So im aware that this might be against rule 5, but i still wonder

The Musk salute has been the theme of nearly 90% of all posts I’ve read all week (day? Hour? It’s so many I can’t keep track)

I see some people complaining it’s not a nazi salute, and to be fair, if it was some other famous person not currently courting Germany’s afd I could understand the arguments.

But my question is: why have we not seen a massive response from the owner of X that it was not, in fact, a nazi salute? He must be aware. Has he responded and my news circle is just too left leaning? Or has he purposely ignored it?

To me the mere act of not acknowledging it is in fact a confession. But maybe he has and im in too deep in the “other side”

And also sorry for the bad English ➡️ not my native language

  • HarryOru@lemm.ee
    39·
    15 hours ago

    The whole point he’s trying to prove is that he can do something like this with no consequences, including having to apologize. He hasn’t apologized and he won’t.

    The reason he can do that with no consequences and you’re left here wondering what the fuck just happened and why the response you normally would expect isn’t coming, is that the western political environment has been artificially and methodically polarized for years in preparation for a stunt like this. Cognitive dissonance is an effective tool.