• Jumi@lemmy.world
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    For once he’s doing it wrong, not that it matters, and secondly he looks like he came while doing it.

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      Ackthually, he is doing the Bellamy Salute (still wrong, but more like that than the nazi one)

      Yeah, the topic drove me to a rabbit hole and I got to learn a lot of different Roman (Fascist) salutes

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_salute

      TL:DR is, Bellamy is the american nazi salute and the sieg hail is the nazi nazi salute. So they are pretty different from each other as one can see.

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      If he has any sense that overcomes his pride, he should be grateful that someone else is taking some flak for him.

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    Well, get ready for a whole lot of gaslighting. He’s going to say that’s not what he was doing and his lil army of trolls are going to toe the line.

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      8 hours ago

      Spot on. We all know exactly what we saw. But…

      “This is just a distraction from [the class war / taxes / Russia / China / the Koreas / India / … ]!”

      “Allegedly, he seemingly did a gesture that resembles a fascist salute. He could’ve been having a heart attack and pointing at a paramedic. You don’t know.”

      “It’s a tic. He’s had it since he was a child. I read about it on this random screenshot of a news article from 2018.”

      “The Roman Salute, as it is known amongst historians, can be seen in many statues. Here’s a link to one. Things have history, Alex. God. Not everything is nazis.”

      “So his views are a little extreme. Most people would argue they’re vile. I certainly don’t agree with them, but people. Please. Civility and decorum must rule. I’d fight for his right to blahblahblah…"

      “I’m sorry; we can’t hear you over our Economic Anxiety. Groceries are too expensive and people are homeless! That’s why we elected nazis. Please be more understanding of our extra special circumstances and ignorance.”

      “It’s legal to do that in the USofA. Where is it not legal? Germany? Interesting! Gosh their freezepeach laws are a bit restrictive, eh? Controlling how we move our bodies? Sounds like something a nazi would want.”

      And on. And if you engage with it, they’ll just turn on some kind of AI bot thingy to continue the “conversation,” taking up even more space online.

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    So he literally turns around and does it a 2nd time.

    How can anyone deny it now? There’s no way this is coincidence, like he’s just really awkward with gestures and was bad at throwing his hand in the air to the crowd. This can’t be explained away.

    Wtf bullshit argument or defense is he and his supporters going to spew out?

    They all say he’s such a genius, but he’s unaware of how close this gesture is to a nazi salute? There’s no way this can be defended. It’s just too obvious.

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    12 hours ago

    How did he make the Nazi salute look somehow even MORE uncool than the -9999999999999999999999 it was already at.

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    11 hours ago

    So heil Hitler it is, now?

    Granted, I never thought he’d get this far, but I’ve been saying for nearly a decade now that Musk is a lucky scammer who will do anything if it benefits himself.

    I wonder how many people are left of the original musk groupies that thought musk was so cool and was going to save the world.

    Do you still believe? Are you still that stupid?

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      On the bright side, if we’re remarking on history’s propensity for repetition, consider how much the odds have just gone up that Elon’s personal timeline now ends doused in gasoline and set alight in a ditch, like a pasty, doughy little pile of garbage.

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      I wonder how many people are left of the original musk groupies that thought musk was so cool and was going to save the world.

      Do you still believe? Are you still that stupid?

      Nope.

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    Wonder what all the people who voted for this are thinking. Wonder if it’s any different from what the people who enabled this are thinking.