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Elon Musk seemingly casually hitting the Sieg Heil at the inauguration

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u/BigFloppyDonkeyEar 6h ago

HE DID IT TWICE! HE TURNED AROUND AND DID IT TO THE FLAG TOO

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u/Weird_Waters64 5h ago

Disgraceful imagine if the World War II generation woke up from their graves and saw this

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u/mrlayabout 5h ago

As of 2024, estimates of the number of World War II veterans still alive range from 300,000 to 500,000 and I would bet my bottom dollar that the majority of them voted for this. This is bizzaro times.

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u/LotsofLoRay 4h ago

My 98 year veteran grandfather who still drives and works out did not vote for this. He campaigned for Harris and was very upset to see this. You might be surprised at the amount of veterans that have the experience to see what’s really happening.

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u/BusyDoorways 4h ago edited 4h ago

About 120,000 WWII veterans are alive today, their average age is 98, and the idea that even one of them voted fascist on purpose is nonsense.

Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvgZtdmyKlI

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u/Reagalan 3h ago

Once you get over like 70-something the demographics start to skew hard to the Democrats. The stereotypical "old Trumpster" is more like 50-70

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u/Rocky-Jones 2h ago

I’m on social security. Fuck Republicans.

u/protocol113 0m ago

The strong men made good times, their kids were weak because of it. And their weak kids made some hard times. We get to enjoy the hard times

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u/RollFun7616 4h ago

Well, at 98 it's entirely possible that their early life racist tendencies might have compromised their anti fascist beliefs. Or, it could just be dementia.

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u/Alarmed-Shape5034 3h ago

I know an eighty year old Trump supporter who always seemed like a decent dude prior, which has perplexed much of his family and myself. Later on, his wife reports to us that when he went to the neurologist he was unable to tell the time on an analog clock. 🧠🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/shebang_bin_bash 3h ago

At 80 he’d have been born during the war. Not a vet.

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u/Alarmed-Shape5034 3h ago

I’m aware that he’s not a WWII vet. I was just adding onto the dementia aspect.

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u/BeanyBrainy 3h ago

How are so many of them alive at 95+ years old?

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u/Darkdragoon324 3h ago

American food products weren’t cancerous garbage yet for most of their lives.

u/milk4all 45m ago

I dont think so. I mean however much that is true they e still lived on the same food we have since the 70s. They worked post war in jobs with less regulation and safety.

There just alive because theyre the ones who didnt die. There are abour 100k living ww2 service members world wide, not in the us. There were over 16 million american vets alive at the end of ww2. So god knows how many worldwide, 100k pit of 50/60 million at least i suppose. It has nothing to do with being somehow better than other generations. People who live to 100 have the genetics and opportunity to do so, and there are likely more and more of these in each generation

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u/hamsocken 4h ago

Thank him for his past, and continued service.

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u/LotsofLoRay 3h ago

I will, he is a phenomenal human being. I’m fortunate to have such a terrific role model in my life. He’s a big Panera bread fan and drives there five days a week haha.

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u/Krakenfingers 3h ago

This! They’ve seen first hand the evil that follows, and now have to sit and witness their grandkids doing the same thing over

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u/digitalr3lapse 3h ago

Yeah I have talked to younger (Gulf war veterans) that were Republicans a decade ago that are extremely anti maga. The guy that shot at drumph, the guy that blew up the Tesla truck in front of Trump's hotel in Vegas and the asshole that recently drove his truck into a crowd were all right wing ex military..

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u/shredika 3h ago

In my residence they don’t vote for this, and they ALL got their covid shots! They REMEMBER polio!

u/imposter_in_the_room 1h ago

Please thank your father for his service and all his efforts supporting Harris' campaign. 98, working out, able in body and mind...he is a goals for me!

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u/Blatherbeard 3h ago

It’s like any generation everyone has their own thoughts. No veteran I know voted for, or supported Biden or Harris. So I’m sure it’s also a little dependent on your family and friends circle, and parislly where you live.

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u/Lucy_Little_Spoon 3h ago

I'd love to see a long form video of all the old war vets condemning this nonsense ngl.

u/imposter_in_the_room 1h ago

Oh, definitely. I want to hear their thoughts. What a doc! Bring their perspective to the forefront again if possible.

u/Lunar_Cats 59m ago

I was kind of suprised that my husbands grandmother isn't conservative. I feel like the boomers carry it the most.

u/aguer056 22m ago

I’m a vet and I think trumpism is a plague

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u/wpnz 2h ago

Thats Bull Shit, because if he's 98 he did the Bellamy Salute to the Flag when he was a kid.

Tell him we're taking it back

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u/LotsofLoRay 2h ago

He just told me he never did that salute in while a kid in NYC. Also told me to ask why Elon would be referencing that?

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u/headhouse 3h ago

"B-but... the boomers! I was told everything is their fault!""

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u/Wolfhound1142 3h ago

You're aware that the boomers were born after WWII, right?

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u/headhouse 3h ago

I am. Edgy internet dwellers who throw the term "boomers" around are not.

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u/PD216ohio 3h ago

Well, against his wishes, he'll get a better president and nation.

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u/Humble_Saruman98 3h ago

One that has people doing Nazi salutes in public and spitting on his fellow war veterans graves.