There's no fuckin' way that he was referencing Dr. Strangelove. That was straight-up Nazi salute.

Krev wrote: Tue Jan 21, 2025 5:56 pm There's no fuckin' way that he was referencing Dr. Strangelove. That was straight-up Nazi salute.

The crowd popped too. Let's not forget that.

enframed wrote: Tue Jan 21, 2025 5:19 pm

zorg wrote: Tue Jan 21, 2025 3:02 pm

enframed wrote: Mon Jan 20, 2025 7:47 pm

Nah, this wasn't that.

Not sure if you saw the movie, but Dr. Strangelove is a Nazi that still does a Nazi salute because he has an uncontrollable tic....but he's also a well respected advisor for the US government. I'm not really stretching the imagination here.

I've seen the film many times. I don't think Musk was referencing it, that's all. Unless you know he's a Kubrick fan.

I think we’re just talking past eachother. We all know Musk isn’t a real Nazi, but he’s fucking with people, because he rules the world right now and is a small dicked idiot. Whether he’s pretending to be Peter Sellers or Heinrich Himmler is pretty meaningless.

DaveA wrote: Tue Jan 21, 2025 5:45 pm Here's a good rule of thumb: don't give anyone connected to this administration the benefit of the doubt. They don't deserve it.

Exactly. The dude is donating truckloads of money to far-right parties in Europe too. He’s not mysterious.

Whether it’s sincere or trolling doesn’t matter. He’s on the side of the camp guards.

zorg wrote: Tue Jan 21, 2025 6:57 pm

enframed wrote: Tue Jan 21, 2025 5:19 pm

zorg wrote: Tue Jan 21, 2025 3:02 pm
Not sure if you saw the movie, but Dr. Strangelove is a Nazi that still does a Nazi salute because he has an uncontrollable tic....but he's also a well respected advisor for the US government. I'm not really stretching the imagination here.

I've seen the film many times. I don't think Musk was referencing it, that's all. Unless you know he's a Kubrick fan.

I think we’re just talking past eachother. We all know Musk isn’t a real Nazi, but he’s fucking with people, because he rules the world right now and is a small dicked idiot. Whether he’s pretending to be Peter Sellers or Heinrich Himmler is pretty meaningless.

Maybe, he did thank people "from his heart," he may have just been extending his heart with his hand. I don't think he's a Nazi.

zorg wrote: Tue Jan 21, 2025 6:57 pmWe all know Musk isn’t a real Nazi, but he’s fucking with people, because he rules the world right now and is a small dicked idiot.

enframed wrote:I don't think he's a Nazi.

At minimum he's a Nazi sympathizer...

Andrew Torba quipped while sharing the clip: "Incredible things are happening already lmao."

Keith Woods opined: "OK maybe woke is really dead."

Thomas Sewell bellowed: "Donald Trump white power movement"

...then there is Sebastian Gorka and Stephen Miller in Trump's cabinet with Musk holding down his own office down the hall. Nazi sympathizer.

I wonder what the people who make excuses for Elon’s salute and say he isn’t a Nazi would call him if it turned out that he has sex with men sometimes. I’m pretty sure they would have no problem calling him gay, but they are doing backflips to avoid calling him the thing that he is clearly trying to identify himself as. I’m not equating homosexuality with fascism, just saying there’s a massive double standard.

What are people supposed to do? Are the people who handle Elon supposed to remind him to not use racist salutes? Are event organizers supposed to say. "Hey Elon. We know you're ND, so as a gentle reminder can you please not put your balls on a spoon for the crowd?" What the fuck are people talking about? It's stupid.

All of you who are claiming he's not a Nazi are aware of his *countless* posts on twitter supporting antisemetic conspiracy theories, right? "oh he's not a Nazi he's just an edgy 4channer" is literally a go-to excuse BY actual Nazis and far-right sympathizers (Proud Boys are a great example). It's called dog-whistling, plausible deniability. Honestly, how the fuck are some of you still this naïve after the last 8+ years??? He supports fascist policies, likes and comments on posts made BY Nazis, does a literal sieg heil salute at the inauguration, like if it walks, talks, acts like a duck, it's a fucking duck. Who gives a shit if somehow deep down he's a misunderstood troll (boo fucking hoo, this is the same fucker that disowned his daughter and has berated her online and gone on a bigoted vendetta for her being trans), he is doing real fucking damage. And anyone who is blaming it on him being autistic, speaking as someone who is also autistic I can say I've never once accidentally done anything that looks like a Nazi salute (twice!!) in any speaking engagement I've ever done (and I've done quite a few), nor does anyone else I know who is also autistic. And if I was somehow prone to doing shit like that, maybe I shouldn't be given a fucking national platform for the inauguration of the fucking incoming far-right president, especially if I had a widely documented history of liking and reposting antisemetic tweets.

Jesus fucking christ I can't believe I had to type all that. If you are still defending this asshole at this point, just fuck off already. Him and the people and policies he supports have hurt and killed so many of my loved ones already through their hate, you don't need to give him the fucking benefit of the doubt, he isn't going to be your fucking friend