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I was going to give Elon the benefit of the doubt until I saw this picture of him backstage right before his speech and now I stand with the brave Redditors:
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Reddit it mods think they are important but they only matter in their own mind and their own circle.
 
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There's always some top rated bot comment about how x needs to be banned because you need an account to read some of the tweets. They're actually playing that off as a reason in most of the subreddits because they can't outright say they're butthurt over the election in a sub that doesn't allow politics. Of course the whole politics sections is filled with WSJ links that no one is actually subscribes to.
 
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Lukaku's First Touch said:
AOC: did she throw her hand from her chest to the air with a straight hand? No.

Walz: already posted and responded to, palm is wide open.

Other walz: just a picture.

You guys are just discussing in bad faith, you can clearly see the difference yourselves.

You have 0 vids where any of the people you hate do it like Elon or Adolf himself. Pathetic attempts and not worth it to de engage in this bs any further.

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lol 'my heart goes out to you'. More like ' Oh shit did I just do that, gotta save face' next up 'hes got autism' lol.

No response to the reply on your bs vids from before and just posting other trash? keep trying.
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If he realized what it looked like and tried to turn it into something else then that's a strong mitigating factor. It's not a hard gesture to accidentally do as evidenced by the numerous videos posted. The guy is clearly physically awkward and has likely never played a sport in his life, so he probably has no body awareness and likely doesn't even know how to physically celebrate something (see his embarrassing jumping up and down at the Trump rally). I dislike the guy, but trying to cancel him over this is a bit much.

Anyways, surprised to see the hate towards Reddit. I never really considered it a platform to discuss politics or even a rival to X. The site is a treasure trove for things like user reviews, pop culture discussion, hobbyist discussions, and I've learned a ton of DIY skills on it whereas X is just a news aggregator at this point with its most popular posters basically being akin to the talking heads that dominate cable news.
 
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I think the idea of no politics here is quite good - it has made Resetera etc part of the forum completely unusable.

Also BlueSky has nothing interesting anyway - all the news and information can be found on X anyway.
 
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ChuckeRearmed said:
I think the idea of no politics here is quite good - it has made Resetera etc part of the forum completely unusable.
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I just checked yesterday how are they doing - they have separate thread for every single EO or minute detail of what Trump does, it's exhausting. Then inside it's just endless posts of people being shocked, looking for allies, etc., without adding anything of substance to the discussion. It's a perfect echo chamber.
 
They're even banning images of Tweets. They're really speed running their death.

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Good. Never really understood why one social media links to other social media and you're required to have accounts accross on all of them.
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X is still a primary source of breaking news. Like it or not. Reddit is cutting off their biggest news source.
 
poppabk said:
"A moderator on r/pcgaming, a subreddit with 3.8 members, said the community has contemplated the ban on X links for some time, adding "X has become increasingly hateful, toxic and less and less moderated."

PC gaming hitting the big time. Also showing their inclusivity of people who had their shins blown off by a tojo machine gun.
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Does the forth member only have legs and torso without a head?
 
FullMetalx117 said:
Good. Never really understood why one social media links to other social media and you're required to have accounts accross on all of them.
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If someone claims something, don't you want to know they're backing it up with a source? News never gets broken on reddit but it most often does on twitter.
 
ManaByte said:
Reddit about to die like Digg did.
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They are Digging their own grave!

I saw so many random subreddits doing this yesterday that I deleted my account. To be totally honest, I had started deleting my posts manually last week so it wasn't a total knee jerk reaction. This was the straw that broke the camel's back though. I often left that website unhappier than when I got there. Same with Instagram so they both went.
 
Reddit was good for more niche topic, but even they're being infested now as well. It seems a lot of Americans genuinely do not understand that the rest of the world does not need to hear about their politics all the time. Although I do like the irony of subs like Soccer and Formula 1 banning Twitter when they're sold their souls to fascist regimes with appalling human rights records.
 
Lukaku's First Touch said:
Lets compare vids of these instead of a picture. How can anyone approve of what Elon did... I hate woke stuff and people as much as the next sane guy, but Elon's greeting was waaaay worse than all of these.

Pathetic attempt at trying to disregard his disgusting behaviour, even if hes got weaponised autism.
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I hope they are at least getting paid to post shit excuses like that.

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ChuckeRearmed said:
I think the idea of no politics here is quite good - it has made Resetera etc part of the forum completely unusable.

Also BlueSky has nothing interesting anyway - all the news and information can be found on X anyway.
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BlueSky's top accounts are Mark Hamill, George Takei, Mark Cuban, and AOC. What a great, interesting, and completely unbiased platform that I'm sure is 100% free of censorship.
 
