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My bad there - I have seen Hasan Piker going on unhinged rants about it and I really am not a fan, so I think I saw Hasan and just starting skimming past to the meat of the story.

That was a legitimate oversight on my part and unfortunate since it detracts from the core message, which is that the quotes are wildly out of context and clearly about drug not 'race mixing' like is being claimed here.




I'm not sure if you replied to me by mistake or not, but this thread was about the out of context quote that even Snopes did not agree with the presentation of, that was from Trump about drugs rather than 'race-mixing' as was implied here by the poster who deliberately left out the context under the guise of being too lazy.

This appears to be a 'source' claiming one of the DOGE people that Musk hired made a comment perceived as racist in the past. I'm not sure what that source is supposed to add to a conversation that has nothing to do with anybody in it, so I have to assume you meant to reply to someone else.

I think you are lost, but hope you find your way!

EDIT: Just so no one else has to jump through the paywall hoops, here is the 'source' in a readable format: https://archive.is/k1FGs

tl;dr - A DOGE staffer made a racist comment and is no longer with the staff as a result. Not sure what that is supposed to do with taking Trumps quotes out of context deliberately, but I'll save you a few clicks ;)


Look. The general vibe of your comment was "this one cherry picked example was out of context in my opinion so therefore nothing is true", a disingenuous trolling strategy we are all familiar with by now, and you did that in the middle of a larger discussion about the current goings-on with DOGE, to try and cast doubt on the reporting.




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