‘The gesture speaks for itself’: Germans respond to Musk’s apparent Nazi salute

[Tommy Tainant]

I've not seen that it has been confirmed yet, but new Banksy piece?

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Its very good.

 

[krichton]

Confusing a harmless gesture for a deliberate Nazi salute. Twice.

I dare you to go into any jewish neighborhood and do the exact same gesture the way Elon did it, in front of every jew you encounter. Heck, go to work and do it. It's just a harmless gesture after all.

 

[krichton]

I hate to burst your bubble, but there are videos/photos of Obama, Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren using the same gesture. But, because they aren't pro-Constitution Republicans, it's suddenly deemed Nazi'ish.

At one time or another perhaps the vast majority of people would have been caught making the same gesture if they had cameras trained on them while they were waving or saying goodbye, and a still snapshot of you was taken of your hand in that position. There is a major difference between doing that and actually making a deliberate gesture that most ppl would construe as a nazi salute, which is precisely what has happened.

 

[otto105]

‘The gesture speaks for itself’: Germans respond to Musk’s apparent Nazi salute

Some say it was an unambiguous Nazi salute but others are unsure and say focus should be on Musk’s stated support for far-right

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German holocaust survivors are at the sharp end of this. They have lived the horror of fascism, Musk comes from a country that practised fascism for a lot longer than Nazi Germany

Most of Germany moved on from the horrors. But some like the AfD cling to the past. It’s these people that musk promotes. That is a bigger problem than his pathetic cos playing on front of a room full of fellow nazis.

Just look at all the racist excuse makers.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Just look at all the racist excuse makers.

Musk is a big supporter of current nazis.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

I dare you to go into any jewish neighborhood and do the exact same gesture the way Elon did it, in front of every jew you encounter. Heck, go to work and do it. It's just a harmless gesture after all.

You're funny!

 

[pknopp]

The CEO of the Anti-Defamation League rebuked Elon Musk on Thursday after the MAGA billionaire joked about the Holocaust amid the blowback over his evocative salute.

ADL Changes Its Tune on Elon Musk Amid Salute Backlash

 

[Tommy Tainant]

The CEO of the Anti-Defamation League rebuked Elon Musk on Thursday after the MAGA billionaire joked about the Holocaust amid the blowback over his evocative salute.

ADL Changes Its Tune on Elon Musk Amid Salute Backlash

They were wrong to jump in to protect such an obvious bad actor.

 

[pknopp]

They were wrong to jump in to protect such an obvious bad actor.

It came back quickly to bite them.

 

[pknopp]

Musk gives a keynote speech for the Holocaust denying party in Germany.

Elon Musk addresses German far-right rally by video link

 

[pknopp]

I am on an EV site on occasion and Tesla owners are complaining they are getting random Nazi salutes. LOL

 

[LuckyDuck01!]

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https://i.redd.it/voh9ehkt9fee1.gif&rdt=51799

As I noted many times, while Trump might not be racists, the racists support him as you show.

Musk has come out in support of the Nazi's in Germany. He is a South African. He copies their salute and all you have to say is "whatever".

Plenty of racists support the left also. Political candidates have no control over who claims they will or won't vote for them. This is a nation of over three hundred and fifty million people and half of them vote and among them on both sides are racists. There are also a lot of Marxist/Communists in this country who hate our Country the Constitution and its freedoms, and they vote on the left.

 

[zaangalewa]

So what now? Why makes Elon Musk clearly a Nazi salute? Because he is a Nazi! And he supports the AfD in Germany. A political party of Nazis and useful idiots of Nazis. And "X" has a very strange black box algorithms which do not bring right wing propaganda to left wing customers or left wing propaganda to right wing people but a lot of right wing propaganda (+ Elon Muks propaganda) to right wing customers and political indifferent people.

This man is an extremely dangerouis spider from outside of Germany who tries to manipulte the current elections in Germany. And this is also a security problem for the USA because not only left wing extremists support Vladimir Putin but also the new Nazi right wing extremists support Putin - while both are also enemies of the USA. A security problem for the USA would only not existst in case the USA and Russia plan a war on Germany. But in this case have the citizens of the USA a very big problem with a treacherous govenment.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

So what now? Why makes Elon Musk clearly a Nazi salute? Because he is a Nazi! And he supports the AfD in Germany. A political party of Nazis and useful idiots of Nazis.

That's so sad.
If the AfD gets into power, what are the 3 worst things they'll do?

 

[ThirdTerm]

I watched the live inauguration event but the gesture didn't like a Nazi salute. Musk thanked his supporters by touching his heart and extending his right arm to the audience and he said, 'My heart goes out to you.'

 

[pknopp]

I watched the live inauguration event but the gesture didn't like a nazi salute. Musk thanked his supporters by touching his heart and extending his right arm to the audience and he said, 'My heart goes out to you.'

I'd post the comparison video between what Musk did and the Nazi salute but I was warned to not post it any longer as it was triggering MAGA.

 

[zaangalewa]

That's so sad.
If the AfD gets into power, what are the 3 worst things they'll do?

Tell me, Nazi.

 

[zaangalewa]

I watched the live inauguration event but the gesture didn't like a Nazi salute. Musk thanked his supporters by touching his heart and extending his right arm to the audience and he said, 'My heart goes out to you.'

I saw what he did do. It was without any doubt a Nazi salute. I'm sure he knew this very well.

In German: Er hat sowohl die amerikansiche Nation als auch Deutschland verarscht. Dieser schwachsinnige "Q" - ahm sorry "X" - nervt nur noch rum und ihm muss schnellstens das Handwerk gelegt werden.

Translation: He has screwed both the American nation and Germany. This moronic “Q” - ahm sorry “X” - is just a pain in the ass and he needs to be stopped as soon as possible.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Tell me, Nazi.

You tell me, commie.

 

[Ringo]

When the EU tells Russians, Ukrainians, Georgians, Moldovans and others who they should vote for, it is not interference.

But when a US businessman expresses his approval of a European party, this is not acceptable interference.

You have to be a drug addict not to see the contradictions here.