• @[email protected]
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    Weird how the ADL is nowhere to be found when someone does a Nazi salute on a national stage. I guess it’s more necessary to dunk on anti-genocide Jews instead.

        • Bakkoda
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          1161 month 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
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          541 month ago

          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.

            • @Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In
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              71 month ago

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

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            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.

        • @kromem
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          111 month 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.”

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

      • @danc4498
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        131 month ago

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

      • @Furbag
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        271 month ago

        Remember, it’s only a Nazi Salute if it occurs in the Weimar region of Germany between 1938-1945. Otherwise it’s just Sparkling Fascism.

        • Mister_Feeny
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          391 month ago

          https://x.com/ADL/status/1881474892022919403

          If you don’t wanna click the x link, here’s what it says in full:

          This is a delicate moment. It’s a new day and yet so many are on edge. Our politics are inflamed, and social media only adds to the anxiety.

          It seems that @elonmusk

          made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute, but again, we appreciate that people are on edge.

          In this moment, all sides should give one another a bit of grace, perhaps even the benefit of the doubt, and take a breath. This is a new

          beginning. Let’s hope for healing and work toward unity in the months and years ahead.