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When I watched a very short clip juxtaposed next to a clip of a nazi salute, then it looked like one to me. But when I watched it in context, it looked like a
by hazbot 10mo ago
When I watched a very short clip juxtaposed next to a clip of a nazi salute, then it looked like one to me.
But when I watched it in context, it looked like a man putting a hand on his heart and then proffering his thanks to the audience.
My belief is that it was most likely not a nazi salute and is not relevant evidence in the important task of assessing Musk's political stances.
- ZeroGravitas 10mo agoYes, when he said the Jews were intentionally importing substandard humans into western nations to undermine the US, I didn't need hand gestures to think he's a Nazi either.
- pxc 10mo agoI don't follow Musk's utterances. Is this a joke or something Musk has actually said?
- UncleMeat 10mo agoMusk responded "you have said the actual truth" to a tweet saying this.
- tim333 10mo agoThough he apologised: >"I'm sorry for that tweet or post," Musk said Wednesday. "It was foolish of me."
- ModernMech 10mo agoThat apology is for posting it, not for believing it.
- defrost 10mo agoWhen Musk purchased and rebranded Twitter as X he also unbanned a large number of accounts famed for Nazi and similar race based content. He has famously thumbs-ed up significant chunks of such content and in the event mentioned here replied to an explicit statement (as outlined about) as being "the actual truth". See, eg: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67446800 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67446800 He is an unquestionable fan of Nazi like content, many will shrug it off as his grandfather was an actual Nazi fan (having to move from Canada(?) to South Africa because of such beliefs), and his uncle (IIRC, certainly a close family relative) was a senior member of the South African apartheid government.
- hazbot 10mo agoYes this is much stronger and relevant evidence
- ekjhgkejhgk 10mo agoLooked like a man putting a hand on his heart and then saluting the fuhrer.
- lovich 10mo agoI watched the whole thing live, that was a Sieg Heil snap and all, and it fits with his edgelord persona. Your belief is incorrect
- randycupertino 10mo agoIf it wasn't, though, why wouldn't he apologize and unequivocally denounce nazi-ism after it happened instead of trolling, playing gotcha games to pwn the libs and doubling down? His jokes about the Holocaust and mocking critics made it worse. He loves reckless, performative provocation and to stir the pot. Terrible branding for Tesla of him to singlehandedly permanently alienate the majority of his customer base.
- tim333 10mo agoDid he joke about the holocaust? I googled and there were some jokes about nazis but I didn't see a holocaust one.