Are we going to make someone a criminal just because they made an awkward gesture out of enthusiasm?
I need you to understand people don’t “accidentally” make nazi salutes out of enthusiasm.
I agree. But I was referring to killing the CEO.
You ever get halfway through the comments and forget what the topic is even about? I was legit wondering why you were defending Musk also.
Democrats want to be able to lock anyone that offends them without a trial. They want you to violently attack people because they say so. Democrats are the Nazis.
And that’s the lie you’ve been sold to justify your side doing it when the time comes.
They want you to violently attack people because they say so
You mean like how Trump was forced to politely move aside protesters so he could hold a bible upside down?
Versus the extremely peaceful protest at the capitol on Jan 6.
Yeah, it’s all those violent liberals…
Your emotional reaction to anyone critical of Democrats is that they must be a Trump supporter. I am not. Trump is a fascist too, but that doesn’t excuse all the Democrats, especially here, who behave exactly like fascists. Maybe learn to think for yourself without needing an Internet cult to tell you how you should feel. I don’t support Musk either, but this whole Nazi salute thing is ridiculous. You know what a Nazi salute is? It is a Nazi doing a salute. Anyone else doing it is just a salute. Go to your mirror & replicate Musk’s actions. Tell me after if you became a Nazi because of it or if you still hate Nazis afterwards? If you instantly become a Nazi then there is some black magic in this world that I didn’t know about.
I don’t support Musk either, but this whole Nazi salute thing is ridiculous. You know what a Nazi salute is? It is a Nazi doing a salute
Do I believe musk is a nazi? No…
Do I believe his gesture was meant as a dog whistle (bull horn) for the white nationalists that have propped his ego up? Yes, absolutely.
Do I think having somebody like this in a position of actual power is dangerous and alarming? Yes, absolutely.
Just because he’s not a nazi doesn’t mean what he did should just be accepted.
Then sue & prove your point.
Do you understand what “standing” is as it relates to lawsuits?
You said you think it is dangerous & alarming. Being in a constant state of danger & alarm is considered damaging. If you believe it affects a lot of people then you have a class action. Do you understand what standing is in lawsuits?
Puff puff pass motherfucker, you’re bogarting. And clearly too fucking high to think straight.
I guess I too misunderstood, what does being neurodiverse have anything to do with it?
the right is trying to say that criticising the world’s richest dickhead for sieg heiling is ablist
Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Dunno who hasn’t heard that one yet but it felt relevant.
Ok, rather than edit my reply to AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor, I’ll reply again here because your comment helped the penny drop, and I’ve read the conversation again now realising that the reference to the hand gesture is to the dickhead’s salute, so I get the first comment, not sure about the “roman hug”, and assuming the last person is being sarcastic, saying what someone on the right might say because that’s how they defend musk?
Sorry, my brain isn’t entirely in gear yet and I think there may be too many levels of sarcasm overlapping 😂
not sure about the “roman hug”,
Lots of the far right saying he was giving a “roman salute”. All of it is the defenses for Musk applied to Luigi Mangione.
Ah, see I’d seen that, but (before I realised the musk salute connection) I thought a roman hug was a reference to its own thing (like maybe getting stabbed in the back?), rather than just a tongue in cheek reference to the roman salute.
Thanks for the help 😂
I didn’t see anybody claiming that, and I don’t get why that would be a defense. A roman salute is a fascist symbol that - at least in Italy - is considered identical to the nazi one. They are basically synonyms, so much so that Italian articles reporting on this fact used the term “roman salute” to describe Musk’s gesture.
I mean - it is identical, yes.
As far as not seeing those claims, I can tell you its all over LinkedIn hilariously. Also:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-22/elon-musk-accused-salute-donald-trump-inauguration/104845166
https://theconversation.com/elon-musk-and-the-history-of-the-roman-salute-248032
Sounds like some DEI talk to me, maybe someone should go report them or something.
right? we should all be flooding that reporting email address
Snowflakes
People were using Musk’s ND as an excuse for his nazi salute
Thanks, the penny eventually dropped.
Also fuck that noise.
Nothing. Some assholes use it as an excuse to justify shitty behaviours.
It harms the neurodivergent community because it creates the false idea that we can be assholes just because we are ND.
It’s much more nuanced than that, but to make it short, that’s all about it.
Some assholes use it as an excuse to justify shitty behaviours.
Some Apartheid Clyde apologists claim that his Nazi salute happened due to him being autistic.
Ok, thanks, and I agree. For some reason I thought that last comment was meant to be a funny punchline or something, I think I’m just completely misreading the conversation being shown 😑
Even “ill-advised” is too strong. He just made an “odd looking” gesture towards the CEO.
Et tu Bullet?
