Just a joke, isn't just a joke. It's a ploy to sane wash fascism. As researchers who study discourse, we see this often when bad actors gets call out, it's their default refuge. They retreat there to fight another day, hoping the denial/non-denial will lull the masses to believe the danger is over.
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Prediction: the Nаzi salute will become common within 2 years. RWers will half-аss it for plausible deniability, memeify the backlash, then start fully doing it "as a joke" "to troll the libs" "for being hysterical enough to think we were doing it in the first place"
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It’s got no idea what’s coming….