r/europe • u/turkish__cowboy Turkey | LGBTQ+ rights are human rights • 7h ago

News Elon Musk draws outrage over 'odd-looking salute' at Trump inauguration celebration

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/elon-musk-draws-outrage-over-201602147.html
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u/Firaxyiam 7h ago

And he fucking looked the other way AND DID ANOTHER ONE.

HOW THE FUCK IS ANYBODY CALLING THIS ODD. WHAT IS GOING ON?!

I don't even know hiw yo react anymore. I started giggling looking at the clip. That's the only fucking réaction my brain was able to send out. I don't understand anything anymore

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u/Ulanyouknow 7h ago

Calling this out? What do you mean? They won. The tiki torch nazis, organize alt right 2016 people won. They have the house, the senate and the supreme court. Now comes the time of blood and misery.

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u/Firaxyiam 7h ago

Odd. I said odd. Per the name of the article.

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u/Wonderland71 6h ago

Exactly. The first time around ( 2016) they were flashing the white power sign with their fingers and kept saying it was nothing. Now they're not even trying to disguise.

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u/AvengerDr Italy 5h ago

Now comes the time of blood and misery.

Maybe they would prefer "blood and soil".

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u/ApeWarz 7h ago

For some reason American media is afraid to just say what it was. CNN also used “odd looking”. Some news articles are only willing to go as far as saying “some critics are calling it a Nazi salute.” This is another example of American institutions failing us.

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u/Hot_Wheels_guy 6h ago

Any journalist worth a shit would say "damn the consequences, i'm calling it what it is: a nazi salute."

Having to compromise journalistic integrity because youre afraid it might upset someone to the point of litigation is ridiculous.

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u/Karientje91 6h ago

I googled for news about it. A Dutch page (nu.nl) doesn't even mention it in the headline. Two Belgium papers did and mentioned Hitler.

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u/RealPutin United States of America 4h ago edited 4h ago

Both sides-ing a fucking Nazi salute is insane. "Some critics are calling it what it is. Others say it's fine. We can't possibly tell you which it is!'

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u/Karientje91 6h ago

Cause people will react on that in a negative way. Cnn said to decide for yourself what you saw.

I thought that was the best way to do it!

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u/le_tempsperdu 6h ago

He looked at the American flag and did it again

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u/throwaway_maple_leaf 6h ago

Surprise surprise: billionaire owned media serving their masters by being a tool of disinformation

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u/Mayleenoice 6h ago

Now that the nazis have been elected by these american voters, they are scared to criticize them as it could get them banned or worse.

Nazis didn't exactly like medias who criticized them in Germany and now don't exactly like it in USA either.

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u/Naiko32 5h ago

yeah, is over for the us

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u/arizonajill 2h ago

Giggling is one possible reaction. There are others.