Elon Musk’s daughter says father’s rally gesture was ‘definitely a Nazi salute’
Summary
Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk’s daughter, accused her father of giving a “definitely Nazi salute” at two rallies in January, calling his actions “fucking cringe.”
In an interview with Teen Vogue, she criticized Musk’s involvement in the Trump administration and advocated for trans rights, emphasizing the importance of gender-affirming care for minors.
Wilson, who transitioned as a teen, described Musk as cold and absent, and revealed she no longer associates with him or his family.
She also expressed fear over anti-trans legislation under Trump’s administration.
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It’s mindblowing how anyone still genuinely thinks what he did was anything but.
"iT wAs A rOmAn sALuTe" oh you mean the "salute" that appears in exactly one painting from the 1700s, long after the Roman empire had fallen?
There are videos of people being asked to recreate it, and while most refuse to do it (because of the implication), some add their own flourish to make it look like something else. That should tell you everything you need to know.
And was the direct inspiration for the Nazi salute.
Indirect inspiration. Hitler got it from Mussolini, who got it from Gabriele d’Annunzio, who got it from a Broadway production of Ben-Hur, which got it from the US Pledge of Allegiance, which got it from the painting.
Interesting. Do you have a source on that? I'd like to research this more.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_salute
The painting? I believe it.
Looks like people reaching out for swords rather than a salute to me. The Nazis played some mental gymnastics to get to where they are.
That was my thought when I first saw it. If it was a real salute, don't you think the soldiers would be more uniform in their portrayed appearances?
If that's a Roman Salute, then what happened to Richard Spencer was a "Roman Face Massage"
What happened to him?
He got punched in the face for being a white supremacist dickhead.
Excellent.
Forgot about that! Who's got it?
Can’t really really refute painterly proof.
My coworker is convinced it was just 'my heart to you!' and to him is why he no longer trusts the news. It's crazy to watch educated people get sucked into the alt right misinformation hole.
Show them this and ask again. It's probably not going to change their answer, but there will be a moment of confusion that passes behind their eyes as they try to reconcile reality with their beliefs.
https://imgur.com/a/musk-nazi-musk-ag0DOJN
Your coworker is a nazi who hasn't come out yet.
Does he ever tell people his heart goes out to them in the same way?
Not that I know of...
Are they an engineer?
They aren't, no.
The one that always gets people to accept reality for me is
"If it's just "My heart goes out to you!", then do it in public and see what happens, do it at work and see if you still have a job."
Having been on several bar trivia teams, I can say that at least 80% of Americans know virtually nothing about history. I could imagine someone with only a vague familiarity with a Nazi salute just assuming there's no way a fortune 500 CEO would actually do one, not recognizing how spot on of a Hitler impression that was.
Its noted in the wikipedia page for the ADL that since 2014 it's chair has been a silicon valley tech CEO
Referring to this? The Anti-Defamation League is a joke.
He’s been quacking like a duck for years, and now that he waddles like one the bootlickers are all “ooh, just an awkward swan!”
If he didn't mean it it would be very simple to at the very least post a tweet afterwards saying he's sorry for the misunderstanding and that he didn't mean it to look thay way. Like any innocent person would do in that situation.
The fact he didn't shows all you need to know.
ADL Logic: Drinking milk is racist, the Hitler salute is not.
Yup.
It's obvious deflection. Don't engage. They have to convince themselves and by giving them the time of day they win.
It's disgusting that people have to have this discussion at all.
Who am I gonna believe? The right-wing choads who are gaslighting us about this, or my lying eyes?
Just watched it again. I didnt remember it being that obvious...
It's not ambiguous.
Yeah, we know.
Everyone that isn't braindead or a pathetic shill knows.
Absolutely based. The pathetic man-child was probably fuming when reading those lines. :)
While slowly dancing to the tune of The WMV Took My Baby Away
(WMV: woke mind virus)
This is the sort of person who would taunt her ex father by saying "shoot coward you're only going to kill a woman" and I'm here for it
To be honest, you'd have to be very stupid to belive otherwise.
I suspect 90% of the people who want to give him the benefit of "doubt" when there actually is none, is very well aware of what he did.
They are.
Everyone knows it was not one, but two, Nazi salutes.
The people who won't accept it are either trying to cover for their team, or are too full of pride to admit they support Nazis, or both.
My mother both fully denounces nazi-ism and does not believe musk did a Nazi salute.
