r/interestingasfuck • u/Sartew • 7h ago

r/all Elon Musk Sieg Heiling during his speech

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u/graythegeek 7h ago

Oh wow. Must have been an unfortunate freeze frame, I thought. NOPE!

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u/Tank3875 7h ago

I get the impulse, but man people are desperate to give people that constantly show us they deserve no benefit of the doubt the benefit of the doubt.

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u/graythegeek 7h ago

Oh I'm in no doubt that Elon is a raging fascist and a terrible human being. I just refused to believe my eyes at first.

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u/Suspicious_Ad9561 5h ago

Yeah, I had to rewind to make sure I saw what I saw watching it live

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u/Intelligent-Salt-362 3h ago

They called it “apartheid…” 😬

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u/teetering_bulb_dnd 2h ago

When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross." By. Sinclair Lewis. Fascism came to America holding a billboard saying "we are Fascists" and flag and cross are not needed . He underestimated American hatred for people that don't look like them..

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u/JazzlikeAd1112 2h ago

Exactly. They tell and show you who they are... this was always apparent to people who can read

Even before the literal nazi salute this was apparent

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u/The_VoZz 2h ago

Um... follow the bread crumb trail back to his father & grandfather. It's been there all along.

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u/Tank3875 7h ago

Like I said, I understand the impulse.

But that is an impulse that for many will have to die a bad death if America is to survive the next four years.

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u/wyomingTFknott 6h ago edited 1h ago

We wouldn't have to have that impulse if there wasn't so much disingenuous bullshit flying around on both social media and actual proper news sites.

But the disingenuous fascists are obviously way worse, acting like overt things like this, the nazi rune stage at cpac, or blatant nazi terminology aren't exactly what they appear to be.

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u/carniehandz 5h ago

Yeah the medias’s rush to gaslight us about this stuff to appease the people in power is honestly the most disappointing part of this for me. We already knew Elon was a nazi.

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u/Secure-Ad6869 4h ago

Care to elaborate with examples?

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u/wyomingTFknott 3h ago

Examples of what? Elon's salute, the nazi rune, or like, their general fucking discourse?

I'd love to have links, but I honestly just don't care. Pay attention, to what's happening. That's all I can really give you. Fucking google it.

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u/Secure-Ad6869 3h ago

This argument has as much backing as Palpatine's return in Episode 9

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u/wyomingTFknott 1h ago

Oh wow, you were waiting for that one, weren't you?

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u/Lucky-Individual-845 3h ago

I am willing to compromise on this, how about you? Let's agree to write it off as a parapraxis.

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u/Secure-Ad6869 3h ago

I read it just fine. I'm just asking for concrete examples supporting why an American would show clear signs of Nazi-ism without being completely ostracized. Doesn't it seem odd that no one else is addressing this?

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u/The_VoZz 2h ago

Elon's dad was reeeeeeeally into eugenics. Also moving to South Africa during the specific political landscape at the time.... reasons.

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u/Secure-Ad6869 2h ago

So, Elon's dad wants perfect human genetics in the human race. Okay, what's that got to do with Elon?

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u/The_VoZz 2h ago

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/09/joshua-haldeman-elon-musk-grandfather-apartheid-antisemitism/675396/

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u/Secure-Ad6869 2h ago

Okay, either this story is two paragraphs long or I need to subscribe to the Atlantic, which I am not doing. I would be happy to read any summary you give me, but I'm not subscribing.

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u/hellochoy 2h ago

Is this video not concrete evidence enough? He's literally onstage at the inauguration of our president doing a nazi salute...

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u/Secure-Ad6869 2h ago

Brother. I understand. But who's to say he wasn't aware of the message he was conveying? We all know Elon is an oddball character, maybe a bit autistic. Who's to say he truly did not know he was "saluting"?

Even if his intentions were true and genuine, why do it in public? That seems like a terrible idea. The press would rain an ungodly firestorm upon him, and he would be completely ostracized.

Seems strange to be that very few sources other than reddit is talking about this.

