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He's not a nazi though. It's literally only those on the opposite political spectrum saying that. He waved and literally described the motion in words as he was doing it.

I believe the woman who gave him his Auschwitz tour leans politically conservative and yet...

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That's a completely unfair thing to say. It's a meme at this point even that if you elevate your arm upwards at any angle between 90 and 180 you're automatically treated as having made a nazi salute.

What matters is the context around it, as has always been the case. And the context is not that of a nazi salute.

The people who insist on it being a nazi salute are just disingenuous people pushing an angle for their own virtue signalling. It's tiresome.

You're literally just wrong. It's not a meme "at this point". It's _always_ been a thing people recognize as a nazi salute.

Plus the context surrounding Elon is certainly not supporting your argument. Actual truth" conspiracy theory, George Soros comments, "DEI must die", transgender comments, amplification of racism and harassment.

The things you mention as context were not in fact context. None of the things you mentioned were in the speech. He was extremely happy and was in the midst of thanking the crowd, a nazi salute is a complete non sequitur in that context.

Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55MtlRBXwU0

Bet you won't accuse him of the same thing as you do Musk, just like the media and everyone else. Hypocrisy at its finest.

What a crummy edit - doesn't even fully clip out the parts where he is putting both of his hands on his checks! This is your equivalence?

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