There are still people who are brainwashed unfortunately. Whether willfully or not, is another discussion.
His arm says "Nazi", but his actions? His actions say "Super Nazi".
Elon and Trump's actions are indeed more nationalist, but we should not confuse it with nazism, that had nationalism as one of its traits but was much more than that. The genocidal part is what makes them evil, not the nationalism part.
If we take seriously the notion that nationalism = nazism, then China would qualify.
Oh for fuck sakes, the nazis were nazis long before they revealed any mass murder plans. In many ways the original nazis were more circumspect than this group of shit gibbons.
Just read any reasonably serious definition of fascism, which ‘nazi’ is a synonym for in casual international English.
Indeed! And thanks. I was more responding to potential readers of the thread who might be in a vulnerable state of mind, but a block is now appropriate.
Borders aren't real my guy
It definitely was. He's apartheid nepo baby. Autistic or not, he's racist and a terrible asshole. Also a nazi.
If he's autistic, that can be dangerous when mixed with narcissism. There's research showing a link between it and mass shootings (practical example here). Possibly due to some autistic people thinking in polarised extremes, having poor social skills and lacking effective empathy.
That's an exceptionally dangerous claim to make; it's going to cause people to further alienate people that are on the autism spectrum. When you look at the report that the US Secret Service released on mass shootings (I'd have to find it; I've got a copy saved somewhere), autism spectrum disorder is not listed as a factor, while things like divorced parents is.
Perhaps you missed the part that said, "[Forensic psychiatrist Dr Iain Kooyman] found Prosper had an 'extreme lack' of empathy and remorse - something that could not be explained by ASD alone."
And, BTW, people on the autism spectrum lack effective empathy, not empathy. That means that a person on the spectrum has a reduced ability to understand what a person is experiencing or feeling, not that they don't feel empathy when they do know.
Youre right, I should have said effective empathy or similar, I'll edit my comment. As a disabled and neurodiverse person, I really appreciate you pulling me up on it. I'm at work so I've only got a few papers to hand but there's:
Kenyon, Baker-Really and Binder - lone actor terrorism, a systematic literature review. Ebbrecht - risk factors and mechanisms of radicalisation in lone actor grievance fuelled violence. Broad- incels, violence and mental disorder
And I agree, autism doesn't explain mass violence or cruelty.
I think it can be dangerous because of the presentation, and singling out ASD.
There's lots of otherwise harmless things can become danger multipliers.
Being sleepy is harmless. Driving a car is very slightly dangerous. Being sleepy while driving a car is incredibly dangerous.
Being on the spectrum isn't dangerous at all. Radicalized people can be slightly dangerous. Sociopaths can be fairly dangerous. Gun ownership can be slightly dangerous. Radicalized sociopaths with guns on the spectrum are worth worrying about.
But the solution isn't singling out the ASD, but other factors that can be more effectively controlled.
There's discussion in this thread re him having autism, I should have mentioned that. Did you see that I said when mixed with narcissism it can be dangerous? I'm not saying neurodiverse people are dangerous.
Oh, I totally get it. You're all good. I'm saying that presenting it in that manner is dangerous, not that you're necessarily presenting it that way.
Yes, and I appreciate you pulling me up on it. I should have made it clear.
At least provide some scientific data to back up any claim like this. Posting this is an extremely harmful claim to make regardless, but to do so with a “practical example” is not only incredibly offensive it has the potential to be profoundly harmful. Please consider providing real data for your claims or editing your post entirely.
No problem at all, and as a disabled and neurodiverse person, I really appreciate your concern. I'm at work so I've only got a few papers to hand but there's:
Kenyon, Baker-Really and Binder - lone actor terrorism, a systematic literature review. Ebbrecht - risk factors and mechanisms of radicalisation in lone actor grievance fuelled violence. Broad- incels, violence and mental disorder
Tysm for your information, I will look over these and follow up 👍
Np. Lone actor grievance fuelled violence is pretty interesting as a topic.
The ADL saying it wasn't makes me believe it was even harder, I mean literally they're the same organization that said cartoon frogs, drinking milk, and McDonalds Mascots were all racist dogwhistles and that telling Israel not to kill Arabic Children is basically denying the Holocaust.
I think it's time to stop caring about anything this organization says.
Well thats one member of the Musk family I can understand and who seems like a decent human being.
Hope she manages to get away from that cringe fucker as soon as possible.
