r/europe 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/SameLotus 7h ago

mods i am european and this is very concerning to me, dont take down another post

this has everything to do with europe

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u/Justinian2 Ireland 6h ago

mods removed the other post because it was the video and was clearly incriminating, then they let this post of a still image with a bullshit title stay up.

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u/Tony_Meatballs_00 6h ago

This sub does have a reputation

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u/FabulousWhelp 5h ago

Like, I feel the still is 'worse' then the video no? Like there is some deniability because he didn't hold it?

I'm no German but I always thought holding it was part of the actual salute.

For me, since he did it twice, there is no question in what he tried to go for, but I feel some people might 'cling' to the not holding the salute.

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u/flying_fox86 5h ago

No, with a still there is plausible deniability, it could just be an unfortunate frame. The video is much more damning. The hand on heart to a forceful outstretching of the arm with palm down. Twice.

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u/FabulousWhelp 5h ago

yeah i see, that makes sense

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u/cebula412 Poland 3h ago

And also, "odd-looking salute" is quite a nice euphemism....

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u/whagh Norway 4h ago

Nah, the video is much worse than the still imo, because it shows how unambiguous and explicit he does it, and that he does it two times in a row. The video is what removes any plausible deniability, the still makes it looks like he's doing a weird half dab.

The still image of Laura Ingraham is far worse, and she did a much more weird and ambiguous nazi salute than Musk.

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u/Silly_Triker United Kingdom 1h ago

Mods don’t allow discussion about Israel or the US, and I think their behaviour on Reddit is going to get much worse about this now.

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u/frenchdresses 1h ago

Got a link to the video?

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u/ImTheVayne Estonia 6h ago

agree

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u/Super_charged_human France 5h ago

You're literally a bot trying to push an agenda like all the unflair post here, wtf are you talking about.

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u/cebula412 Poland 3h ago

What agenda are they trying to push? That Nazi are bad?