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   William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Jan-2025 23:34:04 JST William Lindsey :toad:

   "In the afternoon, Elon Musk spoke to the crowd, throwing two salutes that right-wing extremists, including neo-Nazis, interpreted as Nazi salutes."

   ~ Heather Cox Richardson

   To repeat: "Two salutes THAT RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS, INCLUDING NEO-NAZIS, interpreted as Nazi salutes."

   I'm going to assume that right-wing extremists and neo-Nazis know a Nazi salute when they see one better than anyone else knows a Nazi salute.

   #ElonMusk #Trump #Nazis
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   https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-20-2025

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Jan-2025 23:42:45 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "Back in the first Trump presidency, Trump’s critics spent an inordinate amount of time trying to get Trumpers to admit they’d done this or that, to apologize, whatever. This was always a mistake. I don’t need anyone to validate what I saw. I saw it."

     ~ Josh Marshall

     #ElonMusk #Trump #Nazis
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     https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/elon-goes-full-seig-heil-in-clarifying-moment

     Paul Cantrell repeated this.
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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Jan-2025 23:42:46 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "Our parents’ generation fought against the Nazis. Now we have someone who was grinning and clapping during an inaugural address, giving the Nazi salute, at an event for the new leader.

     ~ James Fallows

     #ElonMusk #Trump #Nazis
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     https://fallows.substack.com/p/the-worst-part-of-a-terrible-speech

     Paul Cantrell repeated this.
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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Jan-2025 23:42:47 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "WOW! Checking in on hate group chats, and they are absolutely buzzing by what they perceive to be a Roman salute by Elon Musk."

     ~ Phil Williams quoted by Alex Henderson

     I'm going to assume that right-wing extremists and neo-Nazis know a Nazi salute when they see one better than anyone else knows a Nazi salute.

     #ElonMusk #Trump #Nazis
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     https://www.alternet.org/msn-uk/elon-musk-nazi-salute/

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Jan-2025 23:42:47 JST William Lindsey :toad:

     in reply to

     "The first day of Donald Trump’s second presidency hasn’t even ended yet and Nazis are trending on X."

     ~ Wajahat Ali

     #ElonMusk #Trump #Nazis
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     https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/yes-elon-musk-did-a-nazi-salute-yes

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 00:01:05 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     Note the valuable new resource that Judd Legum and Caleb Ecarma launched yesterday — Musk Watch. They state,

     "Musk Watch will report on how Musk deploys his almost unfathomable wealth."

     #ElonMusk #Trump #Nazis #EconomicElites #SuperRich #oligarchy
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     https://www.muskwatch.com/about

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 02:04:08 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "We're living in a media environment where the truth has become nearly impossible to state directly. A billionaire can make a gesture that neo-Nazis celebrate as explicitly supporting their cause, and major news organizations feel compelled to describe it as 'exuberant' rather than risk saying what it actually appeared to be."

     ~ Parker Molloy

     #ElonMusk #Trump #Nazis #media #CorporateMedia
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     https://www.readtpa.com/p/news-organizations-are-tiptoeing

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 02:04:09 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "This photograph of Elon Musk giving a Nazi salute while standing behind the seal of the President of the United States summarizes the reprehensible first day of the second Trump regime. This gesture was no accident. The richest man in the world gave Hitler’s sieg heil not once, but twice in rapid succession."

     ~ Steven Beschloss

     #ElonMusk #Trump #Nazis
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     https://www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-fascism-day-one

     bhaugen repeated this.