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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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[–] [email protected] 94 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He supports a nazi party,

Several to be precise.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 18 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago (2 children)

corporate needs you to find the difference between these two:

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week 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 9 points 1 week 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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

They're the same picture.

[–] teamevil 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Appears‽ If you're African American in LA helping with wildfiresthe news says you're looting (they WERE not looting) but Musk clearly is a NAZI and they say appears... Jesus Christ people, stop the Nazis

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Haven’t you heard? Black people are all gangsters and thugs. Wearing a hoodie is intimidation. Gasping for breath is resisting arrest.

Of /course/ these miscreants are looting.