The only reason I think it was a nazi salute is that it was done by a nazi...
this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2025
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Jump him to a gallows pole
Sad thing is that, regardless of what he is or isn't, people are answering his attention whoring with attention.
He's the richest man in the world who has untold influence over the most powerful office in the world. It's hard to ignore him at this point sadly. Ignoring the problem isn't going to make it go away.
he is a digital frotteur (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frotteurism). at the same time this is where everyone should draw the line.
He certainly made this motion to get attention, as you said, in possibly the least crafty dog whistle in recorded history.
It's like when a toddler learns a naughty word that makes all the grown ups laugh.
Edit: I redact that, he fucking knows what a Nazi salute is. There is no child like innocence at play, as some may interpret it.
So if people made shirts of musk nazi salute and wore them around, would they get kicked out of places? Like the DMV or any government office?
It would be even more effective if it were a photo of the actual president doing it.
I am not hoping that it happens. But when it does happen, I hope the photographers have some good angles.
No, soon they all will throw their hearts too.
I dont know what this means
The media is trying to downplay the blatant nazi salute by saying he was "throwing his heart to people"
"He probably did it as a joke."
Actual excuse I've heard from multiple people.
I have asked a similar question many times in the past when people excuse such things as jokes:
What is the effective difference between doing a Nazi salute like that "as a joke" and just doing one?
Same thing I ask when people claim they are being racist as a joke.
The difference between the public and private spheres. There is absolutely no way to make a Nazi salute jokes in public spheres, full stop. In the private sphere I can imagine it.
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I've also heard the excuse "he's autistic"
An excuse is all it is
Ah yes, the spectrum between pet the dog, hailing a taxi, and exterminating bad races.
I thought the point of a joke was to be funny? What is funny about memeing a Nazi salute?
People are goddamn morons.
They're lying. The joke is on you.
"Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past."
Jean-Paul Sartre
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In the immortal words of Buffy: "I didn't jump. I took a tiny step and there conclusions were"
"OMG guys look. Nazis were a specific group in Germany circa the 1940's. Elon is just a massive, authoritarian loving racist, okay? Not a Nazi. Read a dictionary."
God I wish I just came up with that joke myself instead of basing it on real arguments I've heard. 😮💨
If he's not from the Nazi region of Germany, he's not real Nazi, he's just a sparkling fascist. 🧐
(Not an original comment, but it's too good not to recycle)
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Who could have guessed that the rich white South African would turn out to be a white supremacist?
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Omg, just because he said he's a Nazi doesn't mean he actually is one. You need to remember he's autistic. He's on the spectrum. Are really harassing this poor man on something he can't control?!
I feel like have heard more unintentional demonizing of autistic people in the last week in defense of Elon than I have ever heard in my life. And I've heard a lot.
And there is zero indication he has ever actually been evaluated for autism.
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