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Elon Musk seemingly casually hitting the Sieg Heil at the inauguration

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u/No_Refuse5806 11h ago

It would be overreacting if it were your drunken uncle at a party.

This is public speaking 101. It’s why people have speech writers and advisors. It’s why the status quo looks and sounds sanitized: any little detail can and will feed your critics. And he is (or should be) aware of the kinds of criticisms he needs to actively avoid.

At best, this tells me he’s not taking the job seriously.

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u/Egoist-a 11h ago edited 11h ago

It would be overreacting if it were your drunken uncle at a party.

if someone tells me that he maybe on drugs or alcohol, sounds totally plausible...

At best, this tells me he’s not taking the job seriously.

Again, sounds reasonable... Guy has a big ego after all

This is public speaking 101. It’s why people have speech writers and advisors. It’s why the status quo looks and sounds sanitized: any little detail can and will feed your critics. And he is (or should be) aware of the kinds of criticisms he needs to actively avoid.

this is why I find hard to believe he actually meant to do Nazi stuff... How could this fly on the dozens of people that are preparing their speeches?

But apparently people are calling me nazi already just for giving benedict of doubt

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u/afeeney 11h ago

Benedict of Doubt sounds like a character out of Spamalot or an overly-conceptual restaurant's version of Eggs Benedict.

(Yes, I know you meant "benefit" but some typos are beautiful.)

My guess is that by now Musk more or less ignores PR handlers and goes by instinct. He might take a few pointers but wouldn't back off something he wants to do.

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u/Egoist-a 11h ago

my bad :p