• Lemmygradwontallowme [he/him, comrade/them]
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          3 months ago

          Nah, he’s just laughing at the fact that you were once fooled that it wasn’t a fascist salute. If the first one didn’t look like one, the second one confirmed it like a second plane on 9/11

          • @jsomae@lemmy.ml
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            -23 months ago

            I still think ~20% chance he was not channeling a Nazi salute here and it was just a coincidentally similar gesture. If it was just a coincidentally similar gesture, it’s still likely he’d have repeated it, so the fact that he repeated it doesn’t sway me much.

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                3 months ago

                The fact that neo-nazis are going to interpret this as a sign of support is what makes this really dangerous, and that’s what matters. Musk’s coy responses on twitter/x basically proves he wants this outcome. Whether there’s a small chance this wasn’t intentional in the first place doesn’t really matter. If you want to ban me for this opinion, please go ahead and do it now.

    • @adam_y@lemmy.world
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      73 months ago

      I’m asking this genuinely, how did the salute Elon gave differ from what you think a nazi salute is?

      • @jsomae@lemmy.ml
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        143 months ago

        Okay, I reviewed what the actual Nazi salute looks like. Having done this, I actually do think this strongly resembles a Nazi salute. I think p>80% this was intentional.

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            23 months ago

            I still think it’s possible this was unintentional, and even more likely that it was intended to toe the line of plausible deniability. When I show this to people in real life, they are unsure, so I don’t think it’s as clean-cut and undeniable as people on social media are saying it is.