- cross-posted to:
- world@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- world@lemmy.world
(…) Plans for online Musk-Weidel meeting
The spokesman for the leader of the AfD, Alice Weidel, said concrete plans were underway for an online meeting between her and Musk.
That came after Musk himself suggested a meeting between the two via X’s Spaces chat feature. “Wait until Alice and I do an X Spaces conversation. They will lose their minds,” he posted. (…)
“Elon Musk is equipped with billions and unbridled communication power,” Habeck wrote on X. “His call for the AfD is systematic: He wants to weaken Europe. Power must be limited: no business model must destroy our democracy. Europe must now use its power consistently.”
Concerns are also growing in the UK as Musk takes an increasingly close interest in Britain’s political scene, aligning himself with hard-right lawmaker Nigel Farage.
Musk has busied himself with taking aim at the UK’s center-left Labour government, launching a series of blistering comments against British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
How so? What do you find silly about it?
Why do we need to treat these people as if they are majesty? It’s a stupid remnant of feudalism. For the privilege of being the highest ranking official they should have to endure being called a “tyrant” here and there, even if the accusations are spurious.
It’s not about treating them like majesty, but about protecting the office/position and democracy.
Germany has stronger protection against personal insults than other countries like the USA. Personally, I think that’s a good thing. That you the law defines that insulting others [for no reason], putting them down, and verbally abusing them is not ok.
Those things, slander, lies, and insults serve and push division and destabilize democracy and society. No from one statement, but their sum.
I’d like to reverse the premise: Why would a president, representing a country, have to accept unbased lies and insults against them? What’s the upside to that?