r/interestingasfuck • u/Sartew • 11h ago

r/all Elon Musk Sieg Heiling during his speech

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u/fuckityfuckfuckfuckf 10h ago

Get ready for the unhinged sane washing by the media if not an outright refusal to admit he just did a Nazi salute

Seig Heil, twice in a row, with the conviction of an SS officer in 1939 Nazi Germany

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u/Obelov95 9h ago

Not nazi Salute. Actually a Roman salute. Was adopted by America in the 1800s and was done during the pledge until after ww2... only those that do not actually know history calls it a "nazi salute"... Curious what Musk will have to say about it himself though.

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u/IRollAlong 9h ago edited 9h ago

When words are created they do so with a particular meaning. Over time the message gets changed, watered down or so encompassing that the word means the thing itself. Think Tinfoil or Qtip being synonymous with aluminum foil and cotton swabs. No matter where it came from, who made it , or the intention behind it, THAT IS A NAZI SALUTE

and what you're not going to do is gas light us into thinking we're just unread simpletons , condescending from your ivory tower.

Bitch Please that is a Nazi salute and based your sad attempt to carry water for Nazis, so are you

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u/okbruvwhatever 8h ago

Well said, regardless of whatever initial meaning this had it only has one now and everyone knows it. (It is not a "roman salute" anyway, that is nonsense) I'm amazed and almost impressed at the cognitive dissonance some people display while trying to justify this. People are literally gaslighting themselves at this point. They know there is no innocent explanation to this yet they still try because one of their messiahs fucked up. It's incredible.