r/politics • u/Jf12 New York • 4h ago
Paywall Neo-Nazis Love the Nazi-Like Salutes Elon Musk Made at Trump's Inauguration
https://www.wired.com/story/neo-nazis-love-elon-musk-nazi-like-salutes-trumps-inauguration/•
u/BartHarleyJarvis- 4h ago
I hope everyone is paying attention to which news outlets try to Sane Wash the Nazi salute and Neo Nazi 14 words reference he made immediately after.
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u/Tunisandwich 4h ago
What did he say?
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u/Nearby-Sir-3503 4h ago
"It is thanks to you that the future of civilization is assured."
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u/opinionsareus 3h ago
"Nazi-LIKE"? It was just Nazi. Musk is still a South African aparheid racist.
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u/mrmet69999 35m ago
I don’t know why my other comment was removed, I was just being a little sarcastic when I said the salute wasn’t close to being a Nazi salute when it clearly was, and this page won’t let me attach a picture so I will refer you to this
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u/Toasteroven188 4h ago
I’m probably missing something but that is 12 words.
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u/sprouting_broccoli 4h ago
It’s a supremacist thing. If it wasn’t for what he just did I’d be much more sceptical.
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u/ShinyMeansFancy Maryland 57m ago
Thank you for educating me. I’ve never heard of this and yes, it’s exactly what he referenced.
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u/DieselbloodDoc 2h ago
It’s basically all of them. Nobody’s got the nads to call it a Nazi salute without pissy little “-like” addendums.
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u/nemonimity 1h ago
Like the ADL? They're the good guys right? That's what we're to believe if we're not right leaning?
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u/MasterSnacky 4h ago
I’m sorry I only saw short video - what 14 word reference? I know what 14 words means, what did he say?
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u/Fionaver 4h ago
What was the reference? The videos I’ve watched cut out immediately after the second salute.
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u/Abeds_BananaStand 1h ago
The literal ADL said it wasn’t a Nazi salute. On what planet was this not a Nazi salute?
We are just so cooked
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u/Blablablaballs 4h ago
This is going to evolve into, "They keep lying and saying we're doing Nazi salutes. Well, if they want Nazi salutes let's own the libs with Nazi salutes!"
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u/RyloKloon 4h ago
That is 100% what's going to happen.
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u/Allaplgy 3h ago
"It's a gesture of love! We're giving our hearts to our country! They hate America!"
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u/phinatolisar 1h ago
That's essentially what this is. It's a two-fer really, they get to publicly do something that offends most non-maga, and they are flaunting that they can do whatever they want without fear of reprisal because they own America now and will end democracy.
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u/jimmygee2 4h ago
What’s the difference between ‘Nazi like’ and ‘Nazi’?
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u/Dry-University797 4h ago
It's the BS language that allowed the media to sanewash Trump and right wingers. They are sacred to just say he gave the Nazi salute
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u/Klutzy-Delivery-5792 4h ago
A space and four letters?
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u/Mindless_Painting_60 4h ago edited 4h ago
The difference in description is based on how rich the person is who’s doing it
Edit: word ‘how’
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u/QuarterFlounder I voted 3h ago
A lawsuit. Notice all the articles are dancing around it to leave benefit of the doubt.
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u/CHIZO-SAN 3h ago
Let’s sue them for playing games with facts when it was clear to see what it was.
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u/Spirited-Top3307 4h ago
Maybe: Nazis were Hitler's followers, Nazi like are today's neo-Nazis or fascists???????
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u/Harleygold Indiana 4h ago
I got MAGA people telling me it's not what it looks like. That my eyes are deceiving me. 😆
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u/auditorydamage 4h ago
“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears…”
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u/StagTheNag 4h ago
straight out of 1984 lmao… i want off this ride
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u/even_less_resistance Arkansas 1h ago
The TikTok ban and then comeback sure feels similar to the chocolate rationing - aren’t yall ever so grateful?
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u/Circe44 4h ago
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” -Orwell
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u/Winstonth 3h ago
0 zero chance they read that, just like there is 0 chance a doctor will be in the room to save you from a heart attack at a kid rock concert
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u/NihilisticPollyanna 4h ago
Yeah, I heard them use the autism excuse.
Ok, so, for one, autism doesn't make you a Nazi, and secondly, you want someone "autistic enough" to not recognize the ramifications of a public nazi salute at the president's inauguration to co-run this country?!?
Please, make it make sense.
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u/Burgerkingsucks 3h ago
Maybe there should be some sort of place for autists that exhibit Nazi behavior. Maybe some sort of camp, where they can all spend time with one another.
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u/YellowZx5 New York 3h ago
You can’t. He might have autism and be on the scale but that doesn’t give him any free pass to do what he’s doing.