The article literally said she doesn’t associate with him or his family. Seems like she’s away from him…
But damn… I can’t imagine what it would be like to be trans and have your dad as the most prominent and powerful Nazi in the world, spearheading a sham federal org called DOGE that is basically eliminating all reference to people like you and firing people like you in the most powerful country in the world.
So many layers to that experience, I imagine.
It really sounds like the plot of a kids movie.
I mean, ya know, aside from the Nazis. But just having an extremely powerful, single parent, and being a young woman who is everything that he's against.
Even with the Nazis, I could see Disney making a movie like this.
Especially that she's becoming a rather loud voice of reason (and against her biodad), and that voice is amplified by sole fact of having half his chromosomes.
It would be neat if Vivian becomes President AOC's successor. Here's hoping we shift tracks onto that timeline.
It would...but I think the union would shatter first. We've never even had a white AFAB president.
Hmm, yeah, I can't see Disney ever making a kids' film with Nazis in it.
Eh maybe you used to, now they've swung hard in the opposite direction. Cancelling their LGBT projects and doing Christian ones instead to try to win back the Right.
It's gonna flop, that ship sailed ages ago... and they're still doing shit like Live Action Snow White
If he's abusive, she was maybe a target for it. Gender queer kids often get targeted by the perp cos they're different.
Yeah she's spoken on it
That's sad but unsurprising
Wow it's literally 1984! Can I get your autograph?
Are you proud to see your predictions on where humanity will go come to reality?
Its fashinating how humans build societies they dont want to live in. Who else does that... :)
a comment on reddit, said vivian had less gender affirming care than elon musk.
I don't know what that means exactly, but I'm intrigued.
It refers to the cosmetic enhancements he has had done to make him feel more comfortable in his own body. The most obvious being his hair plugs.
And also the copious use of steroids (without any accompanying resistance training), which makes him look like a sweaty bag of manure on legs
Breaking: Elon Musk's daughter has eyes and a working brain.
True, but shed also particularly able to speak on his mens rea. She's spoken openly about how even when she was young he was bigoted and cruel. So while many of us may have witnessed a man get radicalized by the right wing as he lost his damn mind which might lead some to think it was him being edgy or something, she's able to say that no, he in his private life as a man who was merely rich was a massive shit stain.
My eyes told me the same thing.
So he's a sociopath. That checks out
He literally just said "empathy is weakness" the other day, I think it's pretty clear he's got some serious personality disorder. Narcissism and sociopathy both seem to fit him pretty well but I'm just a blue-collar guy.
Idk one way or another he's a piece of shit and I firmly believe one of the most evil people kicking, if anyone can be said to be evil, it's him.
And I've played a LOT of evil in DnD over the years. Both sides of the screen. I feel like I've got a pretty good grasp of the concept. If he was just a character in literature I'd go "damn, that's a good villain", but he is, sadly, alive and real.
Evil is the absence of empathy, so by his own admission he is absolutely evil.
The first time I heard about him beyond a vague "electric car person" post was from a tech co-worker in 2017, where they said they read a biography of Elon where they basically labelled him a sociopath. So, just to emphasize to anyone in the back-row, it's certainly not news.
I always got a bad vibe from Elon, back when people were praising him, I just shook my head.
No private company is ever going to save the world, not enough money in it. And even if there was, it's not enough for the rich to have a lot, others must have very little or it doesn't "mean anything"
funny thing is that is the time he revealed the plans for the cybertruck, im guessing they never changed the design since then.
hes the guy that uses SON, who he name X-2AE,,,etc/ and uses him as a human shield.
I saw a gif earlier that I can't find. It has Elon's seig heil salute that is perfectly timed to a group of Neo-Nazis executing the same salute. They were absolutely identical.
Does anyone know where to find it?
https://gifyu.com/image/bzsAP
Here you go
That's it! Thanks!
For some reason, lemmy absolutely will not allow me to upload that one gif. Here's some alternatives:
Yes, Lemmy wouldn't let me upload that gif either. I doubt it's because of the content - seems more likely to be a bug.
Yeah, idk what it could be. Content filter is unlikely since we're on different instances and, you know, it's lemmy. I tried compressing it and it still didn't work... maybe I'll make a bug report.
Adding to the others, here's that pairing alongside Musk actually doing what normal people would accept is "my heart goes out to you".
https://imgur.com/a/musk-nazi-musk-ag0DOJN
Ooh good addition!
who the fuck still thinks it wasn't ...
