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"It wasn't a Hitler salute! It just looks identical to the salute Hitler did! All you woke cancel culture leftists are getting riled up over nothing!"

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[–] PineRune@lemmy.world 119 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Without watching the actual video and only seeing the still images of this, I wondered if it was just a picture snapped at the right moment to take out of context. Watching the video shows that it was a VERY intentional gesture.

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 44 points 6 months ago

It was so intentional he did it twice in a row

[–] tyler@programming.dev 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Can you link the full video then?

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 29 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] tyler@programming.dev 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No joke my wife showed me the snopes article like 1 minute after I asked you for the video. He fucking salutes the flag too!!! Wtf!!!

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

It's surreal

[–] Atropos@lemmy.world 98 points 6 months ago (3 children)

It was different!

Hitler wasn't nearly as enthusiastic as Musk.

[–] BruceAlrighty@lemmy.nz 49 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He’s not on as much meth as Musk.

[–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] str82L@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Fuck me is that real?! Of course it is. And the conservatives are as hypocritical about drugs as ever.

[–] marketsnodsbury@lemm.ee 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes it’s real, and taken just a few hours before his Nazi salute.

https://futurism.com/elon-musk-before-inauguration-salute

[–] BruceAlrighty@lemmy.nz 1 points 5 months ago

Is this a German-named-thing or am I seeing Futurism everywhere lately?

[–] Guntrigger@sopuli.xyz 7 points 6 months ago

They do both look like they are shitting themselves at the same time, but Hitler doesn't seem to be taking pleasure in it quite as much.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 51 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I prefer this one, but it’s pretty clear either way

[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Is it supposed to be to the side or to the front or do nazis not really care about the direction?

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Front is standard, but as you can see sometimes it's off to the side. Apologists will probably say that Hitler didn't know how to do it right.

[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 8 points 6 months ago

they're both hopped up on amphetamines

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Maybe towards someone or something, like a regular salute?

[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Or towards Berlin, like how Muslims pray towards Mecca

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The Nazis "hated" Berlin. They were always babbling about the corruptive degeneration of city life to pander to moronic rurals.

Loved all of the industrial and scientific prowess though. Funny how that works.

[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 42 points 6 months ago

nazi trash. Take care of your community and fuck up fascists at every opportunity

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 34 points 6 months ago

The only good nazi is a dead nazi.

[–] HejMedDig@feddit.dk 23 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Time to ask republicans: Do you condemn Nazi Elon?

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 11 points 6 months ago

They'd say something like "he's not a Nazi because Nazis are bad and we're not bad."

They may talk like Nazis and act like Nazis and support the things that Nazis support, but they're not Nazis!

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 1 points 5 months ago

Time to check fox news?

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 22 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Well duh! You can't be a nazi if you are not german!

If you talk like a nazi, act like a nazi and look like a nazi BUT you are not german, then you aren't a nazi. You're just a... uh... an enthusiastic guy, that's it!

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 57 points 6 months ago

You're only a Nazi if you come from the Nazi region of Germany

Otherwise you're a Sparkling Fascist

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 17 points 6 months ago

Hitler did not do it with an "about to shout fuck you" expression on his face, so obviously Hitler was a moderate in comparison.

Reminder for anyone who tells you he was doing the Roman salute. It’s the same damn thing, that’s where the nazis got it

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

That's a really big nazi bar you've got over there

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee -1 points 6 months ago

Fail

Elon is so beta.