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[–] SparrowHawk@feddit.it 89 points 4 days ago (2 children)

On TV the heil reaches the target audience in a way of plausoble deniability, on the internet it can be perceived constantly, thought of, discussed. That breeds dissent much more than passive, temporary consumption.

That and he definetely wasn't expecting the backlash to be as big as it was

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 43 points 3 days ago (7 children)

That and he definetely wasn't expecting the backlash to be as big as it was

FUCKING HOW?

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 42 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Living in an echo chamber can make one pretty deaf to life's real problems.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Money, private security, and little human shields can too.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

FUCKING HOW?

He's a fucking idiot that's convinced he's smarter than everyone else.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 days ago

And is on Ketamine and probably cocaine.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Honestly? I think he was on cocaine or something at that moment, sure looked like it.

[–] unphazed@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's rumored to be ketamine. As in, he loves the stuff.

[–] joenforcer@midwest.social 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Asperger's likely plays a big part here.

[–] unphazed@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

My friend has been on his meds for years and doesn't act like this at all. He acted like this pre meds but he was 10, so, maybe, unmedicated?

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

He was testing the waters And to know his "limit". Now that we know there are people denying what it was and defending him, he can push it further, rally his/trumps base, create distractions and continue the grift while planting seeds of racism and violence among the communities. distraction mostly, but he's a piece of shit human.

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 12 points 3 days ago

He thinks he's a god. Only thing I can think

[–] SparrowHawk@feddit.it 10 points 3 days ago

He is of the special kind of dumb that comes from obscenely rich backgrounds

[–] Tryenjer@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Most likely Musk was testing the waters, but there's also a high probability that he's just plain stupid, after all, this is the same guy who pretended to be the best PoE2 player by paying others to play the game for him, only to then accidentally expose his own lie on a live stream.

Regardless of his reasons for making the gesture at that moment, taking into account his family history and the parties and people he supports, that gesture was without a shadow of a doubt a Nazi salute whose ideology he admires.

[–] joenforcer@midwest.social 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's pretty well-known (as he admitted on SNL in 2021) that Elon Musk has Asperger's Syndrome. This is evident in his inability to understand social cues and appropriate communication, his hardwired complete lack of empathy, and his strange and overpowering obsession with the letter X. He probably thinks he's being edgy or hilarious without understanding that there are social consequences for those things that he does not have the ability to comprehend in the moment. Even scarier, actually, if you look into the history of the man the condition was named for (Hans Asperger) and some of the things he was into... you know, like generic purity and being a Nazi.

[–] Tryenjer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I also have Asperger's syndrome, it's just the old name given to the condition of those who presented autism with the mildest symptoms of the spectrum, it doesn't take away my ability to know the meaning of a Nazi salute and what doing it represents, so I see no reason to excuse him because of that.

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 30 points 3 days ago

On TV the heil reaches the target audience in a way of plausoble deniability

Nope. I saw it live on TV and there was absolutely zero confusion of what it was.

Anyone who thinks differently is dumb as hell.

It was a nazi salute.