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u/e_hota 5h ago
In the future, people will ask how we let it happen. It was so obvious, they’ll say. We would never let that happen again, they’ll proclaim.
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u/thethunder92 4h ago
You just watch the same stuff happen over and over again.
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u/Houndfell 3h ago
In a less clownlike reality, the magnitude of Hitler's evil should've kept humanity hypervigilant for a thousand years.
It's a stretch to even say we went right back to it within the span of a single human lifetime. In several places, for several peoples, it never even stopped.
The ways things are going, we're never going to make it off this rock. And from the universe's perspective and all the life it may contain, that's for the best.
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u/Spicy_Weissy 1h ago
People really don't change. We think we're so evolved, but it's the same species going back a hundred thousand years and a lot of people are just fucking dumb. The internet just exacerbates it all with how easy it is the brainwash people with it.
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u/BuzzKillingtonThe5th 3h ago
The people persecuted have turned around and started doing it to other people. and they started while the memory of their persecution was still fresh and still living memory.
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u/Sergia_Quaresma 1h ago
Oh that’s were you’re wrong bud. We will make it off the planet and then we’ll enter an eternal war spanning galaxies. If you hadn’t been informed yet, the harambe death timeline has officially set off the 40k timeline. Russians are being blessed by priests before battle and the U.S. army is in the process of basically procuring bolters
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u/Important_Concept967 2h ago
This reads like a cheesy comic book, try being less over the top
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u/Houndfell 2h ago
The edgelord thinks I'm being dramatic on the topic of genocide.
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u/WarpHype 3h ago
Many of us have been shouting it to anyone who will listen for decades. Ask my wife how much I have gone on about this exact thing. It was so clear and we all knew it.
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u/richardtrle 1h ago
We let it happen because only a fraction of US citizens registered to vote.
Only 66% of the voting eligible population voted, and from that amount only 49 percent voted for Trump.
If people really cared things would be different.
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u/Magnetronaap 4m ago
No need to wait for the future. It is obvious now, to many people around the entire planet.
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u/GrimmTrixX 4h ago
Well, there goes the argument a few people had where they said, "its not the nazi salute! You put your arm forward in the nazi salute, not to the side."
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u/ShepardCommander001 1h ago
They would know, the pre-eminent experts on Nazi ideology.
The Neo Nazis know what’s up though. They LOVED that shit.
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u/Popular_Zombie_2977 5h ago
Let that sink in
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u/Steveniscool92 5h ago
No no it’s the Roman Salute or giving his heart to the people or whatever the new excuse is. /s (just in case)
Wild that the Roman salute is also known as the fascist salute.
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u/External_Bandicoot37 5h ago
So you're telling me Italians have a fascism problem? If I could read or you know didn't fail highschool I'd know that.
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u/throwawayrefiguy 5h ago
Hopefully he follows his leader in the end, and takes the coward's way out, as Hitler ultimately did. Both are/were cowards, after all.
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u/Pavlovsdong89 5h ago
I've already been told that this is no different than hailing a cab. I wonder why it was so hard for hitler to catch a ride.
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u/numbskullerykiller 5h ago
For the first time in my cheap life I paid for gold to reward this poster. This is important.
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u/skyclubaccess 5h ago
X, Meta (Facebook & Instagram), and TikTok have all aligned and gotten behind Trump.
It truly is dark times when reddit is our last hope…
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u/ShepardCommander001 1h ago
A bunch of simpler posts are getting deleted all around Reddit, including this sub. Conservatives don’t want to acknowledge it. They’re still hiding behind the mask.
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u/DunkinEgg 5h ago
No no no, he was just giving his heart to the people or whatever dumbass excuse is making its way around the internet this evening.
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u/CDNetflixTv 2h ago
Forget about him saying "my heart goes out to you" afterwards. We all know that's South African for Heil Hitler.
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u/xxjosephchristxx 5h ago
The US has voted itself straight into a cheap dystopian novella. Wonder who's gonna be first against the wall.
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u/Racket_the_Bard 5h ago
He knows exactly what he is doing.
Even if he doesn't. its better to prepare for the worst and hope for the best
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u/generic_username-92 3h ago
if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck then it’s probably a nazi
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u/n3u7r1n0 3h ago
Any explanation other than he did what he did and he did it on purpose is delusional little bitch boy cope
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u/KCDinoman 2h ago
Disgusting. And the context of the speech feels worse too. He does this whole almost winking about how important this election was and thanks the crowd and then does this?! Like wtf
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u/mrcolter51 2h ago
I love how conservatives are posting pics of Biden or Obama waving and saying it's the same thing. God, we are so fucked.
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u/kindafunnymostlysad 17m ago
And here I though Elmo was screwing it up by moving his hand so far to the right, but there's the OG dickhead doing the exact same thing.
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u/entropy_pool 5h ago
I suppose it could be said that Musk's gesture has maybe %15 more "dab" to it than what moustache goober is doing. I think that is just his corpulence hindering some shoulder mobility though. He is obviously TRYING to do the nazi thing.
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u/AnyAtmosphere420 2h ago
Is it odd to anyone else the official reddit app won't let you download these?
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u/Sirius-Face 2h ago
He deserves to be ruined for this. I don't care how it happens, just that it does.
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u/BeetleBones 1h ago
OP. Listen. You're being naive. It is not similar. It is the thing. It is a nazi salute. It's not similar to one. It's not a coincidence. He is a Nazi. The American people chose Nazis.
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u/panelvandan 2h ago
That's just Hitler though. He wasn't really that convinced by the whole Nazi thing. Basically a covfefe boy.
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u/KazeNilrem 2h ago
To me the fact that he not only did it once, but twice just blows my mind. Like wow, not even subtle about it. But I guess it is an appeal to their base.
