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He’s an awkward autistic guy. He does awkward stuff. That’s not him being a Nazi.

_DeadFred_ 2y ago
Strong 'Dude he's not a nazi, he needs to endorse the final solution for you to call him that. This is just a wild salute' vibes. That is 100% doing multiple Nazi salutes. Autism isn't 'Tourettes but with Nazi salutes'.
bryanlarsen 2y ago
He has Asperger's, not Tourette's or full blown Autism.
- generj 2y ago
  He may have something like Asperger’s. No diagnosis has ever been provided so it’s all just conjecture. IIRC he’s self diagnosed. In any case I’m pretty tired of people making excuses for him based on this claim, as if it’s some sort of get out of jail card only to be played when he faces criticism. I know plenty of people on the spectrum who aren’t acting like Elon.
generj 2y ago
I reviewed the video, and there’s not very much ambiguity. He pretty clearly deliberately does a Nazi salute, twice.
- NotYourLawyer 2y ago
  I think what he was awkwardly going for was “I’m giving my heart to the crowd.” He should have thought about how it would look though.
  - generj 2y ago
    Why should you or I give the benefit of the doubt to somehow who has been explicitly flirting with white supremacy in his tweets for months? He gave a Nazi salute. He intended it. If anyone doubts that, try to do the exact same movement at work this week and attempt to explain to HR you were just showing your love by reaching out your hand from your heart.
    - NotYourLawyer 2y ago
      > explicitly flirting with white supremacy in his tweets for months Citation needed. People vilify him not because he’s a Nazi or a white supremacist (he isn’t), but because he supports Trump. He gets the benefit of the doubt because he’s an awkward guy, doing awkward shit.
      - _DeadFred_ 2y ago
        He braces himself, makes an aggressive facial expression and stiffens his arm (not a thank you loving face), his palm facing down, elbow stiff, fingers locked together (not how one throws their heart), does it a second time, then comments that 'the future of civilization is assured'. Go Google images and look from multiple angles. Of BOTH salutes. Try not to puke at the smiles/cheers in the crowd. Subtle Elon used the Fraktur font on his MAGA hat. Elon supports the AFD. Elon intentionally does a Nazi salute twice. Elon likes/responds possitively to Nazi's and white supremacists on X. Elon talks about 'declining birth rates and immigration policies' as closely as he can get away with to 'race replacement theory'.
        NotYourLawyer 2y ago
        The anti-defamation league agrees with me. Take that however you want.
      - generj 2y ago
        It’s pretty easy to Google Elon Musk and white supremacy. I did so, here’s two sources: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/11/15/media/elon-musk-antisemitism-white-people https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/11/15/media/elon-musk-antisemit... https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/16/23964160/elon-musk-antisemitic-x-post-ibm-ads https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/16/23964160/elon-musk-antis... Beyond that, there are dozens of incidents where he will retweet blatantly obvious Great Replacement Theory, etc with “interesting”. And replatforming known neo-Nazis like Nick Fuentes.
        NotYourLawyer 2y ago

Strong 'Dude he's not a nazi, he needs to endorse the final solution for you to call him that. This is just a wild salute' vibes. That is 100% doing multiple Nazi salutes. Autism isn't 'Tourettes but with Nazi salutes'.

bryanlarsen 2y ago

He has Asperger's, not Tourette's or full blown Autism.

generj 2y ago
He may have something like Asperger’s. No diagnosis has ever been provided so it’s all just conjecture. IIRC he’s self diagnosed. In any case I’m pretty tired of people making excuses for him based on this claim, as if it’s some sort of get out of jail card only to be played when he faces criticism. I know plenty of people on the spectrum who aren’t acting like Elon.

generj 2y ago

I reviewed the video, and there’s not very much ambiguity. He pretty clearly deliberately does a Nazi salute, twice.

NotYourLawyer 2y ago
I think what he was awkwardly going for was “I’m giving my heart to the crowd.” He should have thought about how it would look though.
- generj 2y ago
  Why should you or I give the benefit of the doubt to somehow who has been explicitly flirting with white supremacy in his tweets for months? He gave a Nazi salute. He intended it. If anyone doubts that, try to do the exact same movement at work this week and attempt to explain to HR you were just showing your love by reaching out your hand from your heart.
  - NotYourLawyer 2y ago
    > explicitly flirting with white supremacy in his tweets for months Citation needed. People vilify him not because he’s a Nazi or a white supremacist (he isn’t), but because he supports Trump. He gets the benefit of the doubt because he’s an awkward guy, doing awkward shit.
    - _DeadFred_ 2y ago
      He braces himself, makes an aggressive facial expression and stiffens his arm (not a thank you loving face), his palm facing down, elbow stiff, fingers locked together (not how one throws their heart), does it a second time, then comments that 'the future of civilization is assured'. Go Google images and look from multiple angles. Of BOTH salutes. Try not to puke at the smiles/cheers in the crowd. Subtle Elon used the Fraktur font on his MAGA hat. Elon supports the AFD. Elon intentionally does a Nazi salute twice. Elon likes/responds possitively to Nazi's and white supremacists on X. Elon talks about 'declining birth rates and immigration policies' as closely as he can get away with to 'race replacement theory'.
      - NotYourLawyer 2y ago
        The anti-defamation league agrees with me. Take that however you want.
    - generj 2y ago
      It’s pretty easy to Google Elon Musk and white supremacy. I did so, here’s two sources: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/11/15/media/elon-musk-antisemitism-white-people https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/11/15/media/elon-musk-antisemit... https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/16/23964160/elon-musk-antisemitic-x-post-ibm-ads https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/16/23964160/elon-musk-antis... Beyond that, there are dozens of incidents where he will retweet blatantly obvious Great Replacement Theory, etc with “interesting”. And replatforming known neo-Nazis like Nick Fuentes.
      - NotYourLawyer 2y ago