All Republicans. My idiot sister. She's like "I watched it" as if that's proof it wasn't? If the white superiority groups are applauding your actions, you're in the wrong. That quieted her down but it didn't change her mind. She thinks we're all over reacting.
I will say, it’s not all republicans. And I mean this in a “there’s still the slightest sliver of hope” kind of way, bc my church is hella republican leaning, with lots of old people, and they’re all fucking pissed at Trump and Elon. Like they’re calling him King Trump (mockingly) and a lot of them have complained about Elon doing the hitler salute. And yes, they’re the idiots that voted for him and are now complaining that he’s doing exactly what he said he’d do but this is our best time to try to push them back towards “normal” republicans rather than the openly fascist ones
Yeah, she "begrudgingly" voted for Trump, just like the people you're talking about. My parents on the other hand, lifelong Republicans, voted Harris. Sure "not all Republicans" but it is all the ones who voted for Trump. There's no excuse for them to have voted for him the second time. I am sympathetic to Republicans who held their nose and voted red the first time, but it's a different party now.
Doesn't matter, these idiots would still vote for him tomorrow if they had the chance.
If she really watched it, she would have seen him turn around and do another Nazi salute to the crowd behind him.
My brother. He thinks it was just a normal heartwarming gesture and people are just finding reasons to hate on him. I had a... Pretty bad argument with him over it.
I personally know at least a few people that honest to god think it was a wave. You cannot reason with these people.
Western media and political discourse: "Best I can do is 1930s Germany-adjacent arm gesture"
It was one.
Technically, it was two.
Everyone who isn't a fascist or gaslit by wealthy nepo babies agrees
My favorite explanation for this is that he's autistic. It never fucking ends with these people, lol
Yep, its fucking outrageous and insulting. He's not an autistic person that needs 24 supported living, he can function to a high level in day to day society. He's been in the public eye long enough to be well aware of how his actions can be perceived. He fucking knows exactly what he was doing, and chose to do it.
Tourette syndrome makes people do involuntary Nazi salutes. Not Autism.
In the past two months, while some of y’all motherfuckers have been busy arguing over whether it was a Nazi salute or not, this guy and his orange fucko have been dismantling the Constitution in real time. But sure—carry on. This debate is clearly way more important.
Goddamnit.
It might surprise you but people can do more than two things at once. Such a misdirected fake outrage comment.
Everyone existing on US soil is supposed to have the same rights no matter what. Not only natural born citizens.
Here are two sources that explain. Turns out there are actually narrow things that only apply to citizens but they essentially don't matter when it comes to persecuting noncitizens.
The idea is that it's an inclusive document. I think the two parts that directly say they are rights for citizens clearly imply that the rest of it is for everyone. It's a shame we have to rely on this ancient document, which is in some places poorly written.
Good luck getting 3/4 of states to agree that water is wet though, so rewriting, rewording, or amending the Constitution is off the table. That leaves us stuck with interpretations from the courts, which I hope we can at least agree are largely corrupt.
Elon Musk literally helped re-legalize segregation in Federal Contracts, if he had the power he'd ban MLK's "I Have A Dream" speech and gate off Harlem from the rest of New York.
The potential side effects of ketamine include dissociative experiences that may lead to confusion or impaired motor coordination, cognitive disturbances, and, with repeated misuse, the risk of developing a substance use disorder.
I don't see turning into a goddamn Nazi on that list
It's in there. Being completely divorced from reality and convinced that every fever dream is truth leads to some strange places.
Yes that’s by design it’s literally a dissociative - that does not explain this behavior, at all. Also the research isn’t there for abuse, the only large scale studies have been from illegal street use, typically much higher quantity and much riskier quality than a clinical setting. I’m done trying to defend ketamine from you guys it’s obviously the easiest scapegoat you can find but you’re doing real harm here, on top of the harm this asshole has already done
There was a porn star whose ketamine addiction led to a series of events which resulted in a vegetative state. She shows signs of consciousness but no signs of intelligence just like musky
Source?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14346569/locked-syndrome-rare-disorder-emily-willis-ketamine-addiction.html
If you could maybe find a credible source - but regardless this woman was disabled in rehab, the syndrome described in the article is not linked to ketamine use in any credible way
Daily mail has done legit journalism in the past. The problem is that 90 percent of their content is salacious trash. But in this case they literally just copied their sources here so you can find the og on your own.
