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"In the afternoon, Elon Musk spoke to the crowd, throwing two salutes that right-wing extremists, including neo-Nazis, interpreted as Nazi salutes."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
To repeat: "Two salutes THAT RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS, INCLUDING NEO-NAZIS, interpreted as Nazi salutes."
I'm going to assume that right-wing extremists and neo-Nazis know a Nazi salute when they see one better than anyone else knows a Nazi salute.
"WOW! Checking in on hate group chats, and they are absolutely buzzing by what they perceive to be a Roman salute by Elon Musk."
~ Phil Williams quoted by Alex Henderson
I'm going to assume that right-wing extremists and neo-Nazis know a Nazi salute when they see one better than anyone else knows a Nazi salute.
"The first day of Donald Trump’s second presidency hasn’t even ended yet and Nazis are trending on X."
~ Wajahat Ali
https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/yes-elon-musk-did-a-nazi-salute-yes
"Our parents’ generation fought against the Nazis. Now we have someone who was grinning and clapping during an inaugural address, giving the Nazi salute, at an event for the new leader.
~ James Fallows
https://fallows.substack.com/p/the-worst-part-of-a-terrible-speech
"Back in the first Trump presidency, Trump’s critics spent an inordinate amount of time trying to get Trumpers to admit they’d done this or that, to apologize, whatever. This was always a mistake. I don’t need anyone to validate what I saw. I saw it."
~ Josh Marshall
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/elon-goes-full-seig-heil-in-clarifying-moment
@wdlindsy@toad.socialNote the valuable new resource that Judd Legum and Caleb Ecarma launched yesterday — Musk Watch. They state,
"Musk Watch will report on how Musk deploys his almost unfathomable wealth."
#ElonMusk #Trump #Nazis #EconomicElites #SuperRich #oligarchy
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"This photograph of Elon Musk giving a Nazi salute while standing behind the seal of the President of the United States summarizes the reprehensible first day of the second Trump regime. This gesture was no accident. The richest man in the world gave Hitler’s sieg heil not once, but twice in rapid succession."
~ Steven Beschloss
"We're living in a media environment where the truth has become nearly impossible to state directly. A billionaire can make a gesture that neo-Nazis celebrate as explicitly supporting their cause, and major news organizations feel compelled to describe it as 'exuberant' rather than risk saying what it actually appeared to be."
~ Parker Molloy
@wdlindsy cc @GottaLaff This may prove invaluable!!
@BlueWaver22 @GottaLaff I agree. I've subscribed, though not as a paying subscriber, because I already overextend my limited fixed income as a retiree by a pretty large range of donations/subscriptions to groups and causes that seem to me worth my support.
@wdlindsy I do think that branding is going to play a big role in the new regime, and we have to counter it, both by rejecting their brand and by coming up with some brands of our own. This is one of the core principles in Snyder's book (On Tyranny) and it can be very effective in bullying the rest of us into complying.
Therefore, (1) we cannot succumb to fear, which leads to pre-obeying, and (2) we must counter the behavior.
@CWilbur Yes. This is an uphill battle, when the means of communication is controlled by Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg. et al.
@wdlindsy
Absolutely obscene. A complete perversion of our democratic symbols by an illegal immigrant White Supremacist scumbag. That is what MAGAt exults. Violent scumbags. 
@lin11c I agree.
@wdlindsy They are trying to make you doubt what you see.
This is all textbook fascism.
@androcat Yes, you're right.
@wdlindsy
#maga voters #doTheMath this was yesterday (one day ago)
#YouVotedForTheseNazis