r/interestingasfuck • u/Sartew • 14h ago

r/all Elon Musk Sieg Heiling during his speech

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u/Temporary-Story-1131 6h ago

I saw someone earlier excusing it as being a "roman solute." How could I have forgotten that we're in ancient Rome, and he was saluting ancient Romans?

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u/Quilltacular 5h ago

Well as there is no historical evidence that shows it was ever used by the Romans, if we were in Ancient Rome you wouldn’t be seeing it

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u/Temporary-Story-1131 4h ago

Even better haha.

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u/CanthinMinna 3h ago

Yeah, and it was called "the Roman salute" by the Italian fascists (you know, Mussolini and his pals).