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Outrage over Elon Musk ‘Nazi salute’ at Trump inauguration
(www.nzherald.co.nz)
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I was like... maybe it is out of context but then I watched the video and was like... oh.
why the fuck are we rolling out the red carpet of excuses for this human trash!? it's here, there's no more ambiguity.
It’s hard to distinguish between the gormless ignoramuses and the crypto-fascists testing the waters for a new Nazi bar.
I think about this story all the time. it's done well to inspire me in calling out bullshit fash talking points when I see them, it's always the thin end of the wedge.
Please report them when you see them in the fediverse. Fascists will be emboldened now.
It is imo also a stupid argument. I can believe he was under drug influence, given his facial expression. But I don't think that makes it much better, it just potentially lowered his self-control. But I yould also imagine that this was a planned gesture, given that he repeats it.
Didn't mean to say that was better. It's worse if anything. Didn't think my POV was bad enough to be censored, I specifically mentioned it was just my POV, I could be wrong and he's really a hard-core neo Nazi. I just didn't think he has deep enough political thought beyond "what will get me more money and attention"
you wouldn't peg him as a literal nazi?
Well.. I thought I'd seen most of the evil bullshit he posted but I guess I missed this one. Fair enough I stand corrected. I just didn't think he had an ideological interest in anything that didn't make him personally richer. But it seems I was wrong.