Has Elon Musk lost his mind or?…

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Suzanne O said:
The guy is a nazi he gave a nazi salute.
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I suggest that you avoid twitter along with his terrible products.
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Have you ever waved to a waiter to get their attention like this, tried to get the attention of others in any hand gesture similar to this, or made a wave to anyone far away in this posture? Now, imagine someone took your picture when you were in the midst of that and posted that you were a nazi.

Would you be comfortable being called a nazi if someone posted a photo of you in the middle of a simple hand gesture?

There is no context behind this image other than an image with his hand up, a common gesture around the world to wave someone down or to say "hey", and one could say without a doubt you probably used it in your life at one point in time, perhaps even as a kid trying to get your parent's attention.

If this gesture alone makes one a nazi, consider me one, 'cause I've hailed taxis plenty of times like this. 🤷‍♂️

In response, Musk posted on X: "Frankly, they need better dirty tricks. The 'everyone is Hitler' attack is sooo tired."
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Stroppa later deleted his post, Italian media said. He later posted that "that gesture, which some mistook for a Nazi salute, is simply Elon, who has autism, expressing his feelings by saying, 'I want to give my heart to you'," he said.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy48v1x4dv4o
 
I'm far from a Trump or Musk fan and even my first reaction when I saw this was to maybe give it the benefit of the doubt that there was nothing in it and it's just a pointing gesture. Looks worse when he has his hand on his heart but still erring on the side of it being clumsy.

If he keeps doing it, then that's different.
 
Rusty Snippets said:
Context is everything. He was giving his heart to the crowd.
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There is no contextualising a nazi salute - well maybe in satire but that isn't what this was.

Do people not actually know the difference between a beckoning gesture (e.g. for a waiter or taxi) a rhetorical gesture, and a salute given at a rally or inauguration event or wherever. There'd be a facepalm gif but not worth the effort if this really is what people think.

mattrogowski said:
Looks worse when he has his hand on his heart but still erring on the side of it being clumsy.
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Yes, benefit of the doubt is fine, maybe just a Freudian slip.
 
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frm said:
Let's just ignore these images then because they don't support our narrative.
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You can certainly ignore them if you think they are nazi salutes. They absolutely do not support any narrative, none of those are salutes and I think you know it.
 
jb9826 said:
it's because the leftist communist politicians, CEOs, celebrities and all those involved on Epstein Island got caught and now have no choice but to work with Trump.

Trump has all their blackmail and now Trump is the puppet master and KING



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It's nuts how people like this poster believe things like this but are blind to things like: Trump allegedly walks in kids while they're naked. And how Jeffrey Epstein and Trump were best buds, according to Trump's own words, and how Trump talked about how Epstein liked girls on the younger side, and how Epstein and Trump we co-defendants in a case for allegedly gang-raping a 13-year-old girl together and the case was only dropped by the girl's family due to constant death threats days before his first presidential campaign was announced.
 
Mr Lucky said:
Do people not actually know the difference between a beckoning gesture (e.g. for a waiter or taxi) a rhetorical gesture, and a salute given at a rally or inauguration event or wherever.
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Mr Lucky said:
You can certainly ignore them if you think they are nazi salutes. They absolutely do not support any narrative, none of those are salutes and I think you know it.
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I think you know Musk's wasn't either. But, you keep thinking they're any different.

Burden of proof lies on you to prove they're any different though.

This is going to be a lovely 4 years with meltdowns not even 2 days in.
 
FWIW, we should clarify if tea land, or any references to tea when speaking of the UK, are (racial?) slurs. I really don't want to offend employees of a UK company over tea since you all wanted to die over it so badly before and all...
 
frm said:
I think you know Musk's wasn't either. But, you keep thinking they're any different.
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Well no, in the context of a speech at a rally - after the end of speaking (ie not rhetorical gesture) it is very obvious, although it seems many supporters (accepting it was a salute) called it a "Roman salute". So that's alright then.

I don't believe he was actually intending to do a nazi salute, as I said above though, a Freudian slip can reveal a lot.

Context is everything.

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Mr Lucky said:
Well no, in the context of a speech at a rally - after the end of speaking (ie not rhetorical gesture) it is very obvious, although it seems many supporters (accepting it was a salute) called it a "Roman salute". So that's alright then.

I don't believe he was actually intending to do a nazi salute, as I said above though, a Freudian slip can reveal a lot.

Context is everything.

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I always knew the red one was dodgy.
 
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