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[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 47 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 26 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] realitista@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago

Mask off Musk on

[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 1 points 5 days ago

Musk fully off

[–] beliquititious@lemmy.blahaj.zone 43 points 6 days ago (1 children)

His fortune is built on seed money from apartheid south africa. How is it news he has a nazi fetish?

[–] eureka@aussie.zone 26 points 6 days ago (3 children)

It's not news to anyone paying attention, but that weird Tesla fanatic uncle is going to find it a bit harder to rationalise an actual unambiguous world-famous Nazi gesture. We've even got those worshippers over here, and anyone reasonable who was on the fence with their pro-Musk proselyting can't overlook something this clear.

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

but that weird Tesla fanatic uncle is going to find it a bit harder to rationalise an actual unambiguous world-famous Nazi gesture

We're already seeing their responses in the wild. They're just denying it was a Nazi salute. And playing the "woke cancel culture leftists are taking him out of context" card.

[–] eureka@aussie.zone 10 points 6 days ago

And playing the “woke cancel culture leftists are taking him out of context” card.

An Australian neo-Nazi speaker recently pulled this coward move too, laughably. (Context: in their jurisdiction, the salute is illegal*).

Nazi promotion event 1: After [...] performing the Nazi salute, Mr Richardson asked the crowd if he was “going be fined now”. [1]

Nazi promotion event 2: i-i was just waving at my friend Beryl in the back row and they screencapped it out of context, it wasn't a salute :( leftism gone mad

Don't worry, antifascists bashed their office door in on Christmas regardless.

They can and will ignore it.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Many will find a away to overlook it. Even some commenters in this post found a way.

[–] eureka@aussie.zone 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

You're right, and I think I forgot to mention this in my reply - will people looking at those fans overlook it? When Musk was seen by many as a brilliant humanitarian ethical billionaire championing green vehicles and space innovation, that could be persuasive to typical people. But it's harder for typical people to respect any praise them now they've clearly unmasked themselves on a stage as a nazi.

[–] realitista@lemm.ee 23 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The fact that he's a Nazi shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. He's named after a character in a book written by a very famous Nazi, his fortune comes from Apartheid South Africa, his grandfather was a leader of a pro-Hitler fascist movement in the '30s and '40s.

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 33 points 6 days ago (2 children)

No shit, he actually did haha

Or he fucked up his dab

[–] vind@sopuli.xyz 53 points 6 days ago (2 children)

he did it twice, with the hand going from the chest out. No chance it was accidental

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[–] EmilieEvans@lemmy.ml 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Not even a well-executed one either. I suppose back in the dark days he would be beaten up for this performance/disrespect to the Führer.

Stunning is also the TV commentary going in the direction of he had no idea it was the Hitler salute (to be fair two weeks prior he called Hitler a communist in a talk/interview with the chancellor candidate of the German neonazi party) ...

Not knowing a thing about a movement that killed millions and happened within the last 100 years is bad. Being rich doesn't mean being educated & civil.

[–] eureka@aussie.zone 9 points 6 days ago

If you've seen any leaked footage from neo-Nazi orgs, they're surprisingly garbage at performing the salute. It's actually amazing.

[–] andrewth09@lemmy.world 24 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I cannot understand the true believers. The people who are saying (1) its a Roman salute or (2) its a "My heart goes out to you" gesture.

They can twist themselves into knots with any other conspiracy theory, but cannot imagine the richest/smartest man to ever exist could figure out how to throw out a plausibly deniable Nazi salute.

This is Sideshow Bob explaining his DIE BART DIE tattoo.

We are being gaslit by half a country. That was a Nazi salute.

[–] Kyatto@leminal.space 29 points 6 days ago (1 children)

there are 2 salutes in the USA, o7 and hand over heart. This was very explicitly what it "appears to" be, and there is no excuse.

[–] Weirdfish@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I've always wondered what o7 was all about, thanks.

[–] Kyatto@leminal.space 5 points 6 days ago

you are welcome~

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 2 points 6 days ago

O7 commander

[–] drascus@sh.itjust.works 15 points 6 days ago

So at what point do you actually become a Nazi is it when start doing the seig heils or do you need to be like goose stepping down the street first?

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 days ago

Just in case you were unclear. Although some people will pretend to be confused and that this is ambiguous.

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 days ago

Death to amerikkka

I hope this finally persuades most European companies to "𝕏-it".

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

I'm glad one news site has the guts to say it

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