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Or the press pretending that it was a nazi salute, outrage sells.
by pipes 2y ago
Or the press pretending that it was a nazi salute, outrage sells.
- MagnumOpus 2y agoEveryone who saw the speech, saw the three (!) Heil Hitlers and the ensuing smirk that said “whatcha gonna do, suckers?”. Pretending at equivocating just to troll will tank your own credibility.
- mewpmewp2 2y agoIf it was standalone event you could perhaps argue it was accidental. But the fact that he is supporting Afd who had done similar things in the past where they run a campaign, and make nazi symbolism in such a way that it would be barely legal, but at the same time obvious to everyone what they are referring to, it is pretty damning.
- 6stringronin 2y agoI'm curious if you know what a Nazi salute looks like? Make a comparison by looking it up, he does the salute twice. Of course you can argue in bad faith because it costs you nothing to be wrong but does that imply you are promoting this behavior? Seems like the obvious implication The media is outraged because a duck quacks like a duck
- pipes 2y agohttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy48v1x4dv4o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy48v1x4dv4o I really don't buy it, it just looks like an awkward gesture. From the article: But the Anti-Defamation League, an organisation founded to combat antisemitism, did not agree. "It seems that Elon Musk made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute," it posted on X.
- Zigurd 2y agoYou mean the German newspaper Zeit with headlines like "Ein Hitlergruß ist ein Hitlergruß ist ein Hitlergruß"
- Sohcahtoa82 2y agoIt WAS a Nazi salute, and claiming otherwise is textbook gaslighting.