It was a salute done by a nazi, to a nazi in a room full of nazis. What else would you call it?

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Its called a nazi salute

This dude manages to make his declarative nazi salute at the presidential inauguration and the world is watching look like he is a ten year old trying his best to be edgy in school assembly. How is it possible to be a central character in the midst of evil and be so fucking cringe?

It takes them until the ~~third~~ edit: miscount, fourth paragraph to even connect it to Nazi Germany. “Straight arm salute” and “Roman salute” and not a single use of the term “Nazi salute”, is this a fucking joke?

I'm mad. I'm mad as hell.

Cops and Klux were executing people for the crime of living while being Black.

Trump pardoned 1500 Jan 6 traitors. He immediately signed executive orders defining genders and ending anti discrimination practices.

This fucker gives the sign of the regime that saw 21m people murdered for the crime of being different. And that number doesn't include civilian collateral.

“We only need to be lucky once. You need to be lucky every time.” - IRA to Margaret Thatcher

The video is even worse

Regardless of whether the South Africa-born Musk intended the salute as a “Sieg Heil” salute favored by the followers of Adolf Hitler in World War II, as some online commentators have suggested, it was eagerly received that way by extremists online.

Yeeeah. If your target group is also calling it for what it is, it is obviously a fucking nazi salute.

The press is just going to roll over on this episode too. Spineless cowards.

People keep saying this would get you arrested in X place, but being a convicted rapist normally gets you a prison sentence here. Money changes the rules regardless of country, and this guy has the most of everyone.

As much as I was hoping it would have just been something awkward taken out of context, I don't think there's really any other interpretation. He does it twice, even.

They keep defending him saying "it was on accident, he's autistic!"

This is living history at its finest: you can experience 1933 Germany like you were there!

Seeing the evil fucks in the front row smiling and clapping, loving him for it. They know exactly what they're seeing.

At a post-inauguration rally Monday, Elon Musk thanked Donald Trump’s supporters with a gesture that resembled a Roman salute, first putting his palm to his chest and then extending a stiff right arm toward the crowd, at a slight elevation and with his palm down.

You've got to be fucking kidding me, Rolling Stone. Get the fuck out of here.

That's not a straight arm salute, its a Hitler Salute. You don't have to be German to be a fucking Nazi.

Having now checked conservative spaces, it’s 30% “are we the baddies?” 30% “it was probably taken out of context” 30% “ugh” and 10% “based”

“Straight arm salute”

Right. Gotcha. And a swastika is an “almost grid”.

So, I'm curious. Can a German chime in on this? I (US) understand that it's illegal to do this salute in public there. Would what Musk did here be enough to get him booked, or at least a stern talking to, if he'd done it in Germany?

Nooooooo, that is all one big misunderstaaaaaaaandiiiiiiiing.

You're just throwing the nazi insult at everyone you disliiiiiiike

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Well, isn't that a surprise.

Liberal media: {shocked pikachu face} - why no, it only APPEARS to be that Elon gave a Roman salute. Rest assured we'll get a good explanation for this later on, you guys!

Nazi Musk fanbois: {permanent erection}