His nazi salute looked like a nazi salute.
On account of it being a nazi salute.
this post was submitted on 22 Jan 2025
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And so nazis really liked that shit.
Yes. He was signaling his people.
The nazis.
And the amazing and completely improbable coincidence that he is a nazi.
His nazism was definitely a factor in his delivery of the nazi salute.
Why is the AP afraid to call it what it is?
It's a fucking nazi salute
Why is the AP afraid to call it what it is?
Journalism has catastrophically failed. You will never see them speak truth to power, ever.
Call it what it is you pathetic excuse for a journalist. Pussy ass collaborationist nazi enabler
"straight arm gesture" is wild
Rolling Stone and AP. Enabling that nazi ass shit.
Sprinkle on some "allegedly" if you have to, but anyone with more neurons than eyeballs knows what a Nazi salute is.
"straight-arm gesture"
is there any reputable, major news outlet that knows how to call a spade a spade? Or is all journalism dickless, now?
You know very well what the answer to that is.
For all the Republicans that aren't Nazis that probably lurk around posts like this. Do you really wanna be on the same side of this argument as these guys? I know you guys are out there because I see comments every now and then. And I know not every Republican is racist or a fascist, but the racists and fascists love this. They're not just trying to defend someone that's on their side, they are excited to see this. You can't accidentally do a Nazi salute just like you can't accidentally get the support of other Nazis. You have to do that shit on purpose.
If there's one thing that should be clear from Trump's reelection it's that there is no limit to what the Republican voters will support.
Anyone who was going to leave the Republicans has probably done so by now. All that's left are the MAGA true believers, single issue voters, the echo chamber dwellers who would be outraged if they were aware of news from the real world, and compartmentalists who block out all warning signs coming from their own side as no true ~~Scotsman~~ conservative supports that stuff and even if they did it's still better than the other side.
And of course, there's also the low information voters who don't know about any of this stuff and just want egg prices to go down or something.
~~Regardless~~
~~In spite of~~
Because of
Straight arm gesture? .... when in history was that same gesture ever used?
True story: I've heard a few idiots trying to tell me that it's how they say "hello" in the USA. I'm not American but I'm sure that I've never seen anyone saying hello like that in the movies.
Lifelong USAian, it's never ever been how we say hello, it's always been how you say "Hello, I'm a Nazi."
Born and bred middle-aged American here, who's lived in all four corners: nobody uses this to say "hello" except for Nazis.
Lived in the states for a while, saw zero nazi salutes. Maybe no one actually said hello to me the entire time, sob.
They are, in fact, idiots. There is an outstretched arm hello to people driving by, but there is zero fucking chance this nazi salute is it.
It was the original motion for the US pledge of allegiance.
... but that's not why Elmo did it.
Fucking jello-spined AP trying to downplay the fascist admins Nazism.
It is like a dog whistle except it is blatant and apparent to all but the most gullible apologist collaborators.
Musk has only fanned the flames of suspicion by not explicitly denying those claims
Now why could that be, I wonder?
all sides should give one another a bit of grace, perhaps even the benefit of the doubt, and take a breath.
I'd have given him the benefit of the doubt a decade ago, but how clear does he have to make himself? We've been watching him get more and more overt for years at this point.
Nazelon! He didn't mean it!