthorianEnglish
      -5•18 hours ago

      So it begins… Reddit 2.0

      • @[email protected]English
        10•17 hours ago

        Just hop to another instance that doesn’t have the same difficulties as .world. Reddit 2.0 on Lemmy requires us to be compliant.

        • @CliffEnglish
          7•6 hours ago

          Or that user could just set up his own instance and face all the possible liability issues himself.

          • @[email protected]English
            3•6 hours ago

            Exactly. A large portion of the .world user base is from North America and doesn’t realize .world isn’t based on the United States.