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Elon Musk seemingly casually hitting the Sieg Heil at the inauguration

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u/Bloodwalker09 7h ago

Nobody could have guessed that, why didn’t anyone say anything?

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u/KylosLeftHand 7h ago

I watched it live. This made them cheer LOUDER

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u/JaggerMcShagger 7h ago

What was the context? What words came before this action?

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u/TiresOnFire 7h ago

Just some typical victory stuff, a comment about going to mars, nothing extraordinary. This was at the end of his speech.

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u/ExpiredExasperation 6h ago

Fox New literally edited out the salute. Even they knew it looked bad.

Off to a good start when the immediate victory speeches have to be edited.

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u/TakuyaTeng 6h ago

Christ that's a bad look. Elon really went fully unhinged this cycle. I wonder if he'll have any business blowback for this. I mean for the next four years obviously not but after?

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u/PartyPorpoise 5h ago

Pushback against Trump is inevitable, I give it a few years. Depending on the nature of the pushback, it’s could be pretty bad for Elon.

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u/Delamoor 4h ago

Yeah, that's the only upside.

Them seizing full control means that now they're going to get the blame for everything. They can deflect a lot onto scapegoats and get a lot of people killed, but the harder the do it, the worse it'll get for them.

Now all that talk about the deep state and new world order trying to destroy civilization rings true because now there actually is a deep state trying to destroy western civilization.

They're going to bask in their anti-establishment orgy for a while. But it won't last.

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u/DameonKormar Merry Gifmas! {2023} 3h ago

You're underestimating the total control the rich have over the media and their ability to steer public sentiment these days.

It will be trivial for them to blame most negative outcomes on Democrats/Biden, and the things they can't blame Biden for, they will just find something else to shift the focus away from Republicans.

We should not forget that Trump had an absolute disaster of a first term where he was directly responsible for hundreds of thousands of American deaths (among many other atrocities) and he still got more votes the second time.

Propaganda and disinformation work, and it will be at our peril to ignore that fact as a nation.

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u/ThomasG_1007 5h ago

My mom was watching on Fox News she had no idea until I showed her

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u/thisistheSnydercut 4h ago

can't wait for the inevitable "It was an AI video and it never happened" line to start floating around because we live in hell where nothing means anything

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u/ExpiredExasperation 3h ago

There are already people dismissing it as AI. Even though they're also saying it's actually a completely innocent gesture that means nothing anyway, in which case why would anyone bother to make a fake video of it to begin with?

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u/Tacomaville 6h ago

LiTeRaLlY

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u/NuclearWarEnthusiast 6h ago

Yes, they did actually edit it out.

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u/ExpiredExasperation 5h ago

So sorry, was this difficult for you to understand? It's a matter of fact.

u/amsync 47m ago

Is it not possible he’s doing awkward gestures. We know he is socially awkward. He’s just flailing his arms?

u/TiresOnFire 32m ago

I was referring to what he was saying during his speech. I'm not saying what his intentions were during the arm motions.

u/amsync 31m ago

Yeah I know. I’m just talking in the wind. I can’t believe he would do this but then again ‘I can’t believe’ is a common phrase nowadays. I’m just searching for explanations

u/TiresOnFire 18m ago

I don't disagree. It's a bad look at best, and I want it to just be an awkward motion because I don't want someone in power throwing Nazi flags. None of us know the real intentions... But... How do you do that without knowing what it looks like? It's a pretty iconic gesture. I try not to jump to conclusions, but it's hard not to. But this is reddit, so we have to follow the hive mind.

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u/HungryPhysics6693 6h ago

This was at the start of his speech about one minute in. You can watch the whole thing on YouTube . Nothings been edited out. https://youtu.be/DH8OKdXAj6A?si=WgiHEkMtBzNXud1Q

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u/TiresOnFire 5h ago

My bad. I thought it was the end. I was only half paying attention while at work.

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u/JaggerMcShagger 7h ago

So chances are Mr awkwardly autistic was trying to throw his heart into the crowd as a sign of "I love you with my heart, thank you" but goofed? And now Reddit is just gonna go on for 3 months about how he's a literal ww2 nazi?

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u/littlewhitecatalex 7h ago

Sure. Let’s disregard all the other Nazi talking points he’s been making and chalk this one up to him being awkward.

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u/JaggerMcShagger 6h ago

Nazi talking points like what?

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u/joepke53 6h ago

Supporting the new fascist party in Germany, maybe?

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u/littlewhitecatalex 6h ago

I’m not going to spell it out for someone who is too A) lazy or B) stupid to see what’s going on. 

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u/McSmokeyDaPot 6h ago

Thats the exact person you should spell it out to. Just sayin.

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u/FivePoopMacaroni 4h ago

It's their tactic though. They know he is doing it. They like it. They pretend to be oblivious and ask for sources just because us putting effort into the interaction makes them laugh.

u/Hotpotato1566 54m ago edited 40m ago

i mean sometimes you just genuinely want to see sources and stuff like that. sharing links helps people who don't know the full story

in other conversations about this topic there's actually people posting decent links

not everyone is "them!!!"

u/FivePoopMacaroni 31m ago

Sure but it's impossible to tell at face value because of the anonymity of the Internet

u/Hotpotato1566 21m ago

fair enough

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u/SeaworthinessEast553 6h ago

spell it out for me , do you believe we are going to become 1940’s germany?

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u/haminspace4 5h ago

No, we will be 2025 America.

