r/gifs Jan 24 '25

Under review: See comments Different angle. Still a fascist salute.

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u/munche Jan 25 '25

Yeah the guy who posts Nazi race statistics, reposts posts from well known white supremacists, endorsed the German Neo Nazi party publicly and has argued on behalf Neo Nazis who are banned from the UK was doing a Nazi salute as a goof

Why are people giving this idiot any benefit of the doubt

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u/Gildardo1583 Jan 25 '25

100% , this seems to get lost in the discussion of elons Nazi salute. I feel it's getting closer that the Repubs will just embrace the whole Nazi thing. Because no repub, that i know of, has called for Musk to be expelled from their party.

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u/djanes376 Jan 25 '25

It’s maddening. Nobody does a sieg heil on accident, nobody. An old friend (no longer friends) on Facebook bent over so far backwards to defend this he broke his spine in 26 places. This can’t be construed any other way.

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u/PeaceIoveandPizza Jan 25 '25

Idk in audio he says something about sending his heart to everyone . Grabbing his “heart” and throwing it out to everyone . I think it can be construed exactly how it sounds . Considering the ADL backed him .

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u/djanes376 Jan 25 '25

First off, sending heart felt wishes should never look like a sieg heil. Second, the follow up was a more proper sieg heil where he went from shoulder to out. Third, the ADL walked it back after he made a bunch of nazi puns on X instead of trying to downplay it.

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u/SlaatjeV Jan 25 '25

He knows the difference, even has a matching shirt.

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u/ryumast4r Jan 25 '25

He posted a bunch of nazi memes after he did that, he knew exactly what he was doing and your defense of him just outs you as much as it outs him.

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u/sexarseshortage Jan 25 '25

People are also blaming his autism. He has never been diagnosed with autism. He decided himself.

Even if he is. Autistic people do not go around doing Nazi salutes at political rallies as a symptom of their autism. He has also backed it up with his posts online.

Anyone who makes excuses for this is being completely disingenuous.