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Enough Musk Spam

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[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 60 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Well, get ready for a whole lot of gaslighting. He’s going to say that’s not what he was doing and his lil army of trolls are going to toe the line.

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 19 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

He says he was doing the Roman salute, but that’s exactly where the nazis got it so…

[–] Anti_Face_Weapon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Where does he say it's the Roman salute? That's litterally the exact same thing as the Nazi salute.

[–] StopTouchingYourPhone@lemmy.world 16 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Spot on. We all know exactly what we saw. But...

“This is just a distraction from [the class war / taxes / Russia / China / the Koreas / India / ... ]!”

“Allegedly, he seemingly did a gesture that resembles a fascist salute. He could've been having a heart attack and pointing at a paramedic. You don't know.”

“It’s a tic. He’s had it since he was a child. I read about it on this random screenshot of a news article from 2018.”

“The Roman Salute, as it is known amongst historians, can be seen in many statues. Here’s a link to one. Things have history, Alex. God. Not everything is nazis.”

“So his views are a little extreme. Most people would argue they’re vile. I certainly don’t agree with them, but people. Please. Civility and decorum must rule. I’d fight for his right to blahblahblah..."

"I'm sorry; we can't hear you over our Economic Anxiety. Groceries are too expensive and people are homeless! That's why we elected nazis. Please be more understanding of our extra special circumstances and ignorance."

"It's legal to do that in the USofA. Where is it not legal? Germany? Interesting! Gosh their freezepeach laws are a bit restrictive, eh? Controlling how we move our bodies? Sounds like something a nazi would want."

And on. And if you engage with it, they'll just turn on some kind of AI bot thingy to continue the "conversation," taking up even more space online.

[–] tht@social.pwned.page 1 points 2 hours ago
[–] Darukhnarn@feddit.org 1 points 4 hours ago

Im not certain that they still need to gaslight.