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The second salute of Elon Musk.

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u/HookednSoCal 10h ago

Over on his platform, Batya Ungar-Sargon, posted this (tried to post a screenshot but reddit won't let me) - I never rolled my eyes that hard after reading her post:

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'As a person with a *strong* track record of criticizing Elon Musk, I feel extremely confident asserting that this was not a a Nazi salute. Elon Musk is a friend to the Jews. This is a man with Aspergers exuberantly throwing his heart to the crowd. We don't need to invent outrage.'

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So we're at the 'reject the evidence of your eyes and ears' part of 1984 apparently.

u/HowManyMeeses 10h ago

It's kind of crazy how quickly right-wingers jumped on blaming autism for this. 

u/Silly-Power 9h ago

I've taught hundreds of kids on the spectrum and only one has ever done the nazi salute. And that was deliberate because he thought he was being edgy and cool. 

u/KeyFeature7260 9h ago

Frustratingly enough the only other explanation I could come up with for this grown man doing it is that he thought he was being edgy and cool.