X CEO Linda Yaccarino stepped in to remove a pro-Hitler post::X CEO Linda Yaccarino helped get a viral pro-Hitler tweet taken down, The Information reported. Hate speech has risen on X since Elon Musk’s takeover.

    • Garbanzo@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Does anyone else feel like saying Elon is worse than Hitler would be more acceptable than saying Hitler was better than Elon? It strikes me as odd because they are essentially the same statement but they just hit so differently.

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        1 year ago

        You’re right. The connotation is different. “X is better than Y”, is generally implying “Y is good but X is even better”. “X is worse than Y” would be “Y is bad but X is even worse”.

    • ram@bookwormstory.social
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      1 year ago

      It included a photo of Hitler with the caption, “At least now the world know, why he did, what he did.”