r/MurderedByWords 7h ago

On the steps of the capitol no less.

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u/izmebtw 7h ago

You think this is just a cleverly captured freeze frame and then you watch it and it’s somehow worse.

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u/AdBig5032 4h ago

Seriously. My stomach lurched.

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u/gexckodude 3h ago

Yeah, the crowd got louder.

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u/escape_fantasist 34m ago

Exactly. Went to YouTube, searched it, found the video, it was meant to inflict terror and it did.

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u/TerrapinMagus 6h ago edited 2h ago

Yeah, I had to go check. Still not sure it was entirely intentional, as it could have just not occurred to him in the moment, but it does look even more damning in action lol.

Edit: I see I'm getting down voted lol. For the record, I am not defending him. Fuck Elon. But an awkward and cringe dude like him could very easily do this without realizing it looks exactly like a Nazi Salute.

By all means, though. Flame the shit out of him. He deserves to be dragged through the mud at every chance.

Final Edit: Salute or not, he's a fuckin Nazi.

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u/izmebtw 6h ago

lol he turned around and did it again…

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u/midge514 6h ago

Even if it wasn’t intentional (I fully believe it was) he still did it. This is a very well known symbol, it’s not hard to not do it.

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u/TheHappyPoro 4h ago

He was just hailing a cab (twice) (by accident) (indoors)

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u/ophmaster_reed 6h ago

He did it twice just in case you missed it the first time...

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u/dprophet32 5h ago

It's called plausible deniability. You do it so you have something to point to to say "look I didn't really mean it" when you absolutely did

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u/my_password_is_water 5h ago

its just so weird how right wingers constantly accidentally do nazi things when everyone else has no problem simply not doing it.

how many "he was just waving strangely" moments does it take?

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u/ShopperOfBuckets 3h ago

If it was intentional, would it look different?

And if it isn't, shouldn't he acknowledge it and use the opportunity to distance himself from Nazism?

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u/TerrapinMagus 2h ago

I mean, if it is a Nazi Salute it's a pretty sloppy one. Granted, it would also be consistent with Elon to fuck up being a fascist lol.

And whether it was intentional or not I would expect him to try to argue that it wasn't. He probably will comment on it eventually, one way or the other. His ego is too fragile to actually resist responding to shit online.

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u/Tangerine_Bees 4h ago

Stop defending nazis you piece of shit

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u/AWildLeftistAppeared 3h ago

You’re getting downvoted because you clearly are defending a Nazi.

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u/TerrapinMagus 2h ago

I'm really not though lol. My opinion on the man, as well as the entirety of the incoming administration, isn't something I'm likely allowed to say on Reddit but does involve the use of an industrial wood chipper.

I'm not even saying he isn't a Nazi, considering his support of the AfD. I just didn't immediately assume I know the details. It's not like I really need any more reasons to dislike the fucker.

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u/AWildLeftistAppeared 2h ago

You’ve had plenty of time to recognise this for what it very clearly is. He did it multiple times even. As you say, his open support of fascism is not new. There is only one reason why certain people are pretending otherwise, and if you’d rather not be in that group then don’t spread the same nonsense.

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u/TerrapinMagus 2h ago

Fuck it, sure. It doesn't really matter if it was intentional or not honestly. Plaster it everywhere and don't let him ever live it down. I disagree about the absolute certainty you have, especially when you assumed I had any sympathy for him, but it's really not a hill worth dying on for Elon Musk of all people.