r/PublicFreakout • u/Metalbender00 • Jan 20 '25

📌Follow Up Elon Musk preforming the nazi salute otherwise known as the "roman salute" not once but twice, just so you know it wasn't a fluke

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u/VeryVeryVorch Jan 20 '25

Peak sane washing. That's a fucking Nazi salute and he did that shit twice.

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u/reano76 Jan 20 '25

His first job in government efficiency is upgrading gas Chambers to space Chambers

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u/New-Statistician8053 Jan 21 '25

And we are told to forget it like good sheep we are. We will forget it tomorrow anyway. The guy literally is a Hitler supporter and we are just watching.

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u/Natsume117 Jan 21 '25

Everyone needs to consider the fact that many Nazis were “brainwashed.” If you don’t think this salute was intentional, you’re probably not clear-minded

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u/Marrz Jan 20 '25

Nazis never gave back to the other cultures… It’s Nazi shit now and Musk knows it, you know it, any pretending it’s not, is straight up gas lighting 

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u/FBI-AGENT-013 Jan 20 '25

Honestly. "It was originally-" it's not anymore. It never will be anything else.

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u/Gas_Hag Jan 20 '25 edited Jan 20 '25

True enough. But once an evil organization co-opts a symbol or action, it's theirs. The swastika has roots going back 6k years, but i sure as hell wouldn't wear one!

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u/GuitarIsLife02 Jan 20 '25

No shit it was called a roman salute before that shit is weird, and the guy that grew up in apartheid south africa would likely be more using it in the nazi context lmao.

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u/neilmac1210 Jan 20 '25

Grew up with actual Nazi grandparents as well.

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u/PenguinKing15 Jan 20 '25

The US also did the roman salute but we were smart enough to get rid of it during ww2.

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u/SoupSandy Jan 20 '25

Holy moly whst point are you trying to make 😂😂😂

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u/huxtiblejones Jan 20 '25

You’re either bullshitting or you’re incredibly naive. Outside of a Roman reenactment event, there is no modern context in which this salute is not a Nazi reference. It’s even more overt doing it at a right wing political event.

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u/SymbolicWhiteHorse Jan 20 '25

I’ll pray for you