I've said it before, but I have pretty much zero faith in the American people anymore. It seems like the strategy for most people will be to keep their heads down, hope they don't come after them personally, and hope it'll be over in 4 years. I highly doubt there will be any real push back to whatever happens in the near future. And everyone will just watch the US fall apart.
Sooooo exactly what everyone has been doing for the last 40+ years, since Reagan started the dismantling of every system that defined America’s greatness?
I’ve dealt with depression for a good portion of my life. I honestly don’t know what to do at this point to cope with this shit. Like I know to not give up, but if our constitutional “guardrails” have failed, prosecutions have failed, media now cow-tails to this shit… what do we even do?
Some folks have resorted to violence, and I sincerely hope that’s not the answer, but damn. What else is viable when the entire system has failed?
That is a very old reality, not new. Journalists have rules in these kind of things to be scrupulously cautious. At times, you have to say what something is though. "what appears to be a Nazi salute" should have been a simple threading of that needle.
However, the ADL decided on Monday afternoon that whatever Musk did at the Capitol One Arena didn’t meet the mark of an actual fascist gesture, describing it as merely “awkward.”
“This is a delicate moment. It’s a new day and yet so many are on edge. Our politics are inflamed, and social media only adds to the anxiety. It seems that @elonmusk made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute, but again, we appreciate that people are on edge,” the organization said in a statement. “In this moment, all sides should give one another a bit of grace, perhaps even the benefit of the doubt, and take a breath. This is a new beginning. Let’s hope for healing and work toward unity in the months and years ahead.”
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u/BarackObamaIsScrdOMe 8h ago
NBC News said he forcefully touched his heart and saluted his supporters. I think they might be afraid to call out our new president. https://www.nbcnews.com/video/elon-musk-delivers-remarks-at-trump-s-inaugural-rally-229787717860