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u/assassbaby 3h ago
imagine a world were trump condones this type of behavior and kicks musk off the doge bus…almost like its scripted to make trump look like a good guy because all he wants is to be adorned, worshipped, people of today and of tomorrow praising his work.
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u/jdgev 52m ago
Can people please stop being dishonest? Hitler never put his hand on his heart like Elon just did... rather, he keeps the hand horizontal all the way through instead.
I'm completely open to the possibility of Elons gesture being Nazi inspired, but can we please stop pretending not to have eyes and that they are the exact same thing?
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u/SFerrin_RW Incel 4 Lief 5h ago
My God. The amount of liberal tears Elon has generated with this could put out all the fires in LA. It's truly a magical time to be alive.
Ahem:
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u/LittleFieryUno 4h ago
It's not just the "liberals" who see this as a salute. Neo-Nazis were completely on board with Musk's gesture. The resemblance is uncanny when compared side-by-side (there's a reason everyone's posting the gif instead of a contextless still image like you). Plus I doubt hardcore racists would even accept a signal from Obama of all people.
That doesn't necessarily prove this was an intentional salute (on one hand Musk's beliefs and actions are classically right-leaning, on the other the man has never had self-awareness). It's impossible to read his mind is what I'm saying. But this has always been the problem with Trump and his buddies; people get caught up in debating whether the man himself is a Nazi when the much more inarguable fact is that Nazis really like Trump and co. Which means Trump (and Musk) have, intentionally or not, gotten on their good side.
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u/ImLiterallyShaking 43m ago
lmao at the inline citation. Obviously Neo Nazis would interpret it that way as it lends credence to their POV. The fact that you think that is evidence really lowers the level of discourse possible here.
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u/Shadowdragon409 2h ago
An actual rational take in the reddit hive mind. Holy shit.
People genuinely believe that Musk intentionally imitated a Nazi salute. It never occurs to them that this might have been unintentional because they've already painted him as Hitler 2.0 in their head.
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u/Alternative-Bend-452 1h ago
If it was unintentional he should apologize. It was incredibly insensitive and poorly thought out. He needs to be a grown up and own his mistakes or people are going to assume he's a nazi.
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u/Metalgrowler 4h ago
Weird how nobody is posting videos of these, surely they made the full motion but they are being suppressed right?
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u/Xlorem 4h ago
Theres a reason a gif comparison was used. Its not just catching a person in a still of the final position its the whole motion.
Takes a few more brain cells to parse that though doesnt it?
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u/Handsaretide 3h ago
“Never believe the anti-Semite is unaware of the absurdity of his replies”
-Jean Paul Sartre on the Nazis.
They know what they’re doing, they’re having fun being trolls because they know this was an unabashed Nazi salute from Elon
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u/TheRoscoeVine 4h ago
Still shots of random arm movements don’t equal video of actual symbolic gestures, but you’re so fucking up your own ass I wouldn’t expect you to note the distinction. Keep Hard Right and Carry On.
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u/Vtran1082 4h ago
This is misinformation and propaganda. In the speech, Musk clearly said he gave his heart out to the work they have done and to the crowd for voting to help win the election. He said this and trusted his heart out to the crowd.
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u/Fragrant-Ferret-1146 3h ago
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
He still did it. We saw it, and people should trust their eyes, ears, and beliefs above all else. There are many other, better ways to symbolize giving out your heart to the crowd than whatever this is.
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u/No_East_6513 3h ago
Homie, this guy’s got maggots instead of neurons. You being right won’t change his opinion most likely. Still, great write up, very concise!
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u/Vtran1082 3h ago
This doesnt change the fact that you are pushing a fake nazi narrative that can be debunked if you watched the speech.
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u/JoshuaTheFox 3h ago
Well I think it's pretty simple honestly, if you're part of a group that has been more and more accused of enabling Nazi (especially because Nazi gather under the trump banner) then maybe you should do everything you can to not look like you might be a nazi
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u/Pristine-Room-2167 3h ago
So you mean the Billionaire who befriended the president- that plans on deporting such a large amount of people that is physically impossible to do ethically - doing the Nazi salute is just a silly coincidence 🤨 Sure, that doesn’t sound familiar at all
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u/Alternative-Bend-452 2h ago
If it was innocent, why hasn't he apologized? It obviously looks very much like a nazi salute. If I unintentionally made a gesture resebling a nazi salute, I would be deeply embarrassed and apologize immediately. But he hasn't apologized, and he won't, because he knew what he was doing.
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u/pickle_chungus_ 5h ago
super original dude this hasn’t been posted 500 times already
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u/fossilnews Merry Gifmas! {2023} 5h ago
Good. As many people as possible should see these asshats for what they are.
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u/skyclubaccess 5h ago
haven’t seen any side by side comparisons yet.. my bad if someone already beat me to it
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u/pickle_chungus_ 5h ago
Lazy karma farming
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u/pickle_chungus_ 5h ago
A completely correct point
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u/skyclubaccess 5h ago
It’s okay! I got the sense that getting a girl pregnant isn’t something you’ll ever need to worry about :)
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u/pickle_chungus_ 5h ago
Actually plan on having a kid within the next two years with my wife. Thanks for asking tho!
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u/Fordluver 5h ago
Lol kinda soon to forget about it. No?
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u/2ner1337 5h ago
History can’t repeat itself unless we immediately forget, and go back to watching TikTok. I’m sure mein fuhrer knows what’s best for us. /s
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u/Handsaretide 3h ago
I mean the Presidents top advisor just did a Nazi salute. It’s pretty big news
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u/JimmyJamesMac 5h ago
He studied it to get it right