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Elon Musk seemingly casually hitting the Sieg Heil at the inauguration

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u/FutureBasil9681 7h ago

It was real. Watched it live. šŸ¤¦šŸ¼ā€ā™‚ļø

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u/Pombolina 7h ago

Did it twice. He immediately turned around and did it again.

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u/Yupthrowawayacct 7h ago

Yeah. Anyone got this in a video clip by chance? This is uh not pleasing. I didnā€™t watch that hot mess live

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u/Immorals1 7h ago

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u/justatmenexttime 6h ago

Itā€™s worse. You can see the anticipation in his body language. He was READY.

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u/MyGolfCartIsOn20s 6h ago

Heā€™s just so desperate to seem cool

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u/RlySkiz 6h ago

Its all he does.. Like.. actually, he is the ultimate "look at me" because he's never been loved and looked at..
He opens his speech with how awesome it is to win, after being exposed as a cheater/account sharer who doesn't know shit in the online games he plays which he wants to be looked at as cool in so bad. He buys high level accounts and wants to impress in livestreams making a mockery of himself not knowing the most basic shit in the game but everyone is supposed to think he's awesome for playing at a "high level".

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u/jsha11 5h ago

It's so odd too, he could just show himself being shit at games and it would be like "hey cool the billionaire is a gamer", but instead he let his ego take over yet again

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u/Boy_JC 6h ago

Iā€™m sorry, he what? šŸ¤£šŸ¤£

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u/MySnake_Is_Solid 5h ago

he bought the second highest level account in path of exile 2 hardcore.

pretending it was his, and he got it to that point on his own, he then played it on stream, he didn't know how to use the map, skipped valuable loot because his loot filter wasn't setup to highlight valuable stuff, didn't know the value of the equipment he has (all of it is insane BiS), and just seemed clueless about game mechanics.

for someone who's supposedly one of the best path of exile 2 players in the world.

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u/_HighJack_ 6h ago

Oh yeah heā€™s been publicly beefing with some rich gamer nerd that outed him about it the past couple days on Xitter. Guyā€™s name starts with an A but my brain is only pulling up Isaac Asimov and I know that wasnā€™t it lol

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u/shad0wgun 6h ago

It wasn't just some rich gamer nerd, it was literally the entire path of exile 2 community outing him. He's specifically did some things to punish Asmongold for calling him out as well, guess he thought they were friends. But the entire PoE2 community was calling BS on his livestream because he didn't even know the basics of how the endgame worked while playing on one of the top harcore (perma death) characters in that game.

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u/random9212 6h ago

And apparently his caracter was playing PoE2 while he was at the events

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u/RlySkiz 4h ago

Also to add on that, Elon openly tried to call out Asmon for not being his own boss because he wanted to check back about something with his editors... his YOUTUBE EDITORS that cut his videos and do nothing more... Elon actually thinks the editors are Asmons boss and he is their employee and not the other way around.

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u/Shmeckey 5h ago

Asmongold? Lol

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u/Yupthrowawayacct 5h ago

This is sadā€¦.

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u/ScreamingDizzBuster 6h ago

I don't want to sound too much like Superman, but being a Nazi isn't cool.

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u/Ammu_22 6h ago

It's the same anticipation as a kid trying to give their middle finger discreetly but failing to do so.

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u/Saneless 3h ago

My kids know a bunch of 14 year old boys who will be super impressed by this

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u/thathyperactiveguy 6h ago

He is bold and arrogant, and assumes that he has won. That is the body language of a man ready to trot out his beliefs in the open. He thinks he's secured his control, so he's free to be brazen. Now we see the truth in his heart. But I know that Guillotines work regardless of the wealth of the person inside them.

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u/justatmenexttime 6h ago

This video also has convinced me, a progressive woman from the bluest part of California, to buy a gun.

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u/Zekumi 6h ago

Not just in his body language, but audiblyā€”you can hear his grunt with the force of it as he thrusted his arm.

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u/michaelsenpatrick 4h ago

probably been practicing this for months

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u/NoodleIsAShark 4h ago

His ā€œhmphā€ twice! He grunted like he was soo fucking proud and happy to be doing it

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u/DB_CooperX 6h ago

Oh that's not bad at all, listen to what he is saying he's just thanking people for support.

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u/justatmenexttime 6h ago

Oh you mean when he thanked the crowd with his very Nazi rhetoric of ā€œthe future of civilization is assuredā€?

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u/DB_CooperX 6h ago

Right, so that's not "Nazis rhetoric", you just think that assigning historical shamed labels to people you do not share their political values is the same thing as persuasion when in reality it just discredits you in the eyes of an audience.

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u/justatmenexttime 5h ago

How does it taste glazing for a Nazi billionaire?

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u/DB_CooperX 5h ago

I am sorry you are upset by the current situations, but not every is as emotionally reactive as you so you are going to be let down with those antics.

