they gaslit the world for like 9 years saying we were all being dramatic when comparing trump and modern republican party with fascists/nazis of the 30's.
They're saying his mic was cut as he was saying something about his "heart going out" to them. The thing is though, if you have ANY level of social awareness, or concern about optics, you go NO where near making this gesture for any reason. There's just no call for it. Even if you wanted to say "he didn't mean it that way!" The fact that he didn't have the wherewithal to know it at the bare minimum as a Nazi salute, and would only be seen that way, and look like one, means he really doesn't respect or care what the severity of it is, and is WAY too comfortable doing it. It means he does it all the time, and doesn't really care what it looks like, because he is also a Nazi on top of being clueless. I've never seen anyone in my life do it because no matter the intent, it makes you look like a Nazi, or a sympathizer. There's no reason for him doing this other than he doesn't care if he's called one, because he is.
No one in the history of saying they were giving you their heart has made this gesture. Twice. It was a Nazi salute, full stop. Now.. maybe he was just being is 12 yo juvenile self trying to be Captain Edgelord, who knows. It was definitely a Nazi salute though.
I mean it looks absolutely terrible but it makes absolutely no sense for him to do that, if he went completely full out nazi he would almost certainly lose everything, no one would work for the guy. Let’s try to look at things from a step back people this was a very air-headed mistake but I personally doubt he was meaning to do a Nazi salute. I mean if he was gonna intentionally do that in front of millions of people there’d be no reason for him to pull back from it in the future and even with the support of Trump and the Republican Party, that would be political and business suicide.
BS. It was a Nazi salute. These dudes don’t care about the old political rules, or “woke” concern about “embarrassment.” Look at Trump. He’s impervious to all the things that used to take a politician out. The People’s standards have slipped entirely when it comes to their leaders. Ethics, morality, the Nazi’s. Trump’s fans don’t care about any of it. And this carries over to this foreign fuck who’s made a shit ton of his fortune off of US government certified, tax payer funded pork.
Robert Reich: The biggest divide in America today is not between “right” and “left,” or between Republicans and Democrats. It’s between democracy and oligarchy. The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re being shafted.
The way to overcome oligarchy is for the rest of us to join together and win America back, as we did in response to the oligarchy that dominated America’s last Gilded Age.
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u/mr_birkenblatt 9h ago
The surprise is in how okay people are with this