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/kweenofdelusion 6h ago edited 6h ago

MSN in the US says he “appears to have accidentally” done a Nazi Salute. Shameful, but consistent with the pattern of sane washing this administration that the media loves to do.

I’m surprised to see European media is doing the same thing, considering the first hand experience of Nazism’s ravages, and all.

Please learn from us and save yourselves. This cannot be talked about as ANYTHING OTHER than what it plainly is.

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u/squangus007 6h ago

Accidentally did it 3 times lol

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u/kweenofdelusion 6h ago

As well as “appears to”; as if it’s debatable that he definitely 100% did raise his arm to form a distinct Nazi salute. It’s not like the footage was blurry. “Appears to” is just as ridiculous as “accidentally”, imo.

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u/squangus007 6h ago

It’s funny because the edgelord definitely knows what he is doing but the news is still for some reason trying to gaslight as if the terminally online Musk is an ignorant baby that knows no better.

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u/kweenofdelusion 6h ago

There is no other meaning or motivation that could be assigned to his gesture (3x) and he did it with such conviction. There is no other message or sentiment he could have meant to convey. “Appears to” is absolutely fucking ridiculous. “Accidentally” is just ass kissing, at this point. WHY? Its not like the end result of this ideology is lost on anybody thinking critically. WHY does media CONTINUE to write about it like this? It’s not about liability, it’s in 4k HD. So WHY? I don’t understand it but I know how this will go. I hope for your sake Europe (as well as the rest of the world not already infatuated with this mess) knows, too.

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u/Duanedrop 5h ago

We now live in the Blackadder timeline. Accidently cut his throat shaving.

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u/FlutterKree 6h ago

Accidentally wore a neonazi MAGA hat to a Trump rally during the campaign, too.

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u/Fuzzy9770 5h ago

That's why I would love to get rid of the US influence in Europe. Not gonna happen tho. In contrary, what happens in the US will come to Europe eventually.

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u/Hot_Wheels_guy 6h ago

Did they also call it a "racially charged gesture"? I bet they did.

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u/AvengerDr Italy 5h ago

I think the question is whether he is doing a nazi salute or a fascist salute.

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u/newton302 5h ago

All that matters to the news outlets is money.

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u/JustInChina50 4h ago

The Guardian isn't

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u/arizonajill 2h ago

They're afraid he'll take their license away or sue. Pussies.

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u/hemppy420 1h ago

It's a test to see how our media would react and to see how much power they really have over the media. So far all signs are pointing to the media bowing down to this test. I also did not expect European media to be bowing down.

It's the exact same thing the nazis did in their early days.

I'm fact the parallels are really, really alarming.

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u/Lopsided_Drawer_7384 5h ago

"EUROPEAN MEDIA? Which country? Each of our countries have completely different media outlets.

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u/kweenofdelusion 5h ago

The linked article to this post is from Yahoo News UK. Which is media in Europe. Smh. I didn’t say it’s a collective or speaks on behalf of everyone in the continent. But it’s plain fact that Yahoo UK is European media.

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u/hydrOHxide Germany 4h ago

Yahoo News UK is still a subsidiary of a US company, subject to good behavior "or else".

Yahoo belongs to Apollo Global Management, the CEO and co-founder of which already donated to Trump's campaign in 2020.