• EvilBit@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Here’s how you know he wasn’t “throwing his heart out”: No gesture of that level of verve and publicity has EVER, in the history of media or public speaking, been interpreted as a Nazi salute EXCEPT a Nazi fucking salute.

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      17 hours ago

      They know it is, this is standard gaslighting, and wherever they do this it should be pointed out together with a video showing it side by side. So far I did not get response from them after that.

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        17 hours ago

        Yep, same thing happened when Laura Ingraham got carried away and did a Hitler salute. Not sure if that time she got the ADL to bat for her tho.

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          12 hours ago

          I looked up that video to see what she looked like doing it, and that looked way more accidental than Musk’s. I think she confused herself and did a mix between a stiff wave and pointing at the crowd, which she then started actually doing. That’s my take.

          Disclaimer, I don’t even know who this Laura is, so this is strictly unbiased.

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            12 hours ago

            Nah, she started doing it and then transitioned to a wave to keep plausible deniability.

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                8 hours ago

                Whatever you need to tell yourself. Question, did you also think it was a coincidence when cpac had the Odal rune stage a few years later?

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                  8 hours ago

                  Just using the same argumentative style that you are. I’m giving you details into how I believe it wasn’t on purpose. You just say “nah, she did it”, so I say “nah, she didn’t”. 🤷‍♂️

                  I don’t know nothing bout no cpac or what Odal rune stage is. Don’t know what the fuck that is.

                  Have a good day, son.

                  Edit: never mind, you’re someone else who I wasn’t taking to in the first place. 👍

                  Still, have a good day.

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                    7 hours ago

                    Not even the same person lol.

                    Odal rune stage

                    Whether or not you think she did a Nazi salute, it’s close enough that it doesn’t matter. Especially with a decade of other COMPLETELY COINCIDENTAL Nazi references and allusions by the Republican party. Shit, people were calling out the Nazi references in Trump’s campaignimg in 2015 even through to 2024.

                    The republican party gets no benefit of the doubt with Nazi accusations. Because they’re full of Nazis and fascists.

                    E:spelling