linguistics work on offensiveness maintains that a significant part of classifying a communicative act is how it’s evaluated by receivers. we knew what we were seeing when we saw it. so, by the way, did self-professed white supremacists, they loved it! what’s in elon’s heart? who cares
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Brian Merchant
Did Elon Musk *really* do a Nazi salute? It doesn't matter. He knew how it would be interpreted, and as with Trump, the intent is beside the point.
He did it for one reason: To show us that he could, and that there's nothing we can do to stop him.
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/elon-musk-...
He did it for one reason: To show us that he could, and that there's nothing we can do to stop him.
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/elon-musk-...
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Your observations align with securitisation theory as well, a process which I see non state actors adopting more and more, especially over covid health measures.