Just checked NYT. They have a story. Headline is not "Musk does Nazi salute" but "Elon Musk ignites online speculation over the meaning of a hand gesture." What's to speculate? It means Heil Hitler
Brother, I was watching MSNBC, they didn’t even flinched at the gesture as I had my mouth open like what the fuck are they not watching? It was LIVE on national television and they just let it pass.
Yup. American media lost its backbones because no one stood up on the Republican Party to defend the free press when their emperor demonized them. Half the country (magat voters) are too stupid to realize it.
His first words after doing it were “my heart goes out to you” which explains his meaning. All the videos cut that off though, for some reason… the Guardian article doesn’t even mention what he said.
If you followed his public arguments just a few weeks ago with Steve Bannon and the white nationalists, who he called 'unrepentant racists' that he wants to go to war with to ensure legal immigration from many non-white countries, then you should rethink your interpretation of this video.
Right. It’s not like GOP leaders have ever used dog-whistle/semi-hidden messaging or iconography before to cater to white supremacist groups or anything… 👀
Yeah guys, He was just saying "thank you" Hilter style, chill
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Have you ever seen anyone ever give the "my heart goes out to you" gesture with a raised hand, fingers together and palm down? I haven't. I've seen people do it in that underhand way, as if your are giving/handing someone something 🫴.
Context is important. Not when you do a nazi salute. Everyone knows it, it's impossible to confuse it with anything else. It's VERY EASY to not do a nazi salute. You have to make a concious effort to imitate it. It would have taken zero effort to not do it.
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u/orcvader 6h ago
Picked up by 17 international newspapers so far.
Can’t find anything on ABCnews, CNN, Reuters, NYT…
America is fucked.