[margalabargala]

Both my grandfathers fought in Europe in WWII.

When they were alive, if I had done what Elon did in front of either of them, that would have been problematic.

I think that's a decent yardstick. The absolute best interpretation is that Elon is someone who does not care if he does things that look like Nazi salutes.

[gottorf]

> I think that's a decent yardstick

I have relatives who suffered under imperial powers who to this day refuse to buy products made in that country, even though they're objectively good and in some cases the best in the market. I hardly think the trauma of war makes for good judgment, even decades removed.

[margalabargala]

Let's say you convinced your relatives to stop boycotting those products. Then, the CEO of a company behind one of those products, appeared at a political rally in the ex-imperial country, wearing the symbols and colors of thebold imperial regime, and waving a flag showing the old imperial borders.

I think your relatives would be quite justified in boycotting that one product.

You can make your purchasing decisions however you like. Other's don't. Ignoring war trauma makes someone a shit businessperson, at best.

[ImJamal]

Tim Walz hit his chest and then throw up a Nazi salute during the campaign. Where was the outrage? Where was the 24/7 news coverage?

[LunaSea]

Well one of these two people spoke at the German far rights neo-nazi party (AFD) rally not long ago.

[ImJamal]

If AfD is a neo-nazi party then why is their leader a lesbian married to a woman of a different race? Seems like these Nazis aren't being very Nazi like in their leaders.

[LunaSea]

Well Hitler wasn't a blue-eyed blond German either.

[ImJamal]

If Hitler was married to a Sri Lanken man he wouldn't have been accepted by those who believed in racial purity aka the Nazis...