• Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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      In this case I think the point is to be on the nose about how fucking ridiculous it is - just from this article:

      Steve Bannon made a gesture that is identical to a Nazi salute

      Bannon made the gesture — extending his arm, palm down, fingers straight, at an upward angle away from his chest, which is also what Nazi salutes look like

      the gesture was also identical to one made by billionaire Elon Musk

      extended his arm straight out, palm down, fingers straight, at an upward angle away from his chest. Which, whatever the billionaire’s intention, just happens to be precisely how a Nazi salute is performed.

      Musk repeated the gesture. Here’s how that looked. <pic of Musk doing a Nazi salute>

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        I also wouldn’t be surprised if the DoJ would be specifically ordered to look at this case. When you’re challenging power, it makes sense to cross your Ts and dot your Is.

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      The space karen one was blatantly apparent, this was a pretty half assed attempt. Like he is too much of a bitch to put his contemptible fascist ideology on full display.

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    Let me guess the excuse: he also has autism and autistic people just can’t help doing Nazi salutes all the time.

    You know how you keep seeing autistic people give Nazi salutes?

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    Not another accidental Nazi salute! These clumsy Nazis keep accidentally throwing that Nazi salute around completely by mistake!

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    I shall now remind the world that the USA didn’t care all that much about nazis in WW2 until it got attacked by Japan in Pearl Harbor and felt the need to react.

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    The real headline should be “CPAC audience cheers Bannon’s Nazi salute”, because they totally did, and it leaves no doubt that CPAC is full of Nazis.

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    And every conservative in America is silent.

    Silence is complicity.

    No more excuses. No more feigned ignorance.

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      I mean, Bannon started this whole thing. He was pushed out of the inner circle but he was the one with the vision back in 2016.

      Bannon is a visionary and he had the right idea. He just didn’t have the ability to execute. Trump took the ideas from Bannon and found new allies who have the ability to execute. Musk (and Thiel) were more than happy to jump on board

      Edit: just in case it’s not clear I’m not endorsing his views. I am firmly anti-Nazi

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    You’d think it would be easy to avoid doing this, but watch as the MAGA scum come out of the woodwork to rush to the defense of another guy who totally didn’t mean it, honest.

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      It’s super annoying isn’t it? The video is superbly clear. He did it, he did it on purpose, and he knew what it meant. You can see it, and his intent easily.

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    I cannot wait for these monsters to get their faces kicked in. Fuck these fascists!

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      Fascists always end up swinging.

      The problem is a ton of decent people usually have to die first. Economies have to be destroyed. Rights have to be won back. Allegiances broken.

      They’ll get theirs. But what do we lose in the process?

  • 🎨 Elaine Cortez 🇨🇦 @lemm.ee
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    There seems to be an epidemic of “awkward hand gestures” and “Roman salutes” and according to some people on Twitter we’re not allowed to call them Nazis because we can’t literally read minds. I’m so tired of enablers.