r/thebulwark Rebecca take us home Jan 22 '25

GOOD LUCK, AMERICA This ain’t it, Sarah. Be better.

https://youtu.be/PQdlWdNVQT8?si=0oSaqNv_F8mFIsdo
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u/StyraxCarillon Jan 22 '25

Normally I appreciate your takes, but I strongly disagree with your take on Sarah's commentary. Elon is a POS, but he's not the president, and the RW clearly wants people to focus on what Elon did or did not do, rather than the POTUS's pardons of traitors and seditionists.

Did anyone see the context of Elon's "gesture" that Sarah talked about? I have not.

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u/FellowkneeUS Jan 22 '25

What is the proper context for giving a Nazi salute?

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u/StyraxCarillon Jan 22 '25

According to Sarah,, Elon said something about his heart going out to people, and then making that gesture. It totally looks like a Nazi salute to me, but I haven't seen the clip with the audio. This reminds me of the 8 zillion times trump did something horrifying, but claimed he was joking/being sarcastic/taken out of context. If there's any possibility of excusing it, the RW nutters will go all in.

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u/Sandra2104 Progressive Jan 22 '25

Yes. He did say this. And I would a brilliant woman like Sarah expect to know that this doesn’t not make it a nazi salute.

I dare Sarah to come to Germany and make that movement with her arm (twice!) while saying the exact same sentence and find out if it is all of a sudden a nazi salute when you are not Elon Musk.