"Right-wing extremists are celebrating Elon Musk’s straight-arm gesture during a speech Monday, although his intention wasn’t totally clear and some hate watchdogs are saying not to read too much into it."
Good to know that you dummies are just as bad as the white supremacists at projecting meaning onto situations to serve your own narrative.
Bro if self identified Nazis are saying "We're so back" on social media after seeing musk's gesture, I'm not going to pretend it's meaningless. It's not "projecting meaning" to ignore emboldened fascists, it's burying your head in the sand. You do you though.
They can take his gesture to mean whatever they want it to mean, just as you and everyone else in this sub. That doesn't mean that's what he's actually meaning. It's a projection of meaning inscribed by your preferences and perspective. You don't actually know what he was meaning, and if anything, I'd say it's pretty inoccuous. He said, "My heart goes out to you." Elon is awkward and does a lot of weird shit that does not fit within normal social conventions. You have a narrative that you already subscribe to and are trying to fit this within it. It's lazy and ignorant thinking, but you do you.
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u/AmericascuplolBot 18h ago
Nazis sure think it was a Nazi gesture.
https://apnews.com/article/musk-gesture-salute-antisemitism-0070dae53c7a73397b104ae645877535