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Wait what? Dafuq was this gesture by Musk???

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JCK75

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Now show the videos for comparison.


I'll do you one better.. I'll post the full clip of Elon.. and directly after doing it he very clearly says "My heart goes out to you"
he clasps his heart and extends his hands.. we don't have to guess or read into the meaning.. he says it clearly..

but some people are too ideologically captured to see anything except Nazis everywhere.

 
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Beaten, God damn! :messenger_tears_of_joy:
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I wasn’t making it up, the word you’re looking for is “speculating”. I was speculating on why Elon would do a Nazi salute. I don’t know why he did it, but he did.
 

Toons

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Patterns of behavior tell the truth more than any one act or tweet will.

In 2023 Elon saw this post:
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Blatant and targeted antisemitic dog whistles and said:
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Theres a link but idk if it will probably work so here it is. Both the initial tweet and his response are still up to this day. Original poster was allowed to keep this up. Keep in mind musk has personally acted against users like asmongold just for criticizing him over gaming skills, and temporarily closed down a public figures account for criticizing him on h1b visas. But this post is allowed to remain.



Criticized for this he even lashed about against the very ADL that he's now supporting, accusing them of anti white bigotry for standing against this antisemitic conspiracy theory.
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A couple of months prior he accused the ADL of being pro censorship and contributing to Twitter loss of add revenue.

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A very different tune than today. There's context for every action. The context does not favor musk here. Im not going to call him an outright nazi. But im far from willing to ignore what my eyes are seeing and my ears are hearing and I encourage everyone else to take a strong look at the pattern of behavior present before giving him the benefit of the doubt.
 

Dick Jones

Banned
For those who claim it isn't a Nazi salute, could people go into a thread next week acknowledging the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and insert that gif with the text "from the heart" without a fear of a ban?

That's a Nazi salute to me. There is no place or defence for it. It damages the impact of the atrocities of WWII by claiming it is anything but a Nazi salute.
 

Dick Jones

Banned
Obviously your European schools teach you to ignore facts and instead believe internationally edited internet hoax videos as truth.
The that the best comeback you got? Weak.

So ManaByte ManaByte are you going to post the gif and the words "from the heart" in a post discussing the Auschwitz Liberation next week? If it's not a nazi salute you'll have no issue doing it.
 

JCK75

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Now post the videos of them all.

Don't need to I just need to put the complete video of Elon where he says exactly what the gesture means.. it's always important not to put dishonestly edited videos that leave out important context.
It's amazing that you only wanted more context on the ones that were not Elon.

 
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Don't need to I just need to put the complete video of Elon where he says exactly what the gesture means.. it's always important not to put dishonestly edited videos that leave out important context.


it doesn’t matter what he said, it’s still a Nazi salute.

If I dance the Macarena and say it’s a gesture of hatred, it’s still the Macarena. I just said some shit before it.

If I flip you the double bird and say I love you, I’m still giving you the finger with both hands.
 
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Pidull

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Can you explain to us all in the class how what Elon did was not exactly a Nazi salute? Draw it on the whiteboard so we know where the differences are. What did he do differently than, say, hitler in the video?
You don't understand, he's giving his heart out to us.

As we all know, the universal sign of giving something has never been to hold your hand(s) out with palms up, presenting what you're giving for all to see, it's a Sieg Heil where you thrust your chest out a little more. Completely different from a regular Sieg Heil.

Clearly you know nothing about context, and a 53-year-old autistic genius understands these things better than you because he has to study nonverbal cues in order to navigate through social interactions effectively.
 

Dr.Morris79

Gold Member
The weird thing is, those good old Democrats and the far left have been doing a weird form of Nazi ideology for years now, and people are crying they lost...

Race separation
Stifling free speech
Advocating the mass abortion of babies
Book banning
Advocating body horrors on children and the vulnerable
'Our Democracy'
Etc, etc..

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But, let's go with Elons over enthusiastic autistic arm gestures. That's the real problem here :messenger_tears_of_joy:
 

near

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You're trying to make it complicated, because the two were used together and that crushes the weak argument you're trying to cling to..
so of course you'd like to separate them...
That's not how gestures work. Gestures have their own meaning, that is why they're called gestures. I can stick my middle finger up and say 'hi, how are you' at the same time, it would not change the meaning of the gesture.
 

