Welp, as predicted. The reason that many news outlets are hesitant to call out Elon is because they know he will precisely do this. There are instances, of course, where news outlets have inherent bias and downplay some far-right activities (The New York Times in the 1920s claimed Hitler had been reformed after prison), but I think on this occasion news outlets have their fears founded. I'm not saying it's right but that's just how the world works.
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Another what if article...
Nothing has been done here.
This would actually be incredible if a court legally determined it to be a nazi salute.
Josh Johnson has a good take on this https://youtube.com/watch?v=0-FWOKzWpXU&si=OS0803GxdCtWEQw_ (19 minutes in)
That was good, thank you
I've never heard Josh Johnson give a bad take.
I can’t wait for a court to rule that he did in fact do a Nazi salute.
But then again, the Texas 5th Circuit Court won’t rule that way and we all know it.
Lmao I hope he does it and a jury finds that he did in fact perform the salute in question.
What a bitch
When you SLAPP with a stiff arm, it's not very effective.
Terrorism by lawsuit?
But then he'd have to disappoint his supporters.
It wasnt a Nazi salute. He was not saluting Hutler and the third reich.
It was an American salute in the spirit of Nazi Germany.
It seems some don't hear the sarcasm there.