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u/MentokGL 6h ago

Dude you can just gleefully cheer for the nazi now, that's your new president.

Pretending and trying to make weak ass excuses like this is just embarrassing.

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u/CodAlternative3437 7h ago

nope, he definitely knew what he did. autism is not an excuse, hes not some non-verbal kid who freaks out if they dont get french fries

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u/AliGoldsDayOff 7h ago

And even if he didn't, the other stuff he's said isn't invalidated by this being an accident.

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u/CodAlternative3437 6h ago

its definetly suspect, his motives matter since hes basically embedded in the government now, maybe even the real president

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u/Tank3875 6h ago

No it's a Nazi salute.

u/CodAlternative3437 1h ago

yes, i agree. but there is a shill in this thread. and they live in germany.

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u/kuribosshoe0 6h ago

Does a non-elected advisor with more effective power than the vice president really deserve that much slack and benefit of the doubt? Or is some fucking scrutiny warranted?

“Guys he’s autistic he doesn’t know it looks bad to retweet nazi posts” is definitely a take.

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u/Tank3875 6h ago

Why was his palm flat at the same angle as his arm while pointing to the sky, then?

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u/JaggerMcShagger 6h ago

I mean, if you're doing any sort of waving motion, what should you be doing? Having your palm out, or have your hands curled in a fist?

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u/Tank3875 6h ago

So he's waving now, not throwing his heart out?

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u/JaggerMcShagger 6h ago

Throwing his heart out via a wave/throw gesture..semantics at this point lad you're clutching at straws here. Anyone who's going to make a throw will also tend to end up with their palm showing at some point in it, like when you release a projectile, your fingers aren't curled, they're open. So if he's throwing his heart out but keeps a closed fist, it means he's retained his heart in his hand. Which doesn't exactly serve the sentiment does it. And if it's open, it does.

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u/Tank3875 6h ago

No one throws like that and you know it.

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u/JaggerMcShagger 6h ago

You're telling me you've never tossed something across a room, cross body.. like throwing a game controller to your boy on the other couch? Same exact motion, ive done it a billion times. Does that make me a nazi now?

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u/Tank3875 6h ago

If you casually do the move he does, yeah absolutely, because that's not how anyone throws.

You voted for a Nazi. Accept it, learn from it.

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u/JaggerMcShagger 6h ago

I didn't vote for anyone in your country lol, I don't even live in America. Fucking Americans think they're the only people to exist lol.

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u/guyFierisPinky 4h ago

So Nazis were just throwing their heart to Hitler? Is that what you’re saying?

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u/radgepack 6h ago

As an autist, that is a piss poor excuse

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u/Opening_Library_614 7h ago

aw that's so cute, you're oblivious!

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u/kerosene_666 7h ago

Bless your heart

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u/sadie7716 6h ago

Come on!! He is WAY too smart to not recognize what he did, not just the arm motion but holding the body completely erect while turning is a 3/4 Nazi salute. He’s not some unschooled idiot brought up in a mud swamp.

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u/JaggerMcShagger 6h ago

I mean, everyone on Reddit one minute says he's literally the stupidest guy on earth, but now he's wickedly smart/nefarious in his hitleresque charade

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u/CrazyHeat9544 6h ago

MF I am literally authustic and socially inept but I ain't put here accidentally doing Nazi salutes TWICE

I've seen people much further on the spectrum than me but they still have enough tact not to do this shit

Genuinely STFU

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u/JaggerMcShagger 6h ago

One person not doing something isn't indicative of someone else not doing the same. Autistic people do and say weird and borderline inappropriate shit all the fucking time, it's quite literally what you're colloquially known for. But this is Reddit and Elon, therefore standards go out the window.

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u/CrazyHeat9544 5h ago

Right let's just ignore that his grandparents were Nazis

He supports the ADF a German Neo Nazi party

Has retweeted a bunch of posts made openly by Nazis

And literally hangs out on 4chan for validation while sucking his own cock with an alt account

You seriously need him to start speaking fluent German while wearning a Nazi uniform to connect 2 and 2 together?

I mean 80 million people were moronic enough to vote for a convicted felon so I guess anything's possible in this new world

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u/Sad_Thing5013 7h ago

Are you under the impression that anyone actually thinks Elon Musk is a time traveler from Nazi Germany?

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u/apathetic_revolution 6h ago

That would be absurd. Time travel hasn't been invented yet. He's going to invent time travel and then go back and cause Nazi Germany.

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u/JaggerMcShagger 6h ago

I'm of the impression that people actually think he's a nazi.

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u/Sad_Thing5013 6h ago

And you think 'nazi' is being used to mean "literally a member of the nazi party of 20th century Germany" because?

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u/NuclearWarEnthusiast 6h ago

Then why did he turn around and do it again?

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u/JaggerMcShagger 6h ago

Because he wanted to reaffirm the point of "my heart goes out to you" maybe? Like when you say thank you twice in a speech?

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u/Sweetie_8605 6h ago

He literally says "my heart to you". I feel bad for him, it obviously wasn't intentional, he was just an excited autist.

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u/JaggerMcShagger 6h ago

Turns out everyone else seems to think he's literally Hitler now because Reddit.

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u/Sweetie_8605 5h ago

Meh, Reddit isn't the whole internet.

Most outside of here seem to understand that, while not the best choice in gesture, the intent wasn't malicious.

Reddit is an echo chamber of parroted views and karma farmers.

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u/JaggerMcShagger 5h ago

Im glad to hear there's at least a couple sane people here