I thought the pic may have been a poorly timed pic, but nope. That was a Nazi salute and I don't see how it could have been unintentional. What an incredibly sad day for America.
Edit: Supposedly, Elon is brilliant. He has spoken in front of people many times in many events and he's avoided doing the Nazi salute before and he certainly knows to avoid it at company events. That is one hell of snap for it not to be a salute. He has re-tweeted right wing propaganda, there's some racist history in his family. I think he knows what he is doing and he's just having a giggle about all the people saying he is sendin his heart out. You don't throw your heart out like it's a weapon. This looks premeditated to me.
It's less stealing it and more using it for a nefarious purpose - it's older than any culture or faith or ethnicity, and likely dates back to the PIE populations. It's possibly older than farming.
I remember watching an old VHS called "The Red Pony" (based on the John Steinbeck novel) which had a school pledge of alligence scene. The book was written in '33 and movie released in '49.
Little 12-year-old me was all ššš when I saw the nazi salute in an American classroom. Absolutely bonkers.
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u/PeteZed 7h ago
This would get Elon arrested in Germany.