• Pacattack57@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    I think this is a stretch and i do this sometimes as well. An outreached hand as a greeting or similar. The Nazi salute is very obvious and has a strong flat hand at like 45 degrees. This doesn’t look like that.

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      19 hours ago

      You don’t need to make excuses.

      This is Steve Bannon. And he’s doing a poor man’s Nazi salute so he can claim plausible deniability after the fact. He even responds with a smile when the crowd cheers it.

      Stop making excuses for fascists.

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      18 hours ago

      Considering the current context of the political climate in America, if you didn’t want to associate yourself with Nazis you would steer clear of anything that might associate you with being a Nazi. Especially while on a public podium.

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      19 hours ago

      Hey look they mentioned you in the article

      … though Musk has not as of this date specifically denied the accusations that the gesture was a Nazi salute. However, for reasons one can only guess at, others took the liberty of denying that on his behalf, unprompted.

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      16 hours ago

      Americans are shit at saluting straight without considerable practice

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      16 hours ago

      The top image but not the others. Do it now. Notice how your fingers are relaxed and spaced apart, not held rigid and bunched together like they would be for a salute.

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        15 hours ago

        That’s what I’m saying. His hand looks too relaxed to be considered the Nazi salute. Musks hand was very rigid and straight