mookiemcgee wrote:jusplay4fun wrote:Absolute silliness. PERIOD.
It's silly you'd vote for this... you can't seriously watch this and believe it's an accident. As someone who is a minority you should really be taking it personally, they are gonna come for you before they come for me.
https://x.com/esjesjesj/status/1881716580876497257
The photo is not what it seems. It is a still photo of video where Musk is NOT making that salute as an imitation of the Salute by Duce. Musk is making a salute that is TOTALLY misunderstood and thus is TOTALLY silly:
Elon Musk has brushed aside the furore over a one-armed gesture he gave during a speech celebrating the inauguration of Donald Trump.
At Monday's event, Musk thanked the crowd for "making it happen", before placing his right hand over his heart and then thrusting the same arm out into air straight ahead of him. He then turned and repeated the action for those sitting behind him.
Some on X, the social medial platform he owns, likened the gesture to a Nazi salute, though others disagreed.
In response, the SpaceX and Tesla chief posted on X: "Frankly, they need better dirty tricks. The 'everyone is Hitler' attack is sooo tired."
Musk, the world's richest man and a close ally of President Trump, was speaking at the Capital One Arena in Washington DC when he made the gesture.
"My heart goes out to you. It is thanks to you that the future of civilisation is assured," the 53-year-old said, after giving the second one-armed salute. (...)
But the Anti-Defamation League, an organisation founded to combat antisemitism, did not agree.
"It seems that Elon Musk made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute," it posted on X.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy48v1x4dv4oYou need a better windmill to slay, Don.