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Twitter Thinks That Laura Ingraham Made a Nazi Salute During the RNC
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Souldriver
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When I look at that gif, there's two ways I can interpret it...
My instincts tell me it's the first one, because honestly, why... In 99% of the cases when some public figure seems to do the sieg heil, it's just a fraction of a second holding your arm out causing bad optics on pictures. But in this case, I'm just not sure. There are some truly fucked up people in this world, and if there's one place where goddamn neonazi's would get a podium, it would be this years republican national convention.
I should look into this woman's background before making my mind up.
- "okay now wave to the crowd...wait wtf am I doing holy shit this looks bad, change position now...okay wave and act like nothing happened"
- "now a quick sieg heil hehe not too long though don't want it to be too obvious, just for the in crowd, alright now some normal waving"
My instincts tell me it's the first one, because honestly, why... In 99% of the cases when some public figure seems to do the sieg heil, it's just a fraction of a second holding your arm out causing bad optics on pictures. But in this case, I'm just not sure. There are some truly fucked up people in this world, and if there's one place where goddamn neonazi's would get a podium, it would be this years republican national convention.
I should look into this woman's background before making my mind up.
Intheflorsh
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One thing is certain: Getty Images is about to make some cash.
ReplacementPelican
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Republicans trying to grab that Neo-Nazi vote hoping we don't notice again.
It is true, he is no Hitler, not actually, but I watched last week a great movie and I thought the message it gave was chillingly true.
"You want him."
Highly recommended to watch.
WaterAstro
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That's a not so subtle version of Heil Hydra
Impeccable
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Honestly, watching her live she was doing a good job and making a good speech and really hyping the convention (compared to most the other speakers).
... and then she did that and INSTANTLY I cringed and knew she messed up whether she did it intentionally or not. The GIF makes it look worse and that image... dear GOD.
... and then she did that and INSTANTLY I cringed and knew she messed up whether she did it intentionally or not. The GIF makes it look worse and that image... dear GOD.
Haunted
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Ani my friend, you still got it. :lol
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kruis
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She wanted to do some practiced wave to the crowd, messed it up, then realized it looked like a nazi salute and improvised her way out of it.
EmpressInYellow
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White elevator.
And you know, it might be a little different if we weren't talking about a candidate who really does have a big white nationalist/neo-Nazi following, one he's done little to discourage. It's not like all of this is springing up out of the blue.
Like the white elevator thing you reference, it's mostly worth mentioning because it's part of a larger pattern.
DontBeThatGuy
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Why would she perform a Nazi salute?
It looks like a very poorly done white person awkward wave.
Yeah it definitely looks intentional, but I can't image a person being that mind bogglingly stupid to actually willingly sneak in a Nazi salute at such an event. It doesn't make sense. There is nothing to gain even if she were an actual neo nazi, and everything to lose.
Then again, maybe I'm overestimating people.
DontBeThatGuy
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Controversy. Or perhaps since she's Laura Ingraham, it just happened to be on her mind at that moment, and oops! (and who waves like that, even awkwardly?)
Blackthorn
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I see Trump so this Nazi-salute-transition-into-wave thing all the time. Not surprising it would start getting picked up by the rest of the party.
the_batman
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it seemed to be very calculated, it was done in a way that you could tell what it was, but short enough to be able to deny.
to show untiy towards fellow Trump supporters, aka white supremacists.
Chie Satonaka
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No, it isn't. Not even close, because Laura Ingraham isn't the President of the United States.
Speakers at the RNC who were cobbled together at the last minute because party regulars and former presidents want no part of this shitshow.
I don't deny it was stupid, whatever the wave was; but there are so many more statements made by the Trump campaign with so much more substance that prove he and his cronies are racists. A "nazi salute," made by a low end speaker at the RNC is on the same level as the, "Muslim handshake," controversy that has happened at least a dozen times since Obama was the 2008 Democratic nominee.
I mean, there's no such thing as a muslim handshake for one. So no, this is not "on the same level".
Aarglefarg
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To be the centre of a controversy to get a lot of publicity? With a dedicated base of people supporting her semi-plausibly deniable gesture to feed into their beliefs of persecution by the media?
PuppetSlave
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People are either incredible naive or whitewashing it. She does the face before the salute, she knew exactly what she was doing. Gotta love people saying it is cringy and stupid, like it's no big deal really, just a friendly nazi salute tehe, a little faux pas really. Makes me wanna puke.
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I don't think she was actually making a Nazi salute though. This is just the Internet going on a witch hunt.
It was probably muscle memory from all the fun they have at their private tables.
The face and reaction tell me that she instantly noticed that she fucked up and tried to save it.
Yes it is. It totally is.
People are looking for a reason to point out how fascist Trump and his supporters are. My point is that whether it was a Nazi salute or not, there are so many others things said by the Trump campaign that point to fascist and white supremacist ties with a lot more credibility than an ambiguous wave to the crowd made by a speaker who is crazy as all hell and likely not media trained.
Wow, nice timing
Ray Wonder
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Hm, so you think she purposefully Nazi saluted?
We should get a poll going! I'm curious to see if people agree or not.
Ray Wonder
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Probably because it's real easy to accidentally Nazi salute
johancruijff
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Ave, Imperator
EmpressInYellow
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Wait...you think Laura Ingraham, of all people, isn't "media trained"?
No, something a lot of people noticed and which, as you pointed out, wouldn't even be out of place is not the same as something Rush Limbaugh dreamed up in islamophobic rage.
I've seen Nazi demonstrations where the salutes were more ambiguous (probably because they're illegal). She all but posed for a photo.
AnotherDayAnotherDollar
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I thought this was photoshopped?
Aarglefarg
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I understand that the Trump picture was a still image that had been up for a while.
It wasn't. There were other pictures and video of it and that picture is on Getty Images.
Perfect.
AuthenticM
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This is an amazing photo.
Bartholomuse
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I'm so happy for the photographer, he's taken a once in a generation snap, it's just...perfect.
nailbombxx
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I didn't believe the headline until I saw that gif lol. That's not how you wave at people unless you actually forget you're not at a white power rally.
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