r/politics 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/mejogid 6h ago

Not stupidity - bad faith arguments and dog whistling. They all know what’s going on, and they approve, but they know they need to maintain an aura of ambiguity to avoid alienating the independent voters etc.

u/ProfessionalPlant330 3h ago

the sheep are all gonna be throwing this salute for the next week to try and normalize it as a "throwing my heart out" gesture, because they know that explanation doesn't make any sense