The world’s richest man drew a ton of attention over an ill-advised ‘salute’ he did on stage, with many likening it to a Nazi gesture
  • Universal Monk@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
    29·
    13 hours ago

    I actually like Elon Musk, but brah, that was 100 percent a nazi salute. Not cool. Not cool at all.

    He needs to explain or step down. And I don’t see any way that can be explained away. I mean, you have to TRY to do that. There is not a salue in the world that has you beat your chest, then hold your palm out. He can’t even say it was an accident!

    Before watching the vid, I thought may he was just pointing out in the crowd, and people mistook it, but nah, that was full-on nazi salute.

    He did have some jewish people defending him tough. From the article:

    “As a person with a strong track record of criticizing Elon Musk, I feel extremely confident asserting that this was not a Nazi salute. Elon Musk is a friend to the Jews,” Newsweek opinion editor Batya Ungar-Sargon insisted. “This is a man with Aspergers exuberantly throwing his heart to the crowd. We don’t need to invent outrage.”

    Still not cool though.

        • Universal Monk@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
          2·
          7 hours ago

          Who, Elon or me?

          Cuz friend, I’m old enough to have dated your grandma when she was young and hot.

          I WISH I was 14. Or 20. Or 30. Or 40. Hell, I’d even take 50!

      • Universal Monk@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
        17·
        12 hours ago

        I do. You know we are allowed to like whoever we want, right?

        Now having said that, I def don’t support whatever nazi salute nonsense he is doing.

        • BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca
          4·
          11 hours ago

          What about literally all the other heinous stuff he’s done? He’s a thinned skin try hard. He defines cringe

          I don’t expect to change your mind, but like, it’s not logical given you have a problem with this.

            • spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works
              1·
              8 hours ago

              Oh yes, the Nazi gets up in front of the world, deliberately gives a Nazi salute but now should reconsider and apologize? Why, because “mistakes” were made. That’s where you draw the line but an apology would be fine?

              No problem with Musk advocating for the overthrow of the UK’s government, or his open support of Neo-Nazi’s in Germany?

              You might check your standards. You don’t see to have any.

              • Universal Monk@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
                1·
                8 hours ago

                I don’t approve of nazi messaging, or his use of what appeared to be a nazi salute.

                But brah, at the end of the day, I’m not his boss. You can want him gone all you want, and I can want him to apologize all I want, but neither you nor me have the power to make that happen.

                I can’t help you with that, friend. Thanks!