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Quiet Em

(1,624 posts) Sat Dec 21, 2024, 12:53 PM Dec 21

Magdeburg Attack Suspect Said Elon Musk, Alex Jones 'Telling Truth': Report

The man believed to have killed at least five people after driving into Christmas market shoppers in Germany is a fan of Elon Musk and backs "conspiracy ideologue" Alex Jones, according to German publication Der Spiegel.

Der Spiegel and social media users reported that an X account that appeared to be affiliated to the suspect, made comments supporting Musk and Jones, as well as the far-right German party AfD (Alternative for Germany).

Without specifying where it got the information, Der Spiegel also said the suspect was a fan of Elon Musk. "The entrepreneur Elon Musk, who is increasingly openly expressing his sympathies for right-wing parties, was probably one of his role models," said the publication, according to a translation.

The suspect, according to Der Spiegel said: "What Musk says, what Alex Jones says, or anyone who is labeled a radical or a right-wing extremist by mainstream media—they're telling the truth."

https://www.newsweek.com/germany-magdeburg-terrorism-musk-2004573

It's Newsweek, but they are taking this information from Der Spiegel. Is Der Spiegel considered an accurate source of information?

This would not surprise me. This far-right dangerous mindset is spreading world-wide.

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Magdeburg Attack Suspect Said Elon Musk, Alex Jones 'Telling Truth': Report (Original Post) Quiet Em Dec 21 OP

Der Spiegel is a reliable source. Ocelot II Dec 21 #1

Thank you, Ocelot II Quiet Em Dec 21 #3

These blindly insane sociopaths need to be removed from society Charging Triceratops Dec 21 #2

Well, Elon did endorse the new Nazi party in Germany. I expect a lot more of this shit. Walleye Dec 21 #4

Do you have a link by chance? ColinC Dec 21 #7

No, I don't, but I think he tweeted it. Not sure. Walleye Dec 21 #8

No worries i found it! ColinC Dec 21 #10

Well, they have been talking like Nazis and using Nazi slogans the whole time. Why should we be surprised at all? Walleye Dec 21 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Dec 21 #5

Well, well, well... color me not surprised. kysrsoze Dec 21 #6

I guess this tells us one thing Jilly_in_VA Dec 21 #9

My mom said some of her relatives always were "a might peculiar". She was from Eastern shore, Virginia. Walleye Dec 21 #12

can someone please explain something to me? orleans Dec 21 #13

He's an anti-immigrant, immigrant, anti-Islamic Muslim....He sounds weird! LeftInTX Dec 21 #16

Jesus. GB_RN Dec 21 #14

Suspect Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, a 50-year-old doctor from Saudi Arabia, had expressed anti-Islam and anti-immigrant views LeftInTX Dec 21 #15

A psychiatric specialist? Physician, heal thyself. Ocelot II Dec 21 #18

Another oxymoron within an oxymoron! LeftInTX Dec 21 #19

Musk's Far Right posts are extremely dangerous... AntiFascist Dec 21 #17

Mental illness seems to be contagious struggle4progress Dec 21 #20

It certainly seems like it is increasing. Quiet Em Dec 21 #21

Ocelot II

(123,556 posts)

1. Der Spiegel is a reliable source.

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 12:56 PM

Dec 21

Der Spiegel is known in German-speaking countries mostly for its investigative journalism. It has played a key role in uncovering many political scandals such as the Spiegel affair in 1962 and the Flick affair in the 1980s. According to The Economist, Der Spiegel is one of continental Europe's most influential magazines. The news website by the same name was launched in 1994 under the name Spiegel Online with an independent editorial staff. Today, the content is created by a shared editorial team and the website uses the same media brand as the printed magazine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Spiegel

Quiet Em

(1,624 posts)

3. Thank you, Ocelot II

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 12:58 PM

Dec 21

I appreciate this information.

Charging Triceratops

(441 posts)

2. These blindly insane sociopaths need to be removed from society

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 12:57 PM

Dec 21

In every country. Now!

Walleye

(38,623 posts)

4. Well, Elon did endorse the new Nazi party in Germany. I expect a lot more of this shit.

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 01:00 PM

Dec 21

The last thing Elon and his ilk want is peace on earth

ColinC

(11,098 posts)

7. Do you have a link by chance?

Reply to Walleye (Reply #4)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 02:01 PM

Dec 21

TIA

Walleye

(38,623 posts)

8. No, I don't, but I think he tweeted it. Not sure.

Reply to ColinC (Reply #7)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 02:01 PM

Dec 21

ColinC

(11,098 posts)

10. No worries i found it!

Reply to Walleye (Reply #8)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 02:50 PM

Dec 21

So this trump administration is headed into becoming the most pro fascist admin we've ever seen...

