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I don't see that growing up next to Auschwitz makes you an expert in this area.

It wasn't a Nazi salute, and that should be obvious.

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It absolutely is a Nazi salute, and it should be obvious to anyone.

>>I don't see that growing up next to Auschwitz makes you an expert in this area.

Something about being taught about this stuff endlessly at school and seeing it brought up all the time in your immediate neighbourhood makes you recognize when it happens - I guess that's just how it works.

It was so obviously a Nazi salute, and anyone denying it is lying. Either to themselves or to others.

I get that Musk isn't popular here, but the idea people would assign that kind of motive to what was just an awkward moment is just sick.

I don't know dude - I think pretending it isn't what it very obviously is is just morally and intellectually bankrupt. We can cover our eyes and ears and pretend this isn't happening - and maybe it might even work for us and we might be spared the return of fascism as a normalized force in our society if things go right. Or we can just call it for what it is and not support it by trying to excuse it.

>> what was just an awkward moment

The whole idea that the self-proclaimed "most intelligent man on earth" didn't know what he was doing and it was actually some kind of heart felt awkward gesture is again, dishonest at best.

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