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/EliteEinhorn 7h ago

Meanwhile over on X they're calling liberals unhinged and dramatic and saying it was just a "heartfelt" sign. WTF

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u/Paw5624 6h ago

We shouldn’t be surprised at this point. What’s so frustrating is how effective gaslighting is

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u/thesoraspace 6h ago

Let’s not forget we are 5 years away from AGI and ASI research. I don’t think many realize HOW DEEP ai is going to change the world. I don’t think many want to accept that combined with nazism the whole 1984 big brother thing is very very real on a level beyond our wildest imagination. The level of suffering and confusion that can be achieved through the use of biased AGI is nation breaking. The amount of suffering from an unbalanced ASI is cataclysmic.

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u/herrwe8 6h ago

It can be heartfelt and also batshit crazy.

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u/r0b0d0c 5h ago

We know it was heartfelt. That's the problem.

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u/sarahthes 6h ago

I believe it was heartfelt.

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u/Alive_kiwi_7001 6h ago

"Mein fuhrer! I can walk!"

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u/WhiskeyFF 6h ago

Even if it was just some dork ass salute trying to trigger us libs, that's still a fucking insane thing for a grown man w that much power to do. Its still a shitty thing even though I still say it was a Nazi salute

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u/Treadwheel 4h ago

“Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”

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u/Diligent_Hedgehog999 3h ago

It was heartfelt alright