[simondotau]

It’s hard to believe Musk suddenly decided to flash a Nazi salute in one random moment. If that were his intent, he’d have owned it as he always does with controversial takes. Occam’s Razor applies: a famously awkward guy made a clumsy gesture because he was too caught up in the moment to think about how he is comporting himself.

[johnjames87]

exactly

[breve]

Musk flashed a fascist salute. He did it deliberately, he grunted with the effort, and he did it twice so you wouldn't miss it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smQNNo2a9xc

There's no mistaking it. There's no confusing it with something else.

If you are to apply Occam's Razor then the conclusion is that these are simply and precisely the fascist salutes they appear to be.

Let me ask you this, if I stuck my middle finger up at you while telling you that my heart went out to you, what would you think?

[simondotau]

So what you're saying is that it's a dog whistle, but it's also really noisy, and also a secret coded message to... who again?

[breve]

It isn't a secret coded message. He's showing you exactly who and what he is.

You didn't answer my question.

[simondotau]

So what you’re saying is that he “showed exactly who and what he is” for five seconds out of the past 30+ years of his public life. Surely I can pick a different five seconds of his life to judge the entirety of the person, and I’d be on just as firm footing as you.

Also, you didn’t answer my question.