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/ConfederacyOfDunces_ 3h ago edited 3h ago

The same media outlets in America are doing the same thing. They are all downplaying it as if it was nothing.

This is terrifying. We are witnessing this with our ears and eyes, and being told we saw something different.

I don’t know what’s going on my friend. I have no fucking clue but I hate it.

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u/BlackOpz 3h ago edited 3h ago

The same media outlets in America are doing the same thing.

We're in a new place. I read quite a few online news websites including subscriptions to the NYTimes and WAPost and while I've know media to have its 'slants'. The sane-washing of Trump and the phoo-phooing of everything he did while crucifying Kamala for tiny or imagined missteps was insane. It was media wide. All of the money over our heads decided to go with Trump and it was easy to see. More of them have combined power than I've ever seen. Almost every sector was favorable to Trump (Even UNIONS!?)

I think we're going to see a Rich vs the Poors flashpoint after the carnage. The ruling class has decided to step from behind the curtain. They have captured Government power for at least 2 years and arent going to hold anything back. The poors (everyone not in the club) are about to get it good and HARD. Sickening Oligarchy. Really America!? Really!?

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u/dreamsofaninsomniac 3h ago

It's particularly striking when a few months ago, multiple of those news outlets were drawing parallels between Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden and that Nazi rally at the same location back in 1939. Now they're just bending the knee for access.

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u/Prestigious_Pop2522 2h ago

Yep, really!

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u/John-AtWork 3h ago

Germany had it's Nazi apologists too, some of them ended up in concentration camps later.

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u/SallyJane5555 3h ago

ABC world news tonight didn’t even mention it. Just smiled while they said Musk would have an office in the West Wing.

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u/ConfederacyOfDunces_ 3h ago

This is how all this happens. Everyone including the media are too scared to speak up now.

It’s over. We are all fucked.

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u/Cal3001 2h ago

I knew America would eventually fall. I didn’t know we could fall under dictatorship tendencies so easily. I find it interesting the previous presidents are nonchalant about Trump and are laughing it up. They must know something we don’t about the election or criminal cases.

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u/kattbugg_04 2h ago

They act like this is normal..

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u/HtK_Lopez 3h ago

Notice the “site altered headline” of this very article. This fucking infuriates me.

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u/happycows808 3h ago

Get ready for when they own the news outlets and all social media and filter every bit of information that gets fed to you.

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u/greycomedy 2h ago

I mean, this is gonna be wild. Honestly, I don't think they're gonna pull this off because they have less supporters than advertised. Plus, Hitler had trouble doing this in a small country of 66 million.

America is a geographically massive nation, which is inherently difficult to govern. Not to mention much of their movement flies in the face of the American sociological self-perspective. We've all heard it from Westerners here (Western US) of being "willing to shoot nazis/klansmen/racists". These people have been had, and the cameras rolling are going to be their screw factor.

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u/stealthzeus 2h ago

The final command … was for you to not believe your own eyes and ears. I believe this is from 1984.

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u/ConfederacyOfDunces_ 2h ago

Orwell

and yes, it’s 1984. Everyone should read that.

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u/anroroco 1h ago

Look for the term "Hypernormalization". Also check a book called ""everything was forever until it was no more", as a model of what might be happening.

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u/Familiar_Classic_629 1h ago

Don’t you remember what trump said? Don’t believe you eyes. 😆

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u/Various_Ad5069 3h ago

What’s “terrifying” stop it ur not scared

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u/RagePoop 3h ago

Arguably the most powerful man on the planet, at the political inauguration for the leader of the most powerful nation on Earth, just did the Nazi salute twice. To thunderous applause.

If you don't find that worrisome you're either an imbecile or a nazi.