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View submission: Elon Musk misleadingly suggests other celebrities made controversial 'Nazi' gesture
He does. He obviously does.
He wanted to prove he could do it in front of the whole world and that no one could do a thing about it.
Comment by kiwipillock at 24/01/2025 at 03:56 UTC
44 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Agree. That childish “I’ll show YOU” grunt he made while doing it sealed it
Comment by adidasbdd at 24/01/2025 at 05:10 UTC
25 upvotes, 4 direct replies
It didn't hurt him, it made even more popular/polarizing. It got the entire world's attention. He didn't get that kind of attention when he was doing Ted talks about renewable energy. Attention is an incredible commodity today and we are seeing where the people of the world would rather point theirs...
Comment by bunnibly at 24/01/2025 at 02:40 UTC
45 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Yep. And he was recently hanging out with the far-right AfD party in Germany. They probably gave him a few pointers.
Comment by firstfantasy499 at 24/01/2025 at 04:21 UTC
8 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Yep. He knows how easily gaslit and fooled the American public is. It was a little test to see what we’ll tolerate.
Comment by xiphoidthorax at 24/01/2025 at 04:24 UTC
4 upvotes, 1 direct replies
If he did that in the state of Victoria in Australia. He would be charged with a criminal offence.
Comment by treemanos at 24/01/2025 at 07:29 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
It's because the nazis were mad about the h1b visa thing so he wanted to prove he was still cool.
Comment by rgtong at 24/01/2025 at 04:31 UTC
5 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I suspect he is using it to further control the dialogue. He got ahead of things on day 1. Now as the administration does more and more autocratic actions they have already established a response 'see, theyre just calling us Nazis again'.
Comment by oiraves at 24/01/2025 at 08:33 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Yeah, I can't decide if it's an actual nazi thing or a still perpetually in the mindset of a 14 year old 4channer doing for...ugh... the lulz
Comment by Atoms_Named_Mike at 24/01/2025 at 16:23 UTC
0 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Yeah, he’s a troll. This is definitely an Elon troll