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He did not do a Nazi salute. That is propaganda from legacy media. He has never even said anything remotely Nazi-like. He is pro free speech, pro humanity, pro USA.


The Anti-Defamation League said it was not a Nazi salute,[7] but other Jewish organizations disagreed and condemned the salute.[8][9][10][11] American public opinion was divided on partisan lines as to whether it was a fascist salute.[12] Neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups celebrated it as a Nazi salute.[15][16]

Don't trust my words, just look at the salute yourself https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk_salute_controversy


Why would a Nazi go to Israel, meet with Netanyahu, visit Auschwitz and light a candle in solidarity, and generally support Jews? It makes no sense.

People just hate Elon and call everyone a Nazi. It is not an accusation that is taken seriously anymore.


I think the psyop for the past year has unironically been that Israelis are nazis. It sounds dumb, because it is.


Why is it dumb?


Because we aren't in Germany in the 1930s, the context is different, and the "other" different.

Lots of anti-semites also like what Israel is doing, because they hate arabs even more, and of course, a lot of them are fundamentalist christians that believe the biblical Israelites have to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem before Jesus can return.

After Israel implemented apartheid, they became an example for ethnonationalist supremacist groups. You know, like what the nazis were. Israel was one of the last countries to support apartheid South Africa (led by nazis), it's currently conducting a genocide against Palestinians, is aggressively expanding into nearby countries, and is at constant war.

Elon Musk also very clearly heiled. Just look up a video. He slaps his chest and flings his arm out in a textbook nazi salute. Then he turns around and heils the US flag. Elon Musk's grandfather was a Canadian nazi (card-carrying member!) who moved to South Africa in order to support apartheid. His mother was, similarly a supporter of apartheid and a staunch racist. He has been brought up in this ideology.

Elon is a nazi and so is Netanyahu.

To be clear, when I say nazi, I do not mean "card-carrying member of the nazi party" (except Musk's grandpa), I mean someone who thinks there is an in group that is superior to others, who should have more power, more rights, and should be allowed to destroy the other. It does not matter who the other is, the can be jewish (1930s nazis), palestinian (zionists), south amreican or somali (MAGA), or something else.


He is so not any of these things. He is pro Elon's wallet.


"Don't believe your lying eyes", eh?

You must have simply missed it, because it was recorded and everyone with eyes can clearly see it. Maybe it's just not spread very widely in your media bubble.

Here's a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VfYjPzj1Xw

PS: You're defending a billionaire who would poison the water in your grandmother's neighborhood to save a few cents on his tax bill. Poor people like you mean nothing to him. He even treats his daughter like shit, just because she was brave enough to live her life as her own. He's a morally bankrupt person, who got where he is by treading on and abusing people, just like any other billionaire.


Your line of reasoning has been attempted already, nearly verbatim. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47712820


No, the observation that you are a politically motivated actor telling us to ignore evidence that we saw with our own eyes was repeated by myself and another person, because it rhymes exactly with historical precedent. That wasn't the "line of reasoning", it was a quote.

The line of reasoning is everything which came after, which you of course ignored.


"Who do you believe, me or your lying eyes?"


It is a Rorschach test.

I see an awkward attempt of someone with Asperger's saying "my heart goes out to you", which is what he said while making the gesture.

You apparently saw a Nazi salute.

Given he has no other Nazi tendencies before or since, I did not see a Nazi salute.

In fact he visited Israel after Oct 7, a decidedly non-Nazi thing to do. Netanyahu himself praised Elon and said he is being smeared.

https://x.com/netanyahu/status/1882392668497756279




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