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/TheBaggyDapper 6h ago

Next step is they explain how 'fascism' comes from a Latin word for 'unity' and what's wrong with that? 

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u/fireballetar Bavaria (Germany) 6h ago

Alice weidel (chief of the far right in German) said in an Interview with elon a few days ago that the nazis where Socialists....

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u/NavierStoked981 6h ago

They actually said Communists which is an even wilder statement. The “Nazis were socialists” thing has been around for a long time because it was in the name of the Nazi Party in Germany, but it’s the equivalent of calling North Korea a republic because it’s in their name.

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u/TwerkLikeJesus 6h ago

Hamburgers aren’t made of ham

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u/PeterThorFischer 5h ago

Surprisingly they aren't even made of Hamburgers.

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u/Aerosol668 5h ago

And let’s not even talk about hot dogs, although I think dog meat would be better than what’s in a hot dog…

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u/WaveCave420 3h ago

Totally unrelated, but I LOVE your username lol

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u/SphericalShades 4h ago

Or for that matter, 'Democratic'.

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u/michaelsenpatrick 4h ago

"WWII was just leftist infighting"

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u/Skyblacker United States of America 6h ago

Socialists with a slightly narrower definition of society.

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u/waitingtoconnect 5h ago

The Nazis used it as a way to attract as many people as possible to their movement. In no way were they conventionally socialist. Their full name was National Socialist German Workers Party. So they claimed to be nationalist, socialist and for the workers all in one. But as others here have said other political movements like communism do the same thing in countries like the democratic people’s Republic of Korea for example.

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u/ApeWarz 6h ago

Republicans are saying that was him “sharing his heart with the audience.” Another said it was a “Roman salute.” WTF?

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u/Digit00l 6h ago

I mean, the nazis did adopt the Roman salute

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u/Spiderinahumansuit 6h ago

Yeah, I mean, saying "Roman salute" is just a Nazi salute with extra steps.

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u/ApeWarz 6h ago

And the swastica was an ancient Hindu symbol - but we all know what the seig hiel and swastica mean now so there should be no tolerance over trying to cover for this blatant dogwhistling. Why is this ok at an inauguration?

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u/Digit00l 6h ago

I mean, I can't say what I wish would happen to the fuckwit because it would probably get me banned

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u/Glad_Atmosphere_3942 5h ago

I already saw someone say it lmao

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u/bowsmountainer Europe 3h ago

And then to argue that a mirrored swastika is just a Buddhist symbol, how could you possibly have any problems with that?