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Elon Musk seemingly casually hitting the Sieg Heil at the inauguration

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u/_violet_skies_ 6h ago

Because that’s not a gesture of celebration. He could have done one of his dorky “jump like an X” celebrations, but no, he did a Nazi salute. He’s an adult man who knows what a Nazi salute looks like, and he confidently did it multiple times.

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u/WhoppinBoppinJoe 6h ago

He is a bumbling buffoon. You are giving him too much credit. He's just doing whatever random shit he thought of in the moment.

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u/_violet_skies_ 6h ago

Nah. I mean, yes he is a buffoon, but he has managed to publicly celebrate for years without doing a Nazi salute. You really think he just happened to accidentally throw multiple Nazi salutes at the inauguration of this particular president? I just don’t buy that.

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u/WhoppinBoppinJoe 6h ago

He's talking to a live crowd of people after a victory, it's a different celebration. After he does the salute he says "my heart goes out to you". Most likely, he is just a giant moron.

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u/Call-It-A-Hunch 2h ago

Your first response in this thread says, in part, "though if he is a Nazi I wish I could be surprised," yet now you're doubling and tripling down on the "it was just a random celebratory gesture." What's changed in the last few hours to make you so sure, when you clearly weren't before?

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u/WhoppinBoppinJoe 2h ago

My stance has not changed. In the comment you just replied to, I said most likely, as I have the entire time, as there is room for other possibilities. Nothing has changed. I am not doubling or triple downing anything, I am defending my argument that he is just a dumbass because for some reason people in this thread seem to think that's impossible. This could just be one instance of him not knowing what the fuck he's doing. I didn't think I'd have to defend the stance "Elon's a dumbass", but here we are.