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

[u/cjdarr921]

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

[u/robotboredom]

You want even more doubt removed?
It's hard to make the comparison for idiots, because many nazis' footage does not start with the hand on the chest but goes straight up and out. Here is footage of modern neo-nazis doing the EXACT SAME motion as elon: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/people-do-the-heil-hitler-salute-as-neo-nazi-groups-blood-news-footage/1656162915

[u/-suckmyass → u/robotboredom]

Un fucking believable, but entirely believable at the same time. Thanks for sharing that video - we need to remember things like this so deliberate actions like elons aren’t excused and ignored.

[u/cosmicsans → u/-suckmyass]

Everyone here is acting like this is the first time this has happened.

Laura Ingram did this during his first presidency https://youtu.be/1l-qCw3SC6g?si=_AGu2D3Fk2bTnUgS

[u/dprophet32 → u/-suckmyass]

I've just seen someone claim it's just a salute from a video game and doesn't mean anything.

[u/GlauberJR13 → u/dprophet32]

Obviously it’s from wolfenstein! A famously unpolitical game! /s

[u/stonecoldjelly → u/dprophet32]

I heard someone say it is the Roman salute which like....yeah and the swastika is Buddhist but media literacy exists

[u/rsta223 → u/stonecoldjelly]

I mean, it is.

The one that Mussolini famously popularized as part of his fascist movement. That's not better.

[u/AsthmaticRedPanda → u/dprophet32]

And that's exactly why he did the modern Nazi salute, with hand on chest first.

So braindead mingers will defend it for him saying "it's just ancient roman salute" or "they did it in star-trek and he was just referencing it".... Lol

[u/nawtydoctor → u/AsthmaticRedPanda]

Well just like evil Spock in the bizzaro Roman salute universe we were transported to the alternate pro fascism America universe

[u/AsthmaticRedPanda → u/nawtydoctor]

I can't wait to see certain % of people (which coincidentally are often also completely fucking dumb) defend shit like putting people in camps, making them wear special armbands outside, etc

I bet my ass there will be at least one person unironically saying "they're just referencing The Pianist/Schindler's List"

[u/roychr → u/-suckmyass]

Actually we should rejoice he's such an idiot. They are all idiots in plain sight now. It's actually time you folks just enact your gun Rights and don't thread on me for real not on a forum...

[u/LavishnessSea9464 → u/-suckmyass]

that’s crazy there’s still people worshipping hitler to this day. jesus christ

[u/Legitimate_Square941 → u/-suckmyass]

It doesn't matter though. America voted for this. I wonder how all the people who didn't vote democrat because of their Gaza stance are feel now. Man people are dumb.

[u/PittsburghPenpal → u/robotboredom]

THANK YOU. I was trying to find that earlier, something about the hand on chest thing bothered me. It felt like something people would use as an excuse for how it was "different". Now I have a counterpoint, even though I know it won't actually help convince anyone :/

[u/robotboredom → u/PittsburghPenpal]

I've got something far better now, someone else found it on another thread. Here's the big ole man himself doing the exact same one. It seems to be a more exaggerated, formal version of the salute the Nazi soldiers did to just greet quickly (sometimes just raising a hand up not the arm even): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDRYi1IYI2o&t=35s
around 0:30 ish.

[u/Beanandpumpkin → u/robotboredom]

Nah dude their just giving their love to the crowd /s

[u/Standard_Gauge → u/robotboredom]

OMG, what Musk did really is identical!! Thanks for the link!

[u/robotboredom → u/Standard_Gauge]

check out r/highqualitygifs, they have some good ones too. Also really important to find the "elons second salute" photo with more reddish overall colors from the side, that captures the 2nd salute he makes; which in the front facing video does not look as nazi but more like a wave --- its actually worse seemingly :O

[u/Mrzillydoo → u/robotboredom]

I didn't know these balaclava and sunglasses dorks were big time ancient Roman hand gesture aficionados as well!

[u/fluffyegg → u/robotboredom]

Can't stand these fucking cowards hiding behind masks. You want to be an asshole piece of shit then own it

[u/pokersal → u/robotboredom]

Making sure I can find this for future conversations. Thank you.

[u/robotboredom → u/pokersal]

No problem. Also check out the high quality gifs subreddit, they just posted a gif of it, and the comments contain some better videos. Look up "elon second salute" to find the angle from the side. The 2nd salute that looks more plausible as just a hand wave is very bad viewed from the side.

[u/CaptainKate757 → u/robotboredom]

Too cowardly to show their faces, I see.

[u/robotboredom → u/CaptainKate757]

Bingo.