Right-wing extremists are abuzz over Elon Musk giving an awkward straight-armed salute during an inauguration rally for Donald Trump.
  • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
    109·
    1 month ago

    Regardless of whether the South Africa-born Musk intended the salute as a “Sieg Heil” salute favored by the followers of Adolf Hitler in World War II, as some online commentators have suggested, it was eagerly received that way by extremists online.

    Yeeeah. If your target group is also calling it for what it is, it is obviously a fucking nazi salute.

    The press is just going to roll over on this episode too. Spineless cowards.

          • Sturgist@lemmy.ca
            3·
            1 month ago

            So three times then? Once to the crowd, once to the flag, and once to Herr Trumpf

          • LePoisson@lemmy.world
            7·
            1 month ago

            I would tell you face to face I literally watched Musk do a Nazi salute with my own damn eyes. It. Was. A. Nazi. Salute.

            That’s it, there’s no nuance no room for error very blatant and obvious. Watch the video if you don’t agree and you’ll see for yourself.

              • LePoisson@lemmy.world
                7·
                1 month ago

                You think there should be a debate or that there is even room for it.

                I’m saying it’s not debatable it’s just a straight fact Musk gave a Nazi salute. There is no room for debate in good or bad faith cause it is not debatable.

                Anyone trying to argue this was not a Nazi salute is just arguing in bad faith because they’re simply ignoring reality. Like I said, nothing to argue over because there’s just the truth (it was a Nazi salute) and lies (all the other excuses and bullshit).

                Like you’re asking me to “debate in good faith” something that is not debatable. It just is.

          • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
            3·
            1 month ago

            Nothing Ive said isnt anything I’d also say to someones face. You’re upset no one likes what youve said, so now you’re blaming “the internet”.

            I qouted an article, and you came in here making bad assumptions about bandwagons that doesn’t have anything to do with watching a man give the nazi salute during the US presidential inauguration.

            There’s nothing to debate. You’re the bad faith in this post.

      • Nate Cox@programming.devEnglish
        60·
        1 month ago

        I feel like this is really simple stuff.

        If it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck, it’s probably a nazi.