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This is moving the goalposts from "Elon supports far-right politicians" which was cited with sources, you're just going "well he's right to"

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No, I'm saying they're not far right. It's a pejorative term made up by the left to try and shift the overton window away from conservatism.

They're about as "far right" as the 80's Thatcher government.

> It's a pejorative term made up by the left to try and shift the overton window away from conservatism.

When and by whom?

> They're about as "far right" as the 80's Thatcher government.

Would you describe Thatcher passing Section 28 (which criminalized "promotion of homosexuality") as plain "conservatism" or is "far right" an appropriate descriptor in that case?

I think it was conservatism of its time. You can ret-con it with 2026 morality and say it was wrong, but then it was the Conservative austerity government that legalised gay marriage.

If you don't want to concede "far right" as a term for conservatives who are fine with suppression of speech on LGBT issues - aren't you lumping everyone outside the far left together with extremists?

Elon did the salute and the AfD has it on their ads

More importantly, he obviously intended it to be the Nazi Salute, instead of the usual random movement screengrabs of other people "assumingly" doing the salute.

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