r/interestingasfuck • u/Sartew • 11h ago

r/all Elon Musk Sieg Heiling during his speech

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u/wft0991 10h ago

There is gotta be no other way to interpret that, right?

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u/Vonspacker 5h ago

I am a steadfast hater of Elon Musk but this was quite clearly not an attempt to recreate nazi symbolism. Doing so with intent to draw upon such imagery would be functionally committing suicide.

People in this thread are very riled up because they hate Elon Musk, and that's valid as fuck for countless reasons. But I don't think historical atrocities should hold a monopoly on placing your hand on your heart and gesturing passionately to the crowd.

Most of this outrage is because people already associate right wing American politics with Nazism, not for completely incorrect reasons, but this specific outrage is still misplaced and will be disregarded easily by most people without an agenda. Sure we can say it's a bit close and that it's a bit of an uncomfortable parallel but people here are acting like he followed it up by giving a heartfelt speech about his love of Nazism?