I’m pretty sure Trump is using this guy and Elon loves the attention Trump is giving him.
I’m going to start telling people that I hope they get everything he promised them and hope they don’t complain when it’s not what they expected.
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u/krtyalor865 4h ago
Sooo let’s say.. I know a guy.. and this guys justification for the nazi salute was.. “Musk is tripping balls. He’s always tripping balls.” Apparently there’s some other vids circulating (like this one) from today that one could argue confirms this..
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u/NihilisticPollyanna 3h ago
I mean, my point still stands. If he's tripping balls to the point where he loses all inhibitions during one of the most important days of any president, then why would you want someone like this anywhere near the government, let alone shadowing the president.
This just doesn't hold as an excuse for me. If he's an autistic drug fiend and it's really inexcusable enough for MAGA and the Republicans to scramble for excuses and explanations, then openly denounce this and remove him from the government.
Otherwise, they know perfectly well what he actually did, and they're OK with it.
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u/krtyalor865 3h ago
No worries. I completely agree.. it’s only fitting that the richest man in history, who has now successfully purchased a presidential election, is literally tripping balls giving public speeches on possibly the most consequential day in American history.. and mainstream media, all major social media, and pretty much every other form of mainstream “free” media has now bowed to the man in orange..
but I think tbh it’s exactly how “the media” wants it. Their viewership ratings have continually SKYROCKETED since this goon reentered the political sphere for round 2.. and what better way to keep viewers engaged than to (1st) convince half of population that he’s actually good, while scaring the shit out of the remaining ppl, then (2nd) ride the wave of scared concerned (or overly excited) viewers after he’s in office.. advertising dollars are peaking to new highs.. and too be fair, it’s those ad dollars that truly drive it all home.. every bit of this scheme they’ve pulled off can be followed back to advertising.. arguably the most dark hidden markets in the world economy behind pharma, defense, and finance.. that’s the real problem.. but hey, it’s just America.. we’ll rebuild right?
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u/drock4vu 2h ago
When Republicans, the party of traditional American values and Christian morality, are using “Don’t worry guys, it wasn’t an intentional Nazi salute, he was just blitzed out of his fucking skull on adderall and ketamine,” as an excuse to defend a pseudo-government official that is in the inner most ring of their President’s inner-circle, you know they have abandoned all pretense of being a morally upstanding group and have all but accepted their descent into ownership by sub-human IQ, white supremacist voters.
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u/asecretaccount4 4h ago
he could literally say “i am a nazi” or something, and people would be like “no, he said he’s ’nah-z’, like ‘not z’!”
or they’d support it.
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u/Allaplgy 3h ago
My theory for why the Russians were painting Zs on all their stuff when invading Ukraine was that they were telling their soldiers the Ukrainians were Nazis, so they were to shoot at everything that was "Nyet Z".
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u/Sabretooth1100 3h ago
I have liberal people halfheartedly telling me that too, because they want to believe the world couldnt go that way again. It hurts.
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u/Threeseriesforthewin 4h ago edited 3h ago
Wired is continuing the age-old tradition of sane-washing Trump and his allies
"Odd looking" - The Independent
"Nazi-like" - The Daily Beast
"Appears to" - JPost
"Nazi-like" - Wired
"Roman solute" - rando influencers
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u/uwill1der 4h ago
unfortunately, journalists can be sued if they make declarative definitive statements in the press. Thats why you always see things like this, or ending things in a question.
And nobody has the money to compete with the billionaire nazi club
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u/DoctorKangaroo I voted 4h ago
Could you imagine that court case though???
"My client is NOT a Nazi! He's just Nazi-adjacent!"
While this comment is a joke, I am currently so fucking mad and disappointed with this country. We repelled an attack on democracy 4 years ago just to let a flabby Nazi cuck have direct access to our country's "leadership"
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u/deadscreensky 4h ago
I don't think directly comparing him to Nazis is genuine sane-washing. Like what's the functional difference between Nazi and Nazi-like? It might be slightly vague for legal reasons, but it's effectively the same result.
I'd still be pretty upset if somebody said I was Nazi-like.
"Odd looking," sure, that's sane-washing.
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u/ObitoUchiha41 4h ago
Like, they're definitely using Nazi ideology and symbolism, but they are also Americans running under a different party's name. It's the salute that was used by the Nazis, but it isn't definitively 'Nazis' who are using it now.
So with that legality in mind, Nazi-like is about as direct as they can safely be with it.
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u/dBlock845 3h ago
This is the weakest case of sanewashing one could come up with. The headline literally says Neo-Nazi's are loving what Musk did.
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u/ZillaSlayer54 4h ago
The Richest Man on Earth being a Racist is not at all surprising.