Yes you are right. But if you reread what I wrote i pointed out that ketamine wasnt the cause. But it was her ketamine addiction which put her in rehab. And while she was in rehab she had the medical issue.
I appreciate the gentle correction re: your original comment, I definitely just glossed that. My bad.
I appreciate that you are trying to get good sources and promote truth. Thank you for being nice too.
Elon Musk's daughter has functioning eyeballs.
Is it because she has working eyes? That's really all you need to come to this conclusion.
Do we really need her opinion on this? I mean we all know what it was, I mean we might as well ask the baker at this point and make an article?
Her statement isn't for you. It's for all the Trumpanzees that are still in denial.
You have a higher chance of winning the lottery than a Trumpanzee listening to a trans woman.
Kids her age often tend to only care about the opinions of other kids their own age.
No shit.
Is that the one, that was "killed by the woke mind virus"?
Yes. Apparently Elon paid for all his in-vitro babies to be male. You can see how having a trans daughter would be the end of the world to that kind of chud.
What? To quote a famous man: "Concerning, looking into it."
Yep, that's the one that he said that about.
This is what the republicams wanted, don't let them scream uncle
Like this needed confirmation.
Just to remind everyone of Elon’s response:
He said that Tesla vandalism was connected to hormone therapy used by Trans people.
Intentionally damaging a Tesla is now considered an act of demoestic terrorism.
Just another step from Project 2025 criminalizing Trans people.
And this is his fucking CHILD.
What an irredeemable piece of shit.
Honestly, F. Elon.
You respect him?
I mean if it was in that context, sure of be okay with that.
I mean you pressed "F".
I would not F Elon, even in that context.
Further evinced by nearly everything else Elon has done over the past 5+ years
That's some fine mental gymnastics!
Person who has no expertise on a subject agrees with experts on the subject, more news at 6!
Are you suggesting that a kid doesn't have any insight into their parent's behavior and that "experts" do?
No, I'm saying she's not an historian specialized in Nazi Germany.
And you think that's required for recognizing a Nazi salute? That's whack.
No, I'm saying that all experts agree it is so her opinion doesn't matter.
You should work on your reading comprehension.
All experts agree it is a Nazi salute, we don't need the opinion of people who have no expertise on the subject, even if they're somewhat related to Musk (considering how he wasn't involved as a father it's not as if her opinion of him is based on anything but his public persona).
So if we scoured your comment history, we won’t find you weighing your opinion in on things that you are not an expert in, right?
You don't need to be to see it was not one but two nazi salutes
You don't, but her opinion is useless when all experts already agree that's what it was.
It's like asking actors their political opinion. Who gives a fuck what they think? They're actors, not political analysts.
And yet, here you are with your opinion that no one asked for. Are you seeing how this works yet?
So you're saying my opinion is just as important as hers, she gets to share hers, I get to share mine, will The Guardian write an article about my opinion now? Are you seeing how this works yet?
No, I’m saying she is relevant to the story. You aren’t. Yet here you are trying to erase her from it, while adding yourself to it- via the comments.
Yell all you want. She’s still going to have her say in legitimate news articles, while you’re relegated to ranting about it in forums located in the far reaches of the internet.
Anti trans?
Trump. My man. You brought yourself back a bit, well done.
you mean she dislikes her father
I don't know why you are downvoted. You are using her preferred pronouns.
It was the parent (edit: my grandparent) poster who repeatedly, and most likely intentionally, used the wrong pronoun.
did they edit their comment? or is it wrong to call someone who prefers she/her by they/them? i feel like they/them is the neutral version so if you prefer either he/him or she/her then they/them also applies, no? sorry if i'm being ignorant here.
edit: i guess people do distinguish they/them as a way to identify non-binary people, and so using they/them on a person who specifically requests she/her can be offensive if you have been informed that they have a preference. but i don't see how using they/them to describe a person you don't know anything about other than that they are transgender is offensive when there are so many possibilities for preferences. as a cis man i don't feel offended being refered to as they/them and i think it would only be respectful to assume that someone who transitions ftm would also be comfortable with that, unless otherwise stated. i'm not a woman so i obviously can't say for certain but i'd imagine i would also be okay with she/them, and therefore a mtf transgender would also be okay by default. 'by default' in this case meaning the circumstance in which you haven't been explicitly informed of their preferences. i guess that's just my respect compass- which very well might be wrong from some people's point of view but i think it's obvious that it doesn't come from a negative place, which is why i don't think the original comment in necessarily trying to disrespect her.