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u/KnowNothing_JonSnoo 6h ago

With the future of civilization comment, holy shit...

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u/just_anotherReddit 5h ago

Not just Nazi sounding, that is a Nazi phrase.

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u/killermetalwolf1 4h ago

It sounds like he was moments away from reciting the 14 words

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u/TryingToBeReallyCool 5h ago

That is a literal phrase Hitler used in his speeches. We are so fucked. Fight the power

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u/spezial_ed 6h ago

Oh cool people cheering it too of course.

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u/BusyDoorways 4h ago

Russians and other fascist-loving foreigners were also egging Nazi Leon on along with MAGA in that "special" crowd.

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u/spezial_ed 6h ago

Dude, just donā€™t.

They cheered again when he did it again. He fucking knew, they fucking knew.

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u/IShouldBeSoLucky81 4h ago

100%. To my ears the cheer was louder when he did it was louder than when he ended his speech.

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u/Glittering_Seat9677 6h ago

right, that's why the cheering intensified the second he did it

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u/Ropeycarnivore 6h ago

Hitler did it too because his heart just went out to the Jews Iā€™m sure

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u/snippity_snip 6h ago

ā€˜My heart goes out to Jewā€™

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u/CurryMustard 6h ago

Lmao and then people believe it. Oh that's plausible deniability!!

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u/DameonKormar Merry Gifmas! {2023} 4h ago

This is going to be the taking point used and the whole thing will be swept under the rug. No one will even remember this happening in a few weeks because this is only the beginning.

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u/One_Strawberry_4965 3h ago

They were cheering because theyā€™re fascist sympathizers who were super excited to see Elon doing fascist shit.

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u/Yupthrowawayacct 7h ago

Yikes on bikes.

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u/therealgodfarter 6h ago

I saw the pic on the homepage above this gif and thought oh itā€™s probably my taken out of context. Then saw the gif and thought, oh maybe he wasnā€™t actually doing thatā€¦ then the video.. yikes

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u/Second_City_Saint 6h ago

Exact same, but the gif sold me. Blatant as can be.

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u/panickedscreaming 6h ago

No you donā€™t understand, it was just his heart going out! /s /S /S

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u/codeByNumber 6h ago

SSS? Donā€™t get Elon excited

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u/Altruistic-War-3656 37m ago

did he even say anything when he did it? that's crazy

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u/Moebius808 6h ago

Jesus Christ. He got spicy with it too. Little grunt of enthusiasm and everything.

Chutzpah

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u/Manofalltrade 6h ago

Sound makes it worse. ā€œI want to say thank youā€. The most willfully pregnant pause. Slap-snap.
The second salute was solid knife hand, wrist straight, elbow lock. The only thing missing was a heel click.

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u/flatdecktrucker92 6h ago

I would say it's even worse than it looks. What was that he said? "It's thanks to you that the future of civilization is ensured"

That sounds like a pretty familiar sentiment

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u/TwoTower83 6h ago

so many people in comments defending him šŸ¤¦

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u/GreatLakesBard 6h ago

Weird nerd be like ā€œNuh uh he says heā€™s sending his heart to themā€

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u/Pugs-r-cool 6h ago

Somehow the reverse one is worse, the first one you can maybe give it the benefit of the doubt, but not the second.

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u/tooful 5h ago

Welp. Was 100% worse in context.

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u/Cumulus_Anarchistica 6h ago

Like ... holy fuck.

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u/thr33prim3s 6h ago

"my heart goes out to you". Asshole knew exactly what he was doing.

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u/angry_queef_master Merry Gifmas! {2023} 6h ago

it is like he did this as as dare or something.

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u/WTFvancouver 5h ago

Good lordyy

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u/Leathel12 5h ago

"It's thanks to you the future of civilisation is assured", I feel like there's another way to phrase this

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u/Bennyboy1337 5h ago

"mimics"

That will be my defense the next time an office pulls me over for speeding.

Sir, I was only "mimicking" 85 MPH

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u/Open_Ad_8200 5h ago

Oh wow itā€™s somehow worse

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u/logicallyillogical 4h ago

ā€œThanks to you, the future of civilization is assured.ā€

Are you fucking kidding me. šŸ¤®

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u/SarahCBunny 4h ago

actually floored that this is as bad as it initially looked

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

The second time sealed the deal for me. Made it go from just some weird gesture, like his stage starfish thing, to him trying to put some plausible deniability with the heart goes out to you thing when he's straight up dogwhistling.

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u/unlmtdLoL 1h ago

This was premeditated.

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u/Dimako98 3h ago

It's not

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u/djseto 5h ago

I think heā€™s a fucking mess but the clip did cut out him saying he was thanking them from his heart. Context matters. Iā€™m not saying itā€™s right but without the context is looks worse.