AJUMP23

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The weird thing is, those good old Democrats and the far left have been doing a weird form of Nazi ideology for years now, and people are crying they lost...

Race separation
Stifling free speech
Advocating the mass abortion of babies
Book banning
Advocating body horrors on children and the vulnerable
'Our Democracy'
Etc, etc..

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But, let's go with Elons over enthusiastic autistic arm gestures. That's the real problem here :messenger_tears_of_joy:

And don't forget Margret Sanger founder of Planned Parent hood. She would have been a great member of the Reich.
 
The weird thing is, those good old Democrats and the far left have been doing a weird form of Nazi ideology for years now, and people are crying they lost...

Race separation
Stifling free speech
Advocating the mass abortion of babies
Book banning
Advocating body horrors on children and the vulnerable
'Our Democracy'
Etc, etc..

e5PzzJK.gif


But, let's go with Elons over enthusiastic autistic arm gestures. That's the real problem here :messenger_tears_of_joy:
So we’ve got “show of love”
“Enthusiastic autistic arm gesture”
“Just a Hi five”
Why the fuck are you talking about democrats? Who brought up democrats?
We’re talking about Elon Musk.
What are you even trying to say? That because democrats bad it’s cool a shithead like musk can throw Nazi salutes?
 

JCK75

Member
That's not how gestures work. Gestures have their own meaning, that is why they're called gestures. I can stick my middle finger up and say 'hi, how are you' at the same time, it would not change the meaning of the gesture.

And if I find a video of Hitler sticking up his pointer finger but his arm made a similar motion I'd get to call you a Nazi
 
You're trying to make it complicated, because the two were used together and that crushes the weak argument you're trying to cling to..
so of course you'd like to separate them...
Because words and actions are separate.

If I punch you in the face and say “I love you,” and then say but man it was just my autistic way of showing love, you cannot separate the words from the action, is that okay?
 

JCK75

Member
Sure, if you're able to travel back time and change the Sieg Heil salute.

The only thing that makes it a siel heil salute is the Sieg Heil part.... the words that go along with it.
There is no clasping of the heart in that salute.

Again his meaning was clearly expressed.. you just want to ignore reality to grasp onto a fantasy of the free speech champion being a nazi.
 

Dr.Morris79

Gold Member
So we’ve got “show of love”
“Enthusiastic autistic arm gesture”
“Just a Hi five”
Why the fuck are you talking about democrats? Who brought up democrats?
We’re talking about Elon Musk.
What are you even trying to say? That because democrats bad it’s cool a shithead like musk can throw Nazi salutes?
If you can't work it out I don't know what to tell you

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If you can't see actual atrocities through bluff, You're truly lost.
 

Lunarorbit

Member
The only thing that makes it a siel heil salute is the Sieg Heil part.... the words that go along with it.
There is no clasping of the heart in that salute.

Again his meaning was clearly expressed.. you just want to ignore reality to grasp onto a fantasy of the free speech champion being a nazi.
Free speech? Thats a nazi salute troll
 
The only thing that makes it a siel heil salute is the Sieg Heil part.... the words that go along with it.
There is no clasping of the heart in that salute.

Again his meaning was clearly expressed.. you just want to ignore reality to grasp onto a fantasy of the free speech champion being a nazi.
Fly over the Germany and do it next to some police, then tell them, “but I didn’t say ‘heil’ *kehkehkeh*” and see what happens.
 

Pidull

Banned
It’s political to say someone did a Nazi salute after they did it?
Jesus Christ…
It certainly seems to be a bannable offense to say he did a Nazi salute judging by several of the users that have been banned. Unless there were posts removed that I missed.

And at this point, I'm starting to think that anyone actually defending his "not a Nazi salute" is trolling as well.
 
German police arresting people over hand gestures because they don't want to be seen as Nazi's is next level.
Yeah. Who could ever understand a country that has a history of genocide and war wanting to stop people from using the symbols of hate associated with that time so that they aren’t normalised and it doesn’t happen again?
 
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