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It seems alarmist until you consider that Musk is a Nazi. He did the Hitler salute, live on national television. His followers tried to downplay it, but his own

by zyx321 2y ago

It seems alarmist until you consider that Musk is a Nazi. He did the Hitler salute, live on national television. His followers tried to downplay it, but his own answer to the question "Are you a Nazi?" was "I bet you did Nazi that coming!" People joke that he went from being the Henry Ford of our generation to being the Henry Ford of our generation. I don't know whether I would say that Trump is a Nazi*, but the fact that he put a Nazi in charge of firing govt employees that don't follow orders does not bode well. EDIT: * If only because he has never publicly admitted to being a Nazi like Musk has.

derangedHorse 2y ago
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- Timon3 2y ago
  You're asking the wrong question. If it wasn't a Nazi salute, why doesn't he say so? I've seen enough gleeful comments by real, actual, self-proclaimed Nazis to know that they saw it as a Nazi salute. If I ever did any gesture that could be interpreted this way, I wouldn't hesitate a second to denounce them and apologize for the gesture. Why has Musk still not done any of this, even though he knows that Nazis consider his gesture a Nazi salute? Why not come out and say "it wasn't meant to be a Nazi salute"? > If it was, why wouldn’t he just say so? What would be the point in doing it in the first place? Because he wants Nazis to support and like him, while giving non-Nazis "plausible deniability". He gains support from the base of the president he's working with while not really losing much. Again, let's turn the question around: if it wasn't a Nazi salute, why wouldn't he just say so? He'd lose the support of Nazis and gain the respect of everyone else. Seems like an absolute no-brainer.
- zyx321 2y ago
  >Why do so many people think it was a Nazi Salute Because it was the Hitler Salute. The Salute thar Hitler did. That Salute. >If it was, why didn't he say so? He did. >What would be the point of doing it? To demonstrate to other Nazis that he is also a Nazi (Virtue Signaling)

by zyx321 2y ago

derangedHorse 2y ago

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Timon3 2y ago
You're asking the wrong question. If it wasn't a Nazi salute, why doesn't he say so? I've seen enough gleeful comments by real, actual, self-proclaimed Nazis to know that they saw it as a Nazi salute. If I ever did any gesture that could be interpreted this way, I wouldn't hesitate a second to denounce them and apologize for the gesture. Why has Musk still not done any of this, even though he knows that Nazis consider his gesture a Nazi salute? Why not come out and say "it wasn't meant to be a Nazi salute"? > If it was, why wouldn’t he just say so? What would be the point in doing it in the first place? Because he wants Nazis to support and like him, while giving non-Nazis "plausible deniability". He gains support from the base of the president he's working with while not really losing much. Again, let's turn the question around: if it wasn't a Nazi salute, why wouldn't he just say so? He'd lose the support of Nazis and gain the respect of everyone else. Seems like an absolute no-brainer.
zyx321 2y ago
>Why do so many people think it was a Nazi Salute Because it was the Hitler Salute. The Salute thar Hitler did. That Salute. >If it was, why didn't he say so? He did. >What would be the point of doing it? To demonstrate to other Nazis that he is also a Nazi (Virtue Signaling)