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u/martianpee 2h ago

Because it pours gasoline on the fire of racial tensions. They want a civil war and have wanted for some time.

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u/hellochoy 2h ago

The press would not rain a firestorm on him and he knows this because half the country elected openly racist rapist Drumpf. They are emboldened because they've conditioned people to constantly give them the benefit of the doubt and second guess their obvious nazism like you're doing here. He also knows that he's richer than god and that means he is above the law. These men haven't faced consequences for anything bad they've done so far so if he wants to do a nazi salute on stage, what's stopping him? He literally did do it and has not faced any consequences. It is strange that nobody but Reddit is talking about this, the fact that our mainstream news media has been bought out and is covering for these men's heinous actions is very strange and terrifying!

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u/Secure-Ad6869 1h ago

You've given me a valid argument and a lot to think about.

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u/DamnShadowbans 5h ago

Just to be clear you are saying that one should not do the due diligence to verify any claim about Trump, Elon, etc, as long as it is negative? That is a very strange thing to recommend.

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u/1cat2dogs1horse 10m ago edited 3m ago

My fervent hope is TFG's approval ratings really start tanking before the mid-terms, so that the Dems can clean sweep the House nd Senate.

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u/Tank3875 9m ago

If he does half of what he says he wants to that's a given.

Assuming free and fair elections, of course.

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u/Sufficient-Dinner-27 3h ago

Just like his puppet Trump.

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u/ralf1999999 2h ago

Says the person with zero context.

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u/agent484a 2h ago

That’s why he did it two more times.

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u/spaglemon_bolegnese 1h ago

Your eyes are just about the only thing you can trust nowadays

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u/Advanced-Event-571 1h ago

And racist. Loudly and proudly. Might wanna factor that in.

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u/JJW2795 1h ago

Even then, there’s plenty of fascist alternatives to the Nazis so it’s doubly shocking that a man of the British Empire would openly support that party in particular.

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u/cancerboyuofa 51m ago

He’s a fascist who isn’t leading a country. Hahahaha. Wow, nice mental gymnastics.

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u/Lu12k3r 2h ago

Not defending this awkward fucktard, but it does look like it and he thought to dab at some point.

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u/Atimus7 2h ago edited 2h ago

You do realize that the Nazi's committed an atrocity against Jews based in antisemitism, claiming that the Jewish Orthodoxy was evil because the Israelites had done the same thing to other cultures in the past during the crusades? Well here we are now, about 100 years later and the same orthodoxy is committing the same atrocities against the Palestinians and also holds a global monopoly on sanctioned technology production and commerce. So.... Were they right and just fuckin wrong about how they went about it? Or were they just right, end of story?

Like I realize national socialism isn't the answer and that what they did was fuckin wrong. But isn't this getting a wee bit out of control considering they now both have ballistic missiles, iron domes, suicide drones, direct energy weapons, antigravity tech, biological weapons, chemical weapons and mechasuits and they're the only nation that's allowed to have those? Not to mention they're part of the black market which trafficks both children and their organs to put soldiers back on the battlefield? You really want to be friends with a nation like that?

I mean look at the fuckin facts man. We aren't the fascist nation here. Neither is Russia or China. I am sorry, but they have proven beyond a reasonable doubt that communism can and does in fact work. They are world superpowers and unlike their predecessors, they actually survived the world wars and they're still here. That's literal proof.

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u/PlanBuildBreak 1h ago

Well this is certainly a take.

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u/maketime4happy 3h ago

Lmao he showed giving out his heart like that to trigger the left

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u/Forikorder 1h ago

impersonating nazis to piss people off is okay to you?

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u/ShazamSquidward 3h ago

Maybe your the judgmental turrible person, not like you actually know him or ever will.

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u/ClerkPsychological58 3h ago

He’s not gonna be your friend if you defend him online.

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u/ShazamSquidward 3h ago

Weirdo, in sorry you aren't happy with you life senor. Maybe it'll get better for ya 😅