I saw all these Nazi salute pics and complains about Elon on X and Reddit the other day. None of the posts I looked at had the video or any context. Just a snap shot. To confirm, I looked up the video to see for myself. My honest opinion, keep in mind I'm no Nazi history fanatic, is that stating your heart goes out to a group of people while pounding on your heart and throwing your arm out might be one of the least "Nazi" things I've ever seen. You either need to be ignorant, acting in bad faith, or a special kind of mental problem to think this is a Nazi salute.
 
transformer said:
I saw all these Nazi salute pics and complains about Elon on X and Reddit the other day. None of the posts I looked at had the video or any context. Just a snap shot. To confirm, I looked up the video to see for myself. My honest opinion, keep in mind I'm no Nazi history fanatic, is that stating your heart goes out to a group of people while pounding on your heart and throwing your arm out might be one of the least "Nazi" things I've ever seen. You either need to be ignorant, acting in bad faith, or a special kind of mental problem to think this is a Nazi salute.
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Just a bunch of people who have become "salute truthers". But yeah, USA has a mental crisis. Keep in mind that some people literally wanted to neuter themselves post election.
 
transformer said:
I saw all these Nazi salute pics and complains about Elon on X and Reddit the other day. None of the posts I looked at had the video or any context. Just a snap shot. To confirm, I looked up the video to see for myself. My honest opinion, keep in mind I'm no Nazi history fanatic, is that stating your heart goes out to a group of people while pounding on your heart and throwing your arm out might be one of the least "Nazi" things I've ever seen. You either need to be ignorant, acting in bad faith, or a special kind of mental problem to think this is a Nazi salute.
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Ahh but "Nazis" are saying it's a Nazi salute! And we all know that agreeing with the thoughts and words of Nazis is the thing to do.

2025 the year liberals, leftists and Nazis united.
 
ManaByte said:
Deliberately editing context out of a video so it fits your narrative makes it a hoax.
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It can be argued that the clip was edited to summarise, showing number of times the gesture was made as opposed to editing out the context which most people don't even believe to be relevant. He still did the gestures and that is the point of contention for most.
 
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It can be argued that the clip was edited to summarise, showing number of times the gesture was made as opposed to editing out the context which most people don't even believe to be relevant. He still did the gestures and that is the point of contention for most.
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Bullshit. They edited out the context because with it their argument is bullshit.
 
So, does that mean Elon has filled in his nazi star on his Mcdonald's badge? Only, Islamaphobe, transphobe, bigot and racist to go and he's filled his badge.
 
ManaByte said:
Bullshit. They edited out the context because with it their argument is bullshit.
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You can call it bullshit all you want. The context still doesn't satisfy most including myself. The gesture was still made and that is what people don't like. It isn't a hoax and you can't spin the narrative this way because it is fact that the gesture he made was one that strikingly resembles a Nazi salute.

Anyone who makes a gesture like that in the real world, in public, in a work place etc, would be viewed the same way. The only arguments being made to defend this is that he is autistic, he didn't mean it, he was sharing love, there is an agenda against him, all sound like nonsense to me.
 
Making a gesture* to stand for what you believe in is pretty much exactly what Elon would want, so well done to the Redditors.


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unintentional, but appropriate, perhaps
 
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ManaByte said:
Funny how that doesn't seem to be true.

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did you just ignore the open hand he had when he lifted his hand up? I cannot believe people still are elon stans. Lets also not forget every single thing hes done to this point that literally backs up his nazi behavior. Can we just ban Elon threads as political at this point? DUdes a trashball
 
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It was a nazi salute.
Historians say it's a nazi salute.
Nazis say it's a nazi salute
His daughter just said it was a nazi salute

There's no editing tricks. There's nothing taken out of context. Showing still images of democrats making a similar salute as they are waving is embarrassing.
 
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You can call it bullshit all you want. The context still doesn't satisfy most including myself. The gesture was still made and that is what people don't like. It isn't a hoax and you can't spin the narrative this way because it is fact that the gesture he made was one that strikingly resembles a Nazi salute.

Anyone who makes a gesture like that in the real world, in public, in a work place etc, would be viewed the same way. The only arguments being made to defend this is that he is autistic, he didn't mean it, he was sharing love, there is an agenda against him, all sound like nonsense to me.
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As a society, we have arbitrarily chosen to stigmatize certain things tied to the Nazis. For example: the toothbrush mustache is pretty much banned because it will be taken as an ode to Hitler even though it was a popular mustache at the time that many people wore, including Charlie Chaplin. One of those things is a Nazi salute. The Nazi salute is relatively unique, but it's not like someone having a tattoo of a swastika. There are many gestures that have people put their hand to their heart and then wave. It's not out of the realm of possibility someone could stumble into doing such a gesture.

Again, it's not like getting a swastika tattoo or yelling sieg heil. At the end of the day, I believe in giving people the benefit of the doubt. Most people are not Nazis or hateful. I've seen this before where people have Eagle tattoos and people associate it with Nazis, or some weird discourse around the number '88' which was one of the more laughable ones. If I'm to put odds on it I think it's far more likely people are going to disingenuously try to go after someone they don't like than it is Elon Musk was trying to do a Nazi salute. But we can believe whatever we want, the reality is none of us know, and I think it's both counterproductive and a waste of time to get so worked up about something no one can confirm to be true.

This reminds me of the ok symbol from a few years back and people getting into trouble and even being fired for it. People would accuse them of being white supremacists, and then people would go no, that's not what I was trying to do and people were going "Yes you were." At that point there can't be any dialogue. If you can't take someone's word for something, then there's nowhere to go from that point. You can either accept the answer and move on or continue to be a stickler about it, and whatever choice is everyone's right, but I think objectively there is one path that is more productive than the other. What does being pissed at Elon over this even accomplish anyway other than make someone feel good about themselves?
 
