[Rover222]

it's so weird and kinda disturbing how many people really believe that was a Nazi salute. It's so easy shape public opinion with media and algorithms.

Same thing happening with "datacenters will destory the world because of their water use" BS

[Larrikin]

It was a Nazi salute.

[dofm]

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[Rover222]

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[chuckadams]

Yikes. I initially saw a different photo that looked a lot more like it could have been waving, but yeah, that's just blatant.

[CamperBob2]

You saw the photo the media intended for you to see. It's called "sanewashing."

[Rover222]

Nah, you all a retardwashing in your social media bubbles

[chuckadams]

I personally think he really is a fascist, but I still don't think he was deliberately throwing out a Nazi salute. Just naive about waving to a crowd in front of a camera, which is very on-brand for him.

[CamperBob2]

See the .gifs I posted below. There is no way to spin that as naivete.

[dofm]

He's naïve about many things but I don't believe any of these people are ignorant of fascist imagery or its trollish power, even if only in some bullshit recycled bad-sci-fi trope sense.

He may be more ignorant than he portrays but he is a malignant narcissist — guys like him don't even think fascism is a bad idea.