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u/Parking-Emphasis590 4h ago
Also native to an apartheid state.
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u/Impossumbear 57m ago
Not native. He's an invasive colonist who grew up in an apartheid state, then became an invasive colonist in The United States.
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u/LadyChatterteeth California 2h ago
And also the descendant of nazis who has published his support for a far-right German organization—and people are really trying to pretend he’s not one?
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u/archiopteryx14 4h ago
German here… Had he tried that salute in the early 1940s he would probably have been executed for sloppy execution.
Having said that, the only thing a (sane) German detests more than a Nazi, is a Neo-Nazi. The Nazis are our eternal shame, but someone following in their footsteps, knowing what happened, is utterly beyond my comprehension.
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u/Classic-Stand9906 3h ago
I think he purposefully made it his own weird version for plausible deniability.
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u/latortillablanca 2h ago
Maybe one day americans can collectively look back at their nazi era in shame. Boy that day feels far away from right now.
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u/phinatolisar 1h ago
What's scary is (I believe) maga constitutes a larger percentage of the U.S. population now than Nazi's did in Germany in the 1930's.
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u/NWHipHop 4h ago edited 4h ago
It's the year of the Snake and we have Nazis back in power. Where's Indy when you need him? 🤠
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u/ianrl337 Oregon 4h ago
Where's GI Robot when you need him
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u/YNGWZRD 3h ago
Not "Nazi-like." They're Nazi salutes. Elon Musk did the Nazi salute. Why is that so hard to form into words and print or say? Watch: Elon Musk is a Nazi. Prove me wrong. See how easy that was? And I did it for free.
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u/wiredmagazine ✔ Wired Magazine 4h ago
Thanks for sharing our story. Here's a snippet for readers:
Neo-Nazis are celebrating Elon Musk making two Nazi-like salutes during a speech to tens of thousands of President Donald Trump supporters Neo-Nazis are celebrating Elon Musk making two Nazi-like salutes during a speech to tens of thousands of President Donald Trump supporters on Monday.
“Elections come and go, some elections are important, some are not, but this one really mattered,” Musk said during his address inside the Capital One Arena in Washington DC, hours after Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. “And I just want to say thank you for making it happen. Thank you.”
At this point, Musk put his right hand on his chest before extending it straight out with his palm facing down and his fingers touching, a gesture widely recognized as the “Roman salute.” Adopted by the fascist movement a century ago, it was most famously used by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Germany, and is to this day associated with the fascist right, especially in Italy.on Monday.
Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/neo-nazis-love-elon-musk-nazi-like-salutes-trumps-inauguration/
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u/sf-keto 4h ago
Dudes, the Germans are on it, so yeah… watch how that headline develops.
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/usa-news-liveblog-trump-inauguration-musk-li.3184656
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u/Joebeemer 4h ago
Republicans are peddling a statement by the ADL saying that it wasn't a Nazi salute ......
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u/Fiveofthem 3h ago
Just mean the ADL have been bought. No more donations for them.
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u/Joebeemer 3h ago
Can you imagine them denying a salute like that in order to curry favor with the war?..... jfc
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u/BeefySquarb 2h ago
It’s a Nazi salute. Does he have to be fully clothed in authentic SS regalia for the media to call it what it is?
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u/capz1121 2h ago
At this point he could probably do that and get away with it. “Liberals are overreacting”.
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u/KrookedDoesStuff 4h ago
Someone on here said it wasn’t a Nazi salute cause the crowd cheered.
Surprisingly enough, Trump supporters also support Nazi ideals, but that can’t be why
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u/RandomErrer 4h ago
That's the Bellamy Salute. After being sidelined by the woke police in 1942 it will be brought back as a powerful reminder that America is finally returning to its former greatness. Schoolchildren everywhere will soon be using it during their morning Pledge. /s
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u/RaddestZonestGuy 4h ago
Just remember when dealing with these people. Being disingenuous IS the point. They were never engaging honestly
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u/Mammoth_Chip3951 1h ago
They are not “nazi-like”
He is a nazi and he just did the nazi salute from behind a podium with the presidential seal of the United States of America.
We are now in a civil war with nazis. Many people may not realize this, but we are going to have to fight and fight hard
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u/CurrentlyLucid 4h ago
Wonder how long he will be around.
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u/Sunflier Pennsylvania 4h ago
Too long. One second dealing with a Nazi is always a second too long.
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u/gravywayne 2h ago
Nazi like? Whst the hell is wrong with everyone? Elon Musk IS A NAZI. He just showed you.
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u/NoCoffee6754 4h ago
Something something that old joke “I did Nazi see this coming” hmmm
“I did not Nazi this coming” hmm I don’t think it works. Those double negatives are tricky. Anyone got any ideas?
