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[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 194 points 1 day ago (6 children)
[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 11 points 18 hours ago

Not a Nazi salute

Oh fuck OFF!

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 159 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] kromem@lemmy.world 11 points 19 hours ago

Just plain gross.

I knew a number of camp survivors, and I'm just glad they aren't still around to see the voices that were so loudly calling to "never forget" having turned into "I'll ignore your Nazi salute if you ignore my war crimes."

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 115 points 1 day ago

"The Party told you to reject evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final and most essential command."

  • Probably Orwell or something
[–] renzev@lemmy.world 54 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is exactly how modern fascists operate. The majority of people will brush it off with "It's just a joke" or "It was an accident", but the extremists in the crowd know that it wasn't, and they feel right at home. There was a video on youtube called something like "the pewdiepipeline" that explained this perfectly.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 6 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

When I saw the headline I expected an awkward wave or something, caught in camera at the exact wrong moment, being pushed because it made a good headline. I didn't think there was any way musk would be so blatant. Then I watched the video and no, that's a legitimate seig heil right there, the press reported exactly what happened.

[–] apprehensively_human@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

See also, How to radicalize a normie.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 7 points 21 hours ago

Don't be a snowflake. It's not bad. I saw Elon do this during Trump's inauguration.

this is appeasement, you shitfuckers at ADL...

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Jesus Christ. Mask off... Maybe if we had a halfway decent education system, people would see this for the bullshit it is

[–] peetabix@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So he's not a Nazi, he just awkward. O_o

Mengele was pretty awkward too. And Josef Fritzl too from what I understand

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Benefit of the doubt, eh? When have republicans ever done that for democrats?