DontBeThatGuy
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This is Laura Ingraham we're talking about here. I feel like a few posters in this thread are giving her the benefit of the doubt for no legitimate reason whatsoever. She's terrible.
Twitter Thinks That Laura Ingraham Made a Nazi Salute During the RNC
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This is Laura Ingraham we're talking about here. I feel like a few posters in this thread are giving her the benefit of the doubt for no legitimate reason whatsoever. She's terrible.
Exactly. She did it for attention, and made it just deniable enough so she can go on the offensive against anyone who goes after her. Total stunt. Unfortunately for her, the whole RNC is such a shitfest, she may not got get as much attention as she hoped.
My take is she got cold feet and didn't go all the way through with it. Her expression quickly shifts from one of defiance to that palpable look of immediate regret.
A little bit too much confidence in that salute and a little too long holding it for me to give that much benefit of the doubt here.
A little bit too much confidence in that salute and a little too long holding it for me to give that much benefit of the doubt here.
This is the kind of low-hanging fruit nonsense that the people not yet convinced to vote against Trump think is the left being over-sensitive.
There's a lot more people who are "anti-politically correct" than there are people gung-ho for Trump. People crying about Trump giving the salute happened while his poll numbers were going up.. and it certainly didn't cause a ding in his popularity. It's incredibly easy to deny.
Stop focusing on this meaningless crap I say.
There's a lot more people who are "anti-politically correct" than there are people gung-ho for Trump. People crying about Trump giving the salute happened while his poll numbers were going up.. and it certainly didn't cause a ding in his popularity. It's incredibly easy to deny.
Stop focusing on this meaningless crap I say.
Orbis Tabula
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Exactly. I think a lot of posters just aren't familiar with her. This is totally something she would do
You kidding? She's counting on it, so she can attack the liberal media .
$$$$$ in bank. These people are pros at the outrage machine
LUFTRAUSER
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You do realize this is a joke, right? Like. We don't literally think she's a Nazi.
Lord Fagan
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Point taken. I'm no cheerleader for her, I'm just...if she actually was stupid enough to think she'd get away with it I'd be truly shocked. That being said, I suppose I just want to be open-minded that she probably just should have angled up that palm for a normal looking wave and it didn't work out that way. Now, does that mean that something subconscious overrode that wave? Like I said, I'm aiming to be open-minded here.
Regardless, not a good look. I get why people are calling this out, really I do.
Not everyone is joking; I can tell the difference. You don't speak for the thread let alone the entire internet.
People certainly weren't all joking when Trump was the one putting his hand out.
Photo of the decade right there.
NullPointer
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That is an amazing pic.
Tranqueris
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The answer is 0.
There is literally no reason to do the full hand extension like that. You basically have to force your hand into that position.
Yep, as someone up thread said, she likely practiced that shit in the mirror. Further riles up her neonazi base, and she can cry about the PC police being mean to her.
DICKS AHOY
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It's funny as a joke but reaching as fuck to genuinely make out it was a deliberate Nazi salute.
Monocle
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Who waves by extending their arm in front of them and holding it there? Maybe if she was trying point at something I could see it, but no.
Don't excuse this.
I still can't believe this isn't a Photoshop....
DontBeThatGuy
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She squared up and saluted. Laura Ingraham is NOT above this.
opticalmace
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Looks intentional to me.
Between this and the Fox News host who poured mustard into a water bottle, this convention has not disappointed.
Between this and the Fox News host who poured mustard into a water bottle, this convention has not disappointed.
QuantumZebra
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It's picking up traction quickly
Nomadic Sparks
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Holy shit, the .gif and the still photo are damning
Hot goddamn
Hot goddamn
DICKS AHOY
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I highly doubt she was seriously thinking yes i'm going to give donald a heil hitler style salute on stage that seems like a really good idea.
Though she probably realized how it looked midway through doing it, hence how jerky and awkward she suddenly switches to a wave. As I said; it's funny and ironic, but thinking it was deliberate seems dumb in a convention filled with far more deplorable and genuine shit.
eyeball_kid
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What really punctuates it is that her facial expression is completely different while doing the salute. I mean let's be real, this doesn't look vaguely like a Nazi salute, this looks like a Nazi salute. It looks like she practiced this whole ensemble of gestures many times in front of the mirror. Who knows if she was just laying it all out there or it was just really poorly considered, but it's perhaps the weirdest goodbye gesture I've seen.
Ploid 3.0
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I'm on my phone right now and I expected to sre people over react, but holy crap she really did it. I'm able to put the screen super close and really analyze it. What the heck is going on?
Username1198
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She's dog whistling right?
Did I use that term correctly?
Did I use that term correctly?
Haven't heard a peep on any of the major news outlets yet.
I've seen it thrown around at people who were never dog whistling at all *cough* but I'd say you used it correctly here.
Precisely. Then she'll play the victim card when she gets the reaction she was looking for, lambasting liberals, sjws, and PC culture.
Dirtyshubb
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Yeah the clear difference in her face during the salute to the wave is what males it even worse. The determination during the salute portion to instantly changing to the friendly wave with a smile makes it all the more credible that she indeed was doing a nazi salute.
Cheeto Mussolini
This is an incredible photograph! The culmination of the past 12 months. WOW
I still think the gesture wasn't intentional, although the it did look like a Nazi salute. You can tell by her reaction change that maybe it wasn't intentional, or she seemed like she snapped out of spell.
eyeball_kid
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My grandpa was a WWII vet I really wonder what he would say if he saw that. That serious look she has while doing it is nuts. The people saying she did it on purpose to provoke a reaction and cash in on it are absolutely right. This is what she does for a living she's as disgusting as Ann Coulter is.
She did it and thought she'd get away with it
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