Lenz Jacobsen wrote in Die Zeit: “Someone who, on a political stage during a political speech in front of a partly far-right audience swings their right arm upwards diagonally multiple times, is giving the Nazi salute. There’s no need for ‘alleged’ or ‘similar’ or ‘disputed’.”[72] Timo Feldhaus wrote in the Berliner Zeitung: “That Elon Musk carefully considered his energetically performed signal, is safe to assume. Even a man as oblivious to history as he is knows what he’s doing in this situation.”[73]
The “Roman salute” isn’t real, it’s from a movie. The fascists - who believed the Roman salute was a real thing because they lack critical thinking - copied it. It is 90 years old, not 2000.
The clip you linked to didn’t clarify any of that… he just said it was something “no one’s ever done or heard of.” But it has been done - first by some movie stars in a film about Rome and then by fascists. And, well, I’ve heard of it.
No confusion as to what it really was.
The media defers to billionaires because it’s owned by them. That’s an even less controversial statement.
‘Americans Don’t Know History smdh’
To quote someone from that comment section:
The “Roman salute” isn’t real, it’s from a movie. The fascists - who believed the Roman salute was a real thing because they lack critical thinking - copied it. It is 90 years old, not 2000.
Oh, you mean exactly like said in the linked clip? Yeah thanks for your input.
The clip you linked to didn’t clarify any of that… he just said it was something “no one’s ever done or heard of.” But it has been done - first by some movie stars in a film about Rome and then by fascists. And, well, I’ve heard of it.