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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 27 points 1 day ago (4 children)

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

[–] enbipanic@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 day ago

All Nazis are assholes Not all assholes are Nazis

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Before? What, in primary school?

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

I think James May got there quicker. The first episode of his Cars Of The People miniseries explores (in part) the driving idea behind the Beetle and its origin, including its proceeds funding the Nazi war machine.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

He punched a guy in 2015 over available food options, which got him fired from BBC. His popularity didn't take that much of a hit from this incident despite him clearly being in the wrong (Hammond and May both left BBC with him and they started a new show The Grand Tour, which wasn't as popular as Top Gear, but was still popular.

Then, in 2022, he wrote an opinion piece for the Sun about how much he hates Megan Merkle and included a bit where he said she should be paraded naked through the town. Amazon decided to not start any new projects with him after this, though they continued with the plans to wind down The Grand Tour which had already been established.

He's got a farming show now, so he wasn't cancelled over this, despite burning some bridges.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nobody really remembers, it was so long ago.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

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