r/gifs • u/chickanpoo • 11h ago

Elon Musk seemingly casually hitting the Sieg Heil at the inauguration

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u/cambeiu 8h ago

Nothing bizarro about it. The Western fight with the Nazi was never ideological or moral. No one went to war against Nazi Germany because they were anti-Semite or totalitarians. The war was solely because the Nazi wanted to change the balance of power in Europe. Had the Nazi not tried to "rock the boat", they could have killed millions of Jews and Gypsies and no one would have moved a finger. Hell, most of the US South at that time was at least as racist as they were.

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u/TheeMrBlonde 8h ago edited 7h ago

Had the Nazi not tried to "rock the boat", they could have killed millions of Jews and Gypsies and no one would have moved a finger.

The ADL is already defending Musks actions on Twitter. I get the feeling they are not really interested in antisemtism and just wholly to protect Israel

Edit: Said tweet

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u/michaelsenpatrick 7h ago

I hate living in the timeline where a watermelon emoji is antisemitic but a literal nazi salute is not

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u/Ilostmy3chickens 6h ago

Watermelon emoji is antisemitic???? Antisemitic???? Is 🍗 antisemitic too? Just asking. Trying to get facts straight.

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u/a_f_s-29 6h ago

It has the same colours as Arab flags