It’s odd how Musk never seems to have that awkwardness cause him to make other random gestures which don’t look like Nazi salutes. Similarly, while it’s true t

It’s odd how Musk never seems to have that awkwardness cause him to make other random gestures which don’t look like Nazi salutes. Similarly, while it’s true that the ADL tried to excuse it, that’s the opinion of their controversial new president and is far from a consensus position. Many other people, including their former national director, did describe it as a fascist salute: https://forward.com/fast-forward/690745/adl-elon-musk-sieg-heil-hitler-salute-nazi/ https://forward.com/fast-forward/690745/adl-elon-musk-sieg-h... https://www.lemkininstitute.com/red-flag-alerts/red-flag-alert-for-genocide---united-states:-the-rise-of-the-nazi-salute https://www.lemkininstitute.com/red-flag-alerts/red-flag-ale... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/21/the-gesture-speaks-for-itself-germans-divided-over-musks-apparent-nazi-salute https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/21/the-gestu... Most tellingly, of course, is that extremists all over the world recognized and celebrated rated it. The whole “Roman salute” excuse started as a claim by Musk’s connection to the Italian far-right, apparently hoping that American audiences didn’t know that was a fascist symbol: https://apnews.com/article/musk-gesture-salute-antisemitism-0070dae53c7a73397b104ae645877535 https://apnews.com/article/musk-gesture-salute-antisemitism-... > Musk himself mocked those accusing him, threatened to sue, and has made jokes about raising his arm the wrong way. Nazi saluters don't do that, they're proud to nazi salute that's the point. But I suppose if you hate Musk you'll cling to your story even with evidence supporting the contrary. This is simply intellectual dishonesty: while they say they’re joking, that doesn’t mean that they’re being honest when they do so, that other people are not allowed to disagree with that excuse, that the only motivation for disagreement is some personal hatred for Musk, or that personal opinions constitute incontrovertible evidence which cannot be argued.