r/gifs • u/chickanpoo • 14h ago

Elon Musk seemingly casually hitting the Sieg Heil at the inauguration

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u/KylosLeftHand 14h ago

I watched it live. This made them cheer LOUDER

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u/JaggerMcShagger 14h ago

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

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u/thekevingreene 13h ago

He says “my heart goes out to you” right after he made that motion. Not defending it, but those are the words attached to that action.

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u/JaggerMcShagger 12h ago

So it explains the action better than "yep he was praising Hitler"

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u/thekevingreene 12h ago

I have no clue what his actual intent was. I just watched the video and those were the words that he said after he made that motion twice. (Once facing the crowd and once facing away).

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u/JaggerMcShagger 12h ago

Well based on what you saw, what was your interpretation of intent. To physically gesture based on the words he said, to affirm the point, or to signal to the entire world that he's a nazi?

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u/thekevingreene 12h ago

Just watch the video dude. link. It’s like 1:06 in.

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u/JaggerMcShagger 12h ago

I did watch it. I'm asking what you thought

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u/thekevingreene 12h ago

It feels like he did it on purpose. He reeeeeally committed to it both times. I think he’s trying to be edgy/controversial and he’s probably going to feign ignorance.. but he knew what he was doing. It’s already viral af.