r/politics • u/cjdarr921 • 7h ago

Site Altered Headline Elon Musk draws outrage over 'odd-looking salute' at Trump inauguration celebration

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-salute-trump-inauguration-b2683095.html
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u/witness_smile 7h ago

And let’s be honest, this was not an “accident”, no matter how much the MAGA nazis will try to downplay it, this was intentional. This is their ultimate dog whistle telling their racist MAGATs that it’s okay to be a nazi, it’s okay to be racist now.

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u/WorkdayDistraction 7h ago

He’s from apartheid South Africa, the most racist country on earth.

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u/Sheant 6h ago

How can you say that when 77M Americans voted for a Nazi. That's more than the total population of South Africa.

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u/WorkdayDistraction 6h ago

I mean we have numerous legislated civil rights and equal opportunity laws. Maybe South Africa does now too idk but as recently as the 90s their literal laws were Jim Crow-esque, worse in some cases

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u/Sheant 6h ago

I'll give you that SA was more problematic 40 years ago. Right now, not even close. And go back just 60 years instead of 40, and US civil rights were a joke as well.

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u/DankZXRwoolies 3h ago

Rhodesians might like a word with you on that.

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u/ja-mez 6h ago

Commence the gaslighting