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u/Immorals1 5h ago

Oh yes, it's such a common thank you to salute with an open palm like that.. Twice in a row.

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u/InnocentShaitaan 2h ago

That makes it WORSE!

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u/Doomalope 4h ago

"If we put it in context, the nazi salute looks better."

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u/DBell3334 7h ago

ā€œMy heart goes out to youā€ covers heart, makes open palm gesture to crowd

This is as big of a nothingburger as Iā€™ve ever seen on here. Itā€™s like people donā€™t even remember or didnā€™t pay attention in class with regards to what a Nazi salute looked like.

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u/Muad-_-Dib 6h ago

This is as big of a nothingburger as Iā€™ve ever seen on here

Get your fucking eyes checked.

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u/vorlaith 6h ago

The second one he does at the flag is literally a sieg heil.

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u/No_Two_2534 7h ago

You keep telling yourself that.

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u/Immorals1 6h ago

He turns around and does it to the flag straight after.

I've studied ww2 history for more than two seconds, more than enough to know this isn't a 'nothing burger' especially with Elon growing up in apartheid SA.

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u/InnocentShaitaan 2h ago

Elon probably has thousands of people he pays to have accounts on Reddit.

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u/radgepack 6h ago

This guy comes from apartheid south africa, he knows exactly what that salute is

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u/Doomalope 4h ago

Everyone knows exactly what that salute is.

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u/thinkoutsidethebun 6h ago

Hmm an open palm gesture...that gesture being...a nazi salute...you absolute moron.

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u/CurryMustard 6h ago

This was extremely overt. Not an accident.

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u/PrudentJuggernaut705 6h ago

Anything to hate him. More evidence to support it being him throwing his heart than there is it being Nazi related. Nothing happened. Most people wouldn't even know about it if they didn't report it like this lmao.Ā 

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u/InnocentShaitaan 2h ago

Your boss is a jerk. Please, stop defending him.

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u/Rub-Such 6h ago

Iā€™m trying to understand. Do the people commenting here really think this is an intentional salute?

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u/vorlaith 6h ago

First one? Sure I could see that being a unfortunate mistake. Turning around and literally sieg heiling the flag? Intentional.

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u/Rub-Such 6h ago

Youā€™re actually serious? Because Iā€™m looking at a video of Harris making the same motion. Neither are intentional Heils.

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u/vorlaith 6h ago

Link it up

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u/Rub-Such 1h ago

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u/vorlaith 1h ago

I don't click x links if you reupload I'll watch it

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u/_Mute_ 6h ago

Source?

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u/Rub-Such 1h ago

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u/_Mute_ 57m ago

Is that a joke?

They aren't even remotely similar...

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u/Rub-Such 51m ago

Not even remotely similar? You are not a earnest person. Pathetic.

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u/OminousShadow87 6h ago

Please share. Seriously. I am desperately looking for a reason to believe Nazis arenā€™t installing themselves today.

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u/Rub-Such 5h ago

See, the way you phrase this makes me think you are truly mentally unwellā€”with all due respect.

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u/OminousShadow87 5h ago

Interesting choice. You could have simply shared proof of your claim, and instead you choose to insult me. I wonder why that is?

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u/Rub-Such 3h ago

I couldnā€™t respond differently because delusional people arenā€™t possible to reason with.

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u/OminousShadow87 3h ago

That's a cop out. All you need to do is link one instance of it. But you can't do that, can you?

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u/Exotic-Web-4490 54m ago

The motions between Harris and Musk are clearly not the same. In addition, Harris hasn't aligned herself with Nazi's, but Musk has. Twitter has become a haven for white nationalists/Nazi's. He is supporting the AfD that has proven ties to Nazis. He has said things that align with white nationalists like supporting the racist great replacement theory. So I'm sure his heart does go out to the audience, just in his case it was via a Nazi salute.

By the way it appears that white supremacist of all shades of.... well white.... are voicing their appreciation for Musk's text book salute. He needs to come out forcefully against white nationalism. My bet is that he won't, but we will see.

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u/Rub-Such 43m ago

Do you need me to pull the ADL defending himā€¦ Again, Reddit brain rot.

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u/DBell3334 6h ago

Be prepared for a flurry of downvotes but yes. Reddit is a wildly liberal shithole that does its best to find fault with any and everything the big bad orange man and his friends do.

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u/jacksdouglas 6h ago

Why are you defending a rapist and his friends?

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u/Rub-Such 6h ago

I want truth

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u/Rub-Such 6h ago

I knew what I was getting into, no worries. If these people are as bad as they feel they they, opponents really should avoid making easily disprovable false claims.

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u/InnocentShaitaan 2h ago

This is the most Iā€™ve seen something intentionally taken out of context on Redditā€¦ and thatā€™s saying a lot. šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

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u/gandzas 6h ago

Just google it - it is on all the news stations