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Elon Musk waded into controversy on Monday when he gave back-to-back fascist-style salutes during celebrations of the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump.

In a statement posted to social media later on Monday, the ADL said: (...) “It seems that Elon Musk made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute, (...)

Twice?

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[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 95 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

He doesn't "appear to make". He fucking makes a nazi salute. TWICE.

Can we please start calling him a nazi? He supports a nazi party, he does a nazi salute, he doesn't ban nazi swastikas from twitter.

If he sounds like a nazi, looks like a nazi and behaves like a nazi, it's a fucking nazi.

[–] Lupus@feddit.org 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He supports a nazi party,

Several to be precise.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He's supporting AfD in Germany, Reform and this piece of shit in the UK, and the Conservative Party of Canada under Pierre Poilievre, who loves to court the votes of neo-Nazis and speaks the same bigoted rhetoric as US Republicans.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Every media corp that tries to gaslight me about this is permanently on my shitlist.

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

corporate needs you to find the difference between these two:

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The guy in the left really believes in it, the guy on the right is doing it because it’s his militaries gesture

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Notice how happy the guy on the left is doing it? He couldn't possibly do it any harder. He's been waiting to do that in front of people for YEARS. He just now feels comfortable doing it in the open.

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

They're the same picture.