It wasn't controversial. There is no controversy about it, everyone except nazis are saying that it was a nazi salute.
Yeah it's not like he was this huge humanitarian that suddenly made a gesture that looked a bit like it.
Musk has repeatedly shown sympathies for the extreme right, for instance officially supporting the German Extreme right ultra nationalist AfD.
So when a proven fascist makes a Nazi salute, there is absolutely zero reason to believe it was an accident.
So USA now has official Nazis in their government now!!
Congratulations USA.
Right - like normal humans would say "whoops you're right, that was an unintended gesture"
Not double down on it
Unfortunately, far-right is invading most countries... There are just more discrete for now, but less and less.
Nah, if the reports on the internet are right, the nazis seem to be pretty clear in agreement and celebrating it.
The Nazis who are loud and proud about being Nazis agree it was a nazi salute.
The Nazis who still want to hide what they are because they don't want to face the consequences and social shunning say it wasn't a nazi salute.
I thought the actual natzis heard him loud and clear. I wouldn't be surprised that they start saying "My heart goes out to you" just like they used to say "let's go Brandon"
Everyone saw him loud and clear.
There is no more room for interpretation, Elon Musk thinks himself a Nazi.
Yeah because anyone who did that by accident would be tripping over themselves trying to apologize and explain themselves.
...and yet, the nazis love him even more!
Actually, the Nazis are saying it was a Nazi salute too. Just to each other in their own little echo chambers.
I'm not sure that word means what you think it means...
Controversial doesn't mean 'It's in question' it doesn't mean 'People are unsure of whether it happened'
It means people widely (but not entirely) disapprove of it.
It's very controversial.
From Chamber's Dictionary
I understood it ls in people are discussing if it was a nazi salute or not, maybe some of the meaning inside the word got lost in translation? I'm not a native speaker so it's a possibility.
That's fine, I don't think anyone really thinks it was an accident though either, the people saying that are just trying to downplay their dogwhistle.
But we have to have balance in this important debate between both sides: Nazi and not-Nazi!
And thus the Overton window for US politics continues its rightwards slide.
Geez you wokies are tense. Can't people just scream "Heil Hitler" anymore without being labeled Nazi?? Stop overanalyzing everything, maybe the guy with the swastika tattoo just like the esthetic of it, is that so difficult to understand??
Had to check your stuff for a sec, poe's law...
I hate that I can't tell the difference between genuine bad faith sympathizers and just some good old sarcasm these days, crazy times.
...urging people not to overanalyze his actions.
yeah no need for that. he is a nazi that did the nazi salute. easy
We are not overanalyzing anything, from the list of tells already given by the nazi, this will just brand musk forever as a nazi.
It's not over-analysis of subtle body movenents, it was a straight up Nazi salute
urging people not to overanalyze his actions.
Isn't that like the whole schtick of the current anti-woke/far-right/fascist group? Overanalysing to the point of absurdity, where small actions by some 'adversary' are analysed/reimagined until they become malicious, deliberate and prepared?
Why shouldn't Elon have some of that on his plate too?
"Rules for thee, not for me."
Musk should be greeted by giving him the middle finger. Then say it was just a gesture in the moment and not to overanalyze it.
I'd prefer a punch in the face
Only cowardly yellow media call it "controversial".
Stop washing the nazi’s actions. Fucking hell
I know the headline has to match post title. But it’s just doing that for them
Musk dismissed the controversy, urging people not to overanalyze his actions.
Which one is it? Should people dismiss it or stop overanalyzing? Because the only way to dismiss it is to overanalyze.
Without overanalyzing, it was just plainly a Nazi salute.
Finally a little more uplifting news, its good to hear people are doing something
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