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Elon Musk’s daughter says father’s rally gesture was ‘definitely a Nazi salute’
(www.theguardian.com)
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No person in their right mind would make such a gesture, especially not speaking in front of millions. It was not a 100% clear Hitlergruß. To me it seems pretty obvious that it was an intentional move to further divide the US population into people claiming he did a Nazi salute and those brushing it off as a random gesture, ridiculing the other side. Ragebaiting by doing a 99% nazi salute is not much better than doing an actual one.
How come its mostly people who behave exactly like nazis who 'accidentally' make very similar gestures to nazi salutes? I wonder...
He did it again, just a second later.
Also, a 'gesture of thanks' usually doesnt involve tensing up your whole body and stretching your right arm with the palm facing downwards. This is as unnatural of a gesture as it gets.
He bent his whole body to give a salute. It was quite off-center and awkward, not really like the nazi salute as seen on historical videos of Hitler, which is a much more deliberate and aligned hand motion in relation to the body. If Elon time traveled to Hitler rallies and did this salute, he'd be reprimanded for doing it all wrong.
When your defense is, "Actual Nazis would say you need to work on your Nazi salute if you want to do it right," you need to realize you're also saying, "Actual Nazis would recognize this as a poorly done Nazi salute." And him being an unfit, physically inept fuck doesn't make it less of a Nazi salute, no more than my hour of playing tennis doesn't make my attempt at a backhand swing any less of a backhand swing just because Serena Williams would fall on her ass laughing if she saw me do it.
Ah yes. When people ask if Im a nazi and I tell them "no, my nazi salute is too weak" they immediately understand.
Then he would have disavowed it and apologized for it immediately. You don't accidentally Heil Hitler and then just pretend it didn't happen.
so he's a fucking idiot is your excuse?
You are right. Most neo Nazis will only make that nazi give heart out to hitler gesture only when caught up in the moment. when they lose control, their true nature is revealed, and they will even do it 2 or more times.
You sure are spending a lot of time on your apologia.
Sometimes, like Nazi salutes- actions are much louder than words.