As for myself, I intend to immediately block anyone who tries to make any case that the gesture that was made isn’t the one we can all see that it is. - ThreadSky

juliusgoat.bsky.social • 38 days ago

As for myself, I intend to immediately block anyone who tries to make any case that the gesture that was made isn’t the one we can all see that it is.

Reposted from Peter

we’re about to spend a day or two arguing about whether the thing he did that perfectly mimicked a Nazi salute was in fact a Nazi salute, but I can’t get past what a complete fucking dork freak he looks like when doing it

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audrey60.bsky.social•38 days ago

Yep - anyone “pretending” that was a Roman salute is pretending that it was not co-opted by a group who committed the atrocities that they did

culthero12.bsky.social•38 days ago

It's just... how many US families are just utterly steeped in WWII lore? How many adults grew up on grandpa's stories about the war? What in the hell did he think he was going to accomplish? This guy has talked about slashing the VA too!

crj418.bsky.social•38 days ago

Yep. I just blocked this one.

https://bsky.app/profile/philinvestigates.com

chico-and-boots.bsky.social•38 days ago

When a white guy from apartheid South Africa whose grandparents were literal Nazis makes this gesture, it’s not a fucking Roman salute. Jesus. I can’t believe this even needs to be said.

saltedjosh.bsky.social•38 days ago

huh, he seems to have deleted it

crj418.bsky.social•38 days ago

Yup.
Don't care.
A closet Nazi is still a Nazi.

saltedjosh.bsky.social•38 days ago

Agreed. And pretty cowardly to delete without explanation or apology.

papagiorgio.bsky.social•38 days ago

Just put your hand over your heart. That’s it. No other movement is necessary.

papagiorgio.bsky.social•38 days ago

100%

soyweiser.bsky.social•38 days ago

People will argue it was a roman salute, which is also just a thing the fascists made up (iirc there is no basis for the salute being a thing before the fascists made it one). So it is very clear what he means here. Fucked up.

soyweiser.bsky.social•38 days ago

And for the sort of history lesson, people also used the 'it is a roman salute' bs after Richard Spencers 'heil trump heil victory' speech where people also threw up the nazi salutes. Which was almost a decade ago, and it was bs then and it is bs now.

msdobalina.bsky.social•38 days ago

I regret to inform you that you'll have to start with major media outlets #FML

friskiedgrrl.bsky.social•38 days ago

Hoping that he ends up just like the original Nazis - unalived!

juliusgoat.bsky.social•38 days ago

I’m not wasting my time arguing this shit. If you’re arguing it you’re either a Nazi yourself or someone so deliberately ignorant you simply can’t be trusted.

danmcd.bsky.social•38 days ago

Anyone who can Nazi what that salute is deserves blocks/etc.

jameshanford.bsky.social•38 days ago

I hate Nazis but on some level I almost prefer the Nazis to the wretched apologists. At least they are somewhat honest about their evil.

[In my old age I'm really starting to appreciate the "Be hot or cold lest I spit you out of my mouth" sentiment]

bonstrous.bsky.social•38 days ago

'moderates' enrage me more and more with each decade i age, honestly. and god, collaborators who.... if you showed them what they're doing is exactly what others did before... some will realize. but not enough.

aposthumousmemoir.bsky.social•37 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/aposthumousmemoir.bsky.social/post/3lg7kcnyvtc22

drgdave.bsky.social•37 days ago

Along those lines ---

Fuck the ADL.

kankansi.bsky.social•38 days ago

The most dangerous people are those who refuse to believe what they have seen for themselves. Especially when they try to convince the rest of us it didn’t happen.

jaksays.bsky.social•38 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/pbump.com/post/3lg77yvzkc22p

earachemyeye.bsky.social•38 days ago

Ok, but you are delusional if you think this moves the needle.

thereddestrose.bsky.social•38 days ago

Agreed. This perfectly encapsulates how I feel about Trump voters in general also.

super-mighty.bsky.social•38 days ago

There is no ambiguity.

notthattherese.bsky.social•38 days ago

This. Thank you.

dougsherrard.bsky.social•38 days ago

That motherfucker knew exactly what he was doing.

mondogarage.bsky.social•38 days ago

He so wanted it to be seen as the Nazi salute it was, that he did it twice just to make sure everyone saw it. Someday, if and when we get past this time, he will be handled in the same fashion the Nazis were handled in 1945.

brockmeyer.bsky.social•38 days ago

There are really only two, non-mutually-exclusive possibilities:
1. Intentional Nazi salute
2. The world's richest man, CEO of a trillion dollar company and a major defense contractor, is too droolingly stupid to be allowed out in public

arthuragain.bsky.social•37 days ago

Pointless arguing about easily observable facts with someone who will not observe them.

speakeasy62.bsky.social•38 days ago

Me too.

stoshm.bsky.social•37 days ago

mjbarbarino.bsky.social•38 days ago

WTF .. the guy that is backing the neo-Nazi RW in Germany doesn't know what he's doing? Right... that's just BS his collaborators are propogating

mlamb.bsky.social•38 days ago

I’ve got eyes and ears. Gaslighters can F off

highnumber.bsky.social•38 days ago

"From his heart"

Yes, it was a Nazi salute from his heart

olivethecat66.bsky.social•38 days ago

Have you seen the ADL’s response? WTF!

onionamber.bsky.social•38 days ago

A Nazi did a Nazi thing. No one is surprised, everyone knows it was a Nazi salute, anyone who says different is lying. Feels like a feeding frenzy calculated for distraction. I'm getting paranoid enough to wonder how many prominent left voices who engage in these distractions, do so for that purpose

tarvharblin.bsky.social•38 days ago

If you try to argue this is anything other than a nazi salute, you're a nazi collaborator and deserve everything you get.

And I hope nerds stop saying it's a Roman salute. He posts Nazi stuff 24/7, we know the exact kind of fascist he is already. Quit being nerds.

oweknow3.bsky.social•38 days ago

The days of debate are done. There is no point because their victory is in you trying to explain that the sky is, in fact, blue.

We came here to starve those freaks out. Nothing has changed. Block them back to their little island.

drewphish.bsky.social•38 days ago

Hard same. No time for people willing to argue this kind of shit. A swift block.

stephenschiavone.bsky.social•38 days ago

There are things you don't say and don't do, even as a "joke."

thenurseisin.bsky.social•38 days ago

Absolutely.

dmilo.bsky.social•38 days ago

Someone just tried to explain to me that it can't be a nazi salute because he didn't extend his arm directly in front of him but a little off to the side. It's crazy.

various1966.bsky.social•38 days ago

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ― George Orwell, 1984,

agnesbookbinder.bsky.social•38 days ago

No need to twist yourself into a mental pretzel to defend the indefensible. When they show you who they are, believe them.

queenattolia13.bsky.social•38 days ago

I'm just waiting for the day when he pushes 47 aside on camera and declares that he's in charge.

nihildev.bsky.social•37 days ago

The salute was so unambiguous that had he done it in front of WWII veterans we’d be memorializing him right now.

algondio.bsky.social•38 days ago

The silver lining: I am happy you are finally and (I hope) permanently on BlueSky. The only reason I still had a Twitter account, up to this day, was because I wanted to follow you. (That account is now forever gone)

moiracalifornia.bsky.social•38 days ago

“Even Winston the Pug knows what is right, so he’s doing everything he can to help out…are you?”

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