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[–] pjwestin 41 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It is very funny that there are so many examples of people basically saying, "It wasn't a Nazi salute, watch I'll show you," and then immediately ruining their lives by doing it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Besides this one, what are the others?

I could use some schadenfreude in my day

[–] pjwestin 5 points 14 hours ago

This lady who had to resign from her town council after doing it. I thought there was at least one other, but I can't find it now.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They were already one half lost if they believed it was innocent in the first place.

[–] pjwestin 14 points 23 hours ago

I'm sure most of them just believed they could get away with it and then abruptly realized they did not have the same power and influence as the richest man on Earth.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 23 hours ago

They don’t really believe it’s innocent, they just want it to be ok to hate.