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[–] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 48 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Lenz Jacobsen wrote in Die Zeit: "Someone who, on a political stage during a political speech in front of a partly far-right audience swings their right arm upwards diagonally multiple times, is giving the Nazi salute. There's no need for 'alleged' or 'similar' or 'disputed'."[72] Timo Feldhaus wrote in the Berliner Zeitung: "That Elon Musk carefully considered his energetically performed signal, is safe to assume. Even a man as oblivious to history as he is knows what he's doing in this situation."[73]

No confusion as to what it really was.

[–] ZMoney@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

The media defers to billionaires because it's owned by them. That's an even less controversial statement.

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Even a man as oblivious to history as he is

‘Americans Don’t Know History smdh’

To quote someone from that comment section:

Autistic enough to not know the 90 year old history of the Nazi salute but not so autistic to not know about the 2000 year old Roman salute.

[–] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The "Roman salute" isn't real, it's from a movie. The fascists - who believed the Roman salute was a real thing because they lack critical thinking - copied it. It is 90 years old, not 2000.

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world -3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Oh, you mean exactly like said in the linked clip? Yeah thanks for your input.

[–] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

The clip you linked to didn't clarify any of that... he just said it was something "no one's ever done or heard of." But it has been done - first by some movie stars in a film about Rome and then by fascists. And, well, I've heard of it.