No link given because it’s all over the news. If you ask for proof you’re going to have to eat my ass.

A lot of people are going to say it wasn’t intended as a Nazi salute, and to that, I say: it doesn’t matter. Was it a dog whistle? A variation of a Nazi salute from a South African neo-nazi party? Or just the vanilla salute? Such pontification is a waste of time. Fokker is a Nazi; you didn’t need to see him salute. To all the regulars here, Musk being a Nazi is just an axiom of his whole deal. I mean, it’s not called technofascism for nothing.

  • Sailor Sega Saturn@awful.systemsEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    Yeah my favorite historian on ActivityPub made a similar point:

    Don’t waste time arguing with the people telling us that’s not what happened. They’re not mistaken, they are engaged in propaganda. […] “He’s just exuberantly greeting the people!” Yes. He is exuberantly greeting the people by doing the Nazi salute.

    • lurklurk@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      5 hours ago

      Just take notes of who in your circle is a nazi or stupid enough to be an useful idiot for nazis. It could be a pretty useful thing to know later.