The article, the title, and the summary, all use her preferred pronouns.
I think "they" is perfectly fine if the preferred pronouns are actually undisclosed (or are the persons preferred pronouns, obviously).
But using "they" like three times, in response to a post where the proper pronouns were used? And with an oppositional tone? It lays it all pretty clear that the grandparent was intentionally saying "they" as a sophomoric attempt to express their disrespect.
My parent, who is downvoted, is quite clearly calling grandparent out on it.
I don't see that being an issue, unless as you pointed out the tone of the rest of the paragraph. I've have tried to made a habit of using they and them most of the time when I write stuff even for cishet folks.
E: you know what, re reading some of my comments I don't do that nearly as often as I thought i did. I apologize.
taking the article into more consideration i think you are right, this comment was pushed to the bottom so i guess by the time i got there it had slipped my mind what exactly the article said haha. though i do think it comes from a place of ignorance rather than malice. i personally might have made the same mistake which is why i attempted to give them the benefit of the doubt. prior to conversing with you i wasn't very well informed on the etiquette. i would have assumed "they/them" was just the safest route to avoid offending anyone regardless of whether or not i knew.
You can't be serious right now...
Yeah, you should re-read your comment. That stance is not being conveyed in it.
Not sure how confusing that statement can be.
You know that we know that this is intentional, right? You know she's his daughter. Why are you pretending she's not?
No one is pretending anything. How did you come to that conclusion?
By looking at how Sculptous Poe is actively refusing to use the right pronouns for Vivian Wilson
Based on the negative karma of your comment, I'm not the only one who thought your comment was intended to say it wasn't a nazi salute. Say you what you want and get defensive, it's no skin off my back.
He did it twice. With gusto. You're clearly struggling to reconcile that your idol is a Nazi and you've been wrong to worship him, or you're also a Nazi.
Why go through the effort to defend what we clearly not one, but two nazi salute then?
You may not be aware, but Nazis (both traditional and the neo variant) love dog whistles.
Obscure and hidden symbolism is core to their ideologies.
Nazis (and most hate groups in general) love doing things that are just innocent enough, but with a wink or a nudge, demonstrate clear intention.
It's quite easy to not do a nazi salute and when public speaking, politicians (and people who practice their public speaking skills in general) have traditionally been coached on what features may be construed as, just look at the traditional 'non-threatening' two finger point.
Finally, I don't think it really matters what it technically was or wasn't, what matters is perception and reception.
Edit: I want to add some concrete examples of nazi dog whistling and symbolism.
Historically the numbers 88 have been used by neo Nazis to represent HH (8th letter of the alphabet) as a disguised way to say 'heil Hitler'
The numbers on their own don't mean anything, but given additional context, behaviors, or related ideals, then an additional meaning can be found.
This is often used as an intentional way to inform sympathizers to your position that you are on their side (for example a group at a political gathering) without overtly communicating your position to those opposed.
Another example is skinheads (not sharps) wearing and lacing their boots in a certain way with specific color laces.
Hitler himself was immensely into the occult and found hidden symbolism to be very powerful, it's part of why he repurposed so much religious iconography.
Does it really matter if he's deliberately advancing a fascist agenda?
Yeah, because if he's indeed a nazi, he's pretty incompetent at converting people into nazism. Some politicians such as Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris have done a hand gesture that resembles the nazi salute in their political rallies, but nobody at the time screamed they were dog whistling nazi symbology. Raising one's hand to salute the audience is just a natural gesture, not some intricate gesture that's exclusive to a bonafide nazi apologist.
Lol, no they haven't, and if you have a hard time seeing a chest pounding and sharp arm raising as a Nazi salute but buy a frozen frame of a wave as potentially equivalent you're deep into the conservative media ecosystem looking for a reason to excuse him.
It's not a hand wave, it's a frame-perfect Nazi salute with the beginning middle and end. There's nothing he could have done to make it more accurate a Nazi salute other than speaking German at the time.
https://gifyu.com/image/bzsAP
What I see is Elon haters clinging to this salute as if it's the one silver bullet that will somehow make him lose Trump's or the Republicans' support. But their insistence on this is like preaching to the choir, as right-wingers simply don't care—some even like Elon more for being gutsy.
If that's all they've got on Elon, then he's sure to keep his job at DOGE. And Trump is laughing all the way to the bank, as the anti-Elon sentiment shields him from criticism, as social media's attention is mostly spent on Elon instead of Trump.
