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Right-Wing Extremists Are Abuzz Over Musk's Straight-Arm Salute
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It takes them until the ~~third~~ edit: miscount, fourth paragraph to even connect it to Nazi Germany. “Straight arm salute” and “Roman salute” and not a single use of the term “Nazi salute”, is this a fucking joke?
It's fucking fear of retaliation if they call it what it is.
Gotta be honest, I’m feeling real “then perish” about it when this is literally the function of the fourth estate and these news companies are probably one of the best poised, financially and legally, to actually do something other than bend the knee.
Corporate media are owned by the oligarchs for whom fascism serves. Fascism is a false revolution that keeps the capitalist class in power.
Michael Parenti, Backshirts and Reds:
Yeah but they're controlled by the same people, and this is profitable for them.
This is why orgs like ProPublica, Assigned Media, etc are such a gift.
They are not a gift, journalism costs money. Donate.
They’re for sure more worthy of the cash than the no stones Rolling Stone.
How could American news organizations do anything but bend the knee? They're all owned by the oligarchy.
Nonprofit news groups and reputable independent journalists are the answer to that, and they’re already out there.
When the public can’t afford to pay for journalists’ salaries, the journalists no longer work for the public.
It’s the same with politicians.
It’s hard to blame them, honestly. Do you go independent and starve, and ultimately fail to get your message through to anyone? Or do you play the game, stay alive, and hope you get a chance to pivot someday?
They'll get censored from all of the mainstream social media apps.
They’re news companies, they are literally the media. They can get the message out if they want to. You don’t actually have to make their excuses for them for free, they pay people to do that.
Nazi Salute = Roman Salute It's like saying you were using a Hindu (or whatever, I'm not a religious scholar) swastika.
Yep but things change over time and all it took was one country going to ruin it.
It appears to be deliberately playing with salutes that shouldn't be used.
I forget the exact origins of the swastika, but I believe it was Hindu ~~& it meant "blessing".~~ It was a sacred symbol, then adopted by the Nazis.
The Internet is a thing, so let's review & (re)learn together. The swastika meant either "conducive to well-being" or "good luck & prosperity".
It wasn't just for Buddhism & Hindu; the swastika weaseled its way into many European religious sects & found in early Byzantine & Christian artwork.
With swastikas it’s the tilt that makes it the evil one.
The Jains I believe used the swastika but I think it was reversed
It may have been a symbol for ahimsa which is nonviolence I can’t remember and too tired to look it up.
God forbid they try to practice skeptical and balanced journalism
“Balanced”? It was a Nazi salute, and they won’t say it.
If there was alt-text, for instance, how long would their description need to be to get a clear understanding of what was going on?
What is there to be skeptical of? It was witnessed by millions of people.
The intention?
The article is not hiding what he did, it's in the title. Just because it takes them a few paragraphs to speculate instead of immediately shoving their opinion down your throat doesn't make it a "fucking joke"
Holy shit, coming from a .ml, that’s fucking PRICELESS.
.ml is a joke of an instance
Don’t believe your lying eyes, he might have a bee in his sleeve!!