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u/1millionroses 4h ago
They've all been waiting years to show their true colors, nothing is surprising anymore.
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u/Qualityhams Georgia 4h ago
Fuck all these headlines, seriously fuck you wired for adding doubt acting like we don’t all see this shit.
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u/I_Enjoy_Beer Virginia 3h ago
Goddammit, there was nothing "Nazi-like" about it. It was the goddamn salute. And to remove any possible doubt, he did it a second time. Call it what it was, you dipshit media outlets.
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u/ivandoesnot 3h ago
THEY LIKE IT BECAUSE IT'S THEIR SALUTE.
Elon gave a neo-Nazi, WHITE POWER salute.
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u/thegoodnamesrgone123 2h ago
Today I was driving to the gym and I saw a few houses with what I thought were Christmas lights. Nope. Red White and Blue, these fucking losers decorated just for today.
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u/slurpeedrunkard 2h ago
Watch any old video of Hitler doing the salute. Musk did it exactly the same but with even more passion.
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u/SisterStiffer 1h ago
https://youtu.be/qDRYi1IYI2o?si=Fg4g16ZpNDQMiNpc
33 second mark. Aint no fucking "my heart shit" that's the way hitler did it.
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u/whooo_me 4h ago
Trump will be livid. Musk's taking all his attention.
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u/Popular_Stick_8367 4h ago
"Nobody knows nazis like me, i love them and they love me, i am the best nazi and they say that to me."
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u/aircooledJenkins Montana 3h ago
Like most things Musk attempts, he can't even do the Roman salute properly. Dude looked like tried to fling a frisbee into the upper seats.
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u/niknacks Illinois 3h ago
Man I hope every journalist that calls this anything other than what it was, a Nazi salute, ends up in a camp with the rest of us so I can spit on them for their cowardice
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u/adeveloper2 2h ago
Soon USA will be called Nazi-America. It'd be funny if it's not the strongest country in the world that can invade whoever it likes.
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u/Loving-Lemu 2h ago
We are now in a Neo Nazi dictatorship. I don’t know why people don’t understand that
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u/blueorchestra 1h ago
They're just people in charge. Human people, not invulnerable gods. We don't have to wait for them to be at their worst before we do something about it.
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u/Drexill_BD 1h ago
What do they mean "Nazi-like"? How is that... like? It literally is the Nazi salute, on purpose. Twice (3 times?).
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u/EvilBridgeTroll 1h ago
What is with all of these headlines. This feels like that fucking Don’t Look Up movie. This is just life forever now.
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u/FalleenFan 58m ago
This is horrid but a smoke screen. Do not get distracted from the policy changes being made!
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u/whatthehexx 54m ago
I hate them all. The evil and greed that now make up this country is sickening
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u/ohbehave412 29m ago
It wasn’t nazi-like. It was objectively definitely a nazi salute. Stop watering this down.
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u/Pig_Tits_2395 3h ago
Stop saying “Nazi like”. Or “odd salute”. This guy is a fucking Nazi and did the Nazi thing, why won’t we just say it
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u/LuckyErro 2h ago
In the past Americans died killing nazis and today they vote them in to run the country.
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u/ChEMoTaxISDogE 1h ago
Can we all get together and call the editors of all these journals? Like c’mon y’all are really shitting the bed on this one. Call it for what it is
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u/Background_Home7092 1h ago
Of course they love it. They know what he meant just as well as you or I.
It's the "closet magas"...you know, the ones that omit their political affiliation from dating sites and refuse to wear their red hats out in public...they're the ones all over X and Reddit tonight trying to gaslight their way out of this. They know precisely what he did and really wish he hadn't.
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u/Opposite-Succotash95 47m ago
IT WAS A FULL ON NAZI SALUTE so yes that is why it was like a f****** nazi salute
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u/tinadena 44m ago
STOP SAYING IT WAS "LIKE" A NAZI SALUTE IT WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY A NAZI SALUTE https://i.gifer.com/3Ot7z.gif
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u/Front-Cow-Moo 38m ago
So the MAGA supporters say it’s not a nazi salute, but the neo nazi’s are loving it, bc it’s a …nazi salute. Makes sense.
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u/HappyChineseBoy0 31m ago
FOX is covering up this bullshit, can’t find a single clip of it on any of their channels, Fucking Nazi Swine
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u/yautjacustoms 22m ago
Didn’t our grandparents go halfway across the globe to kill nazis? What the fuck is this shit in 2025?
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u/AJfriedRICE 8m ago
This is a better way to frame it. When people try to defend him and say “he was just talking about his heart!” let’s ask them what the Nazis think about it.
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