Nazi symbolism is "gutsy". God Elon-stans are such fucking losers.
It's very easy to find an image of a politician, or anyone really in the public eye, doing what appears to be a Nazi salute. Pretty much any gesture that starts with the hand below shoulder level to above head level may well briefly transition between those two that could result in an image that appears to be a Nazi salute from one angle or another. It's much harder to find video that closely mimics actual videos of Adolf Hitler doing a Nazii salute, even harder to see it happen twice just moments apart.
You've either drank the Kool aid too or you're not paying attention if you think that's the only reason people think he's a Nazi
It’s incredibly bizarre that there are people in the world defending this shit.
It’s even more incredibly bizarre that anyone could actually look at that video and see anything other than a fucking nazi salute.
People like you are why this world is turning to absolute shit. Just another cog in the wheel.
The way you avoid saying "daughter" and "her" makes it clear that you don't understand her or her opinion.
Also, it was a Nazi salute. The first time I saw it, I was watching the actual video and not a GIF. He wants deniability so people who don't like Nazis will be gaslit and people that do like Nazis will praise him.
The title says daughter. How else would you have known she's "his child"? You are still going out of your way to say "them" now. Elon has many children, but this article is specifically about his daughter's statements, not his other children.
If you aren't going to bother to be specific or accurate, why post at all? Are you posting your disingenuous comments in an attempt to unconditionally defend Musk, or are you just a troll? I'm just asking questions.
Nobody "gives their heart out" like this unless they're a Nazi giving it up for Hitler.
People will see what they want to see. Even if Elon discovered the cure to all types of cancer, people would still nitpick anything about him to justify their hate.
Nah, elons actions and behaviors are justification plenty.
Is it really nit picking when he, a nazi is dismantling the us government?
People voted for this "dismantling". If you ask, Trump voters seem pretty satisfied on this regard.
So it's not nit picking. Thanks.
Watching the original video it absolutely looks like it even alone without Hitler right beside it. It did the first time and it has every time ever since that. I watched it live and immediately said, "what the fuck"
I don't go through life expecting people to do Nazi salutes. Even wannabe fascists.
No person in their right mind would make such a gesture, especially not speaking in front of millions. It was not a 100% clear Hitlergruß. To me it seems pretty obvious that it was an intentional move to further divide the US population into people claiming he did a Nazi salute and those brushing it off as a random gesture, ridiculing the other side. Ragebaiting by doing a 99% nazi salute is not much better than doing an actual one.
How come its mostly people who behave exactly like nazis who 'accidentally' make very similar gestures to nazi salutes? I wonder...
He did it again, just a second later.
Also, a 'gesture of thanks' usually doesnt involve tensing up your whole body and stretching your right arm with the palm facing downwards. This is as unnatural of a gesture as it gets.
He bent his whole body to give a salute. It was quite off-center and awkward, not really like the nazi salute as seen on historical videos of Hitler, which is a much more deliberate and aligned hand motion in relation to the body. If Elon time traveled to Hitler rallies and did this salute, he'd be reprimanded for doing it all wrong.
When your defense is, "Actual Nazis would say you need to work on your Nazi salute if you want to do it right," you need to realize you're also saying, "Actual Nazis would recognize this as a poorly done Nazi salute." And him being an unfit, physically inept fuck doesn't make it less of a Nazi salute, no more than my hour of playing tennis doesn't make my attempt at a backhand swing any less of a backhand swing just because Serena Williams would fall on her ass laughing if she saw me do it.
Ah yes. When people ask if Im a nazi and I tell them "no, my nazi salute is too weak" they immediately understand.
Then he would have disavowed it and apologized for it immediately. You don't accidentally Heil Hitler and then just pretend it didn't happen.
so he's a fucking idiot is your excuse?
You are right. Most neo Nazis will only make that nazi give heart out to hitler gesture only when caught up in the moment. when they lose control, their true nature is revealed, and they will even do it 2 or more times.
You sure are spending a lot of time on your apologia.
Sometimes, like Nazi salutes- actions are much louder than words.
oh yes the "everyone that disagrees with me thinks im a nazi" comment, get over yourself, you know you are one. Also another saying if everyone is A B" around you, you most likely are. hence you are probably here because reddit banned you for the same reason you will be on most forums.
Cmon, guy. You know the truth, deep down. Well maybe not that far down