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      If he has any sense that overcomes his pride, he should be grateful that someone else is taking some flak for him.

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      the ADL is a zionist organization that supports genocide. they’re not bootlickers. they’re the sole of the boot itself.

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        ADL do not care about anti semitism at all. Their only concern is anti zionism.

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      Just when I thought the ADL couldn’t be anymore useless, here’s REAL Anti-Semitism and they’re not doing anything about it.

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        I mean, i didn’t have Latina’s calling it nazi and Jews being like “nuh uh” on my 2025 bingo card

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        They just figure that this time, Jews will be far down enough on the list of “first they came for…” that MAGA will burn itself out before it gets to them.

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      Fuck the ADL

      I was on the fence about them for past shenanigans but this is the final nail in the coffin. My friends are now telling me that musk did not, in fact do a Nazi salute because his fingers weren’t pointed the right way

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          It wasnt really all that exact. Generally at rallies one simply raised their right arm straight out with palm angled down and away. He did that. Twice. You could get away with plausible deniablity in another situation on another day. But it’s relevant that he’s doing so today.

          It’s quite common in old photos to see people’s hands dipping a bit doing it. Almost making a like cup shape with the hand. Hard to hold your hand aloft like that for long periods of time. Also not uncommon to see hands turned slightly or completely sideways. What doesn’t vary is the intent. It is a salute in the traditional sense. The fact he did it facing the flag is by itself more than damning enough. You don’t wave at flags, you salute them.

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          Googled it earlier to see, says the heart motion is never involved, that’s the American pledge salute

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      Are their last words going to be “see? You were overreacting.” right before someone pushes a button on their gas chamber?

      Or have they already booked their tickets to some recently-confiscated house in the West Bank?

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      You guys are lucky to have AOC. I’m a non-American that only knows her from memes and screenshots like this but I’m a fan. Especially compared to all the other dead fish.

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      Same ADL that says anti-genocide protests are categorically foreign agents funded by Iran and Hamas.

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    Well, get ready for a whole lot of gaslighting. He’s going to say that’s not what he was doing and his lil army of trolls are going to toe the line.

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      Spot on. We all know exactly what we saw. But…

      “This is just a distraction from [the class war / taxes / Russia / China / the Koreas / India / … ]!”

      “Allegedly, he seemingly did a gesture that resembles a fascist salute. He could’ve been having a heart attack and pointing at a paramedic. You don’t know.”

      “It’s a tic. He’s had it since he was a child. I read about it on this random screenshot of a news article from 2018.”

      “The Roman Salute, as it is known amongst historians, can be seen in many statues. Here’s a link to one. Things have history, Alex. God. Not everything is nazis.”

      “So his views are a little extreme. Most people would argue they’re vile. I certainly don’t agree with them, but people. Please. Civility and decorum must rule. I’d fight for his right to blahblahblah…"

      “I’m sorry; we can’t hear you over our Economic Anxiety. Groceries are too expensive and people are homeless! That’s why we elected nazis. Please be more understanding of our extra special circumstances and ignorance.”

      “It’s legal to do that in the USofA. Where is it not legal? Germany? Interesting! Gosh their freezepeach laws are a bit restrictive, eh? Controlling how we move our bodies? Sounds like something a nazi would want.”

      And on. And if you engage with it, they’ll just turn on some kind of AI bot thingy to continue the “conversation,” taking up even more space online.

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    So he literally turns around and does it a 2nd time.

    How can anyone deny it now? There’s no way this is coincidence, like he’s just really awkward with gestures and was bad at throwing his hand in the air to the crowd. This can’t be explained away.

    Wtf bullshit argument or defense is he and his supporters going to spew out?

    They all say he’s such a genius, but he’s unaware of how close this gesture is to a nazi salute? There’s no way this can be defended. It’s just too obvious.

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    At least it’s all over the news, seems like literally every news organization is reporting on it, even small ones.

    Show everyone what these idiots voted for.

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      Are fox, newsmaxxx, and oan covering it as much as they should? Or are they mentioning it once at an off time so they can say “see we covered it” and then never mentioning it when people are actually watching?