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/world/europe/elon-musk-afd-germany.html

Walleye

(38,623 posts)

11. Well, they have been talking like Nazis and using Nazi slogans the whole time. Why should we be surprised at all?

Reply to ColinC (Reply #10)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 02:52 PM

Dec 21

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dalton99a This message was self-deleted by its author.

kysrsoze

(6,261 posts)

6. Well, well, well... color me not surprised.

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 01:39 PM

Dec 21

Jilly_in_VA

(11,694 posts)

9. I guess this tells us one thing

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 02:07 PM

Dec 21

That boy just ain't right! (Straight up quote from my former Tennessee neighbors.)

Walleye

(38,623 posts)

12. My mom said some of her relatives always were "a might peculiar". She was from Eastern shore, Virginia.

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Reply #9)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 02:53 PM

Dec 21

Actually, I think one of her uncles or cousins she said was peculiar as hell. I think that describes Elon.

orleans

(35,737 posts)

13. can someone please explain something to me?

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 03:45 PM

Dec 21

what was the point of driving into that xmas market in germany just b/c they like eloon, jones, and adf?

LeftInTX

(32,715 posts)

16. He's an anti-immigrant, immigrant, anti-Islamic Muslim....He sounds weird!

Reply to orleans (Reply #13)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 03:54 PM

Dec 21

GB_RN

(3,316 posts)

14. Jesus.

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 03:45 PM

Dec 21

Believing that anything those two assclowns have to say resembles anything remotely close to the truth/reality should be an automatic qualifier for involuntary commitment to a mental institution until such time as it can be determined that the individual in question is no longer a threat to themselves, AND, more importantly, no longer a threat to others and society. Seriously, that type of thinking (oxymoron, I know) is a mental illness.

That this comes on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II - and in light of the rise of rightwing groups & fascists - makes this event in Magdeburg, even more tragic.

For those not familiar with Magdeburg, in World War II, the city was the location of 30 forced labour detachments of the Stalag XI-A prisoner-of-war camp for approximately 4500 Allied POWs, the site of a concentration camp for the Sinti and Romani minorities as well as three of Buchenwald’s subcamps.

LeftInTX

(32,715 posts)

15. Suspect Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, a 50-year-old doctor from Saudi Arabia, had expressed anti-Islam and anti-immigrant views

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 03:52 PM

Dec 21

The suspect in the deadly attack on a Christmas market in Germany is a physician and self-described Saudi dissident who has expressed anti-Islamic views, authorities said, and appears to have supported a far-right, anti-immigrant party.

Abdulmohsen, who arrived in Germany in 2006, describes himself as a Saudi dissident, according to a German official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an open investigation. He lived and worked as psychiatric specialist at a clinic in Bernburg, 30 miles south of Magdeburg. The Saudi government said it had warned German authorities multiple times to be aware of him.

“We can only say with certainty that the perpetrator was obviously Islamophobic,” Interior Minister Nancy Faeser told reporters.

A possible motive was Abdulmohsen’s “dissatisfaction” with how Saudi refugees were treated in Germany, said Horst Walter Nopens, Magdeburg’s chief prosecutor.

https://wapo.st/3DBNtiE

He sounds like a hot mess!

Ocelot II

(123,556 posts)

18. A psychiatric specialist? Physician, heal thyself.

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #15)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 04:17 PM

Dec 21

LeftInTX

(32,715 posts)

19. Another oxymoron within an oxymoron!

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #18)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 04:26 PM

Dec 21

AntiFascist

(13,124 posts)

17. Musk's Far Right posts are extremely dangerous...

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 04:00 PM

Dec 21

MPs are to summon Elon Musk to testify about X’s role in spreading disinformation, in a parliamentary inquiry into the UK riots and the rise of false and harmful AI content, the Guardian has learned.
...
The MPs will investigate the consequences of generative AI, which was used in widely shared images posted on Facebook and X inciting people to join Islamophobic protests after the killing of three schoolgirls in Southport in August. They will also investigate Silicon Valley business models that “encourage the spread of content that can mislead and harm”.
...
During the riots that followed the Southport killings he said: “Civil war is inevitable.”

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/20/mps-summon-elon-musk-x-role-uk-summer-riots

struggle4progress

(121,814 posts)

20. Mental illness seems to be contagious

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 04:37 PM

Dec 21

Quiet Em

(1,624 posts)

21. It certainly seems like it is increasing.

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #20)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 04:46 PM

Dec 21

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