Is this about that weird gesture Musk did twice totally not meaning to perfectly mirror the Nazi salute or is this about him being butt hurt about his video game skills being laughed at and revealing private DMs from cockroach guy in retaliation?
 
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Anyone who makes a gesture like that in the real world, in public, in a work place etc, would be viewed the same way. The only arguments being made to defend this is that he is autistic, he didn't mean it, he was sharing love, there is an agenda against him, all sound like nonsense to me.
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I just wonder if this constant need to defend a single person from any and all accountable actions and words, to the point where they are now being infantilized, is the best strategy in the end.

I guess time will tell.
 
Bumblebeetuna said:
Is this about that weird gesture Musk did twice totally not meaning to perfectly mirror the Nazi salute or is this about him being butt hurt about his video game skills being laughed at and revealing private DMs from cockroach guy in retaliation?
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This is about Elon buying Twitter and taking away one side's biggest censorship weapon to maintain control over their NPCs.
 
ManaByte said:
Funny how that doesn't seem to be true.

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He bent his palm with a different angle :messenger_tears_of_joy:

Lunarorbit said:
It was a nazi salute.
Historians say it's a nazi salute.
Nazis say it's a nazi salute
His daughter just said it was a nazi salute
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Oh, right historians...The most unbiased people on the planet. Nazis? Oh wow we now have a time machine. Whose daughter? Musks? The one that transitioned? lol
 
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Whether he intended to do one is much more relevant than if he actually did. Intent is everything. And it can't harm you unless you allow it to.
 
You know, I honestly don't think Elon meant to do this. It was the wrong move for sure, but he's probably the most awkward person to put on a stage in front of millions. Do I feel bad for the billionaire? No. But I really don't think that he was intending on doing a Nazi solute.
 
DragoonKain said:
As a society, we have arbitrarily chosen to stigmatize certain things tied to the Nazis. For example: the toothbrush mustache is pretty much banned because it will be taken as an ode to Hitler even though it was a popular mustache at the time that many people wore, including Charlie Chaplin. One of those things is a Nazi salute. The Nazi salute is relatively unique, but it's not like someone having a tattoo of a swastika. There are many gestures that have people put their hand to their heart and then wave. It's not out of the realm of possibility someone could stumble into doing such a gesture.

Again, it's not like getting a swastika tattoo or yelling sieg heil. At the end of the day, I believe in giving people the benefit of the doubt. Most people are not Nazis or hateful. I've seen this before where people have Eagle tattoos and people associate it with Nazis, or some weird discourse around the number '88' which was one of the more laughable ones. If I'm to put odds on it I think it's far more likely people are going to disingenuously try to go after someone they don't like than it is Elon Musk was trying to do a Nazi salute. But we can believe whatever we want, the reality is none of us know, and I think it's both counterproductive and a waste of time to get so worked up about something no one can confirm to be true.

This reminds me of the ok symbol from a few years back and people getting into trouble and even being fired for it. People would accuse them of being white supremacists, and then people would go no, that's not what I was trying to do and people were going "Yes you were." At that point there can't be any dialogue. If you can't take someone's word for something, then there's nowhere to go from that point. You can either accept the answer and move on or continue to be a stickler about it, and whatever choice is everyone's right, but I think objectively there is one path that is more productive than the other. What does being pissed at Elon over this even accomplish anyway other than make someone feel good about themselves?
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Is banning X on Reddit a punitive measure? Absolutely, and calling Elon a Nazi given he's relationship with Israel and the Jewish community is nothing short of ridiculous. Like you say, it is not out the realm of possibility that someone could make similar hand movements, like the photos circulating of other politicians with their arm raised. However, most of those examples aren't in motion, and the ones that are aren't as defined and as expressed as Elon's gesture. I find it hard to believe it was on accident. I find it hard to believe the 'tism encouraged it. I find it hard to believe that he has ever been physically animated like that when he is expressing love and gratitude to others.

Sure, it could be worse. He could be an actual Nazi with concealed tattoos, but that isn't what is being discussed. The salute is stigmatised for a reason, and rightfully so. Elon is a very powerful man with a huge outreach, everything he does will be scrutinised, that is a given. The gesture he made empowered actual neo-Nazis on that day, and that in itself is a reason to be upset with this whole thing. He hasn't even acknowledged why or how people could even see what he did as being alarming, he hasn't outright denied anything either. He just waves it off like it's nothing. There are plenty of disingenuous people out there to get him, but there are plenty of people who have no ill intentions who still find this quite problematic. Some accountability goes a long way, he is loved by society for many reasons and is held to a higher standard.
 
I love the whole "secret Nazi" argument because one of the defining features of actual Fascist/ultra-nationalist/Nazi groups is that subtlety is an unknown concept to them!

Those boys LOVE their lightning bolts, deaths-heads, etc. They are OUT AND PROUD IDENTITARIANS!
 
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