There is no meaning to that salute beyond "I want to murder millions of people." I see it as a direct threat and an unforgivable depravity. No scrim of purported irony is gonna lessen that. It is a gesture solely for sick, murderous fucks - ThreadSky

swordsjew.bsky.social • 1 day ago

There is no meaning to that salute beyond "I want to murder millions of people." I see it as a direct threat and an unforgivable depravity. No scrim of purported irony is gonna lessen that. It is a gesture solely for sick, murderous fucks

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i keep seeing the right argue that the nazi salutes are "trolling." i think there's some truth to that, but know what exactly is being mocked. they aren't mocking the idea that they could be nazis, they're mocking the idea that they should care one way or the other.

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pittiechai.bsky.social•1 day ago

Saying it’s trolling gives it plausible deniability, under cover of which they freely (but “jokingly”!) communicate their true sentiments (and agenda) to their acolytes

rebelstarbird.net•1 day ago

Accepting "trolling" as a thing has, over the years, only given us a horde of trolls to deal with.

seven3.design•1 day ago

rickylg.bsky.social•1 day ago

The inability to see how this comes off and instead simply argue that it’s not what they meant is pure ego and a lack of empathy. It’s why when Catherine Rampel challenged CNN’s Scott Jensen to do the salute himself he deflected, and wouldn’t do it.

danifroom.bsky.social•1 day ago

Exactly
https://bsky.app/profile/danifroom.bsky.social/post/3lizqig6cn22m

rowyourbot.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Yes. Do people truly not understand this? Or do they want murder on some level but think it won’t happen to them?

misterrora.bsky.social•23 hours ago

A reminder that if you choose to fuck a goat as a joke, you're always going to be known as a goat fucker.

mariabustillos.bsky.social•1 day ago

The nauseating attempts at euphemism ('stiff-armed' etc) are equally unforgivable. It's a horrorshow seeing what has become of human beings who grew up in a beautiful tolerant peaceful society

erikengberg.me•22 hours ago

Norwegian media consistently refers to them as "controversial hand gestures" and it is infuriating.

undeadminotaur.bsky.social•23 hours ago

You need to act. All of you. Will you join in our crusade...

eng1queer.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Oops, I guess I ran into that nazi with my knife accidentally.

How ironic that it happened 67 times in a row. 🗡🗡🗡

moredeadnazispls.bsky.social•23 hours ago

And should be dealt with accordingly.

pxtl.ca•1 day ago

I'm old enough to remember when the GNAA hackers (the N in that is the N-word) were "just trolling". Eventually one of their leaders went to prison for some phone thing or something.

When he got out in 2016 he had a big swastika tattoo on his chest.

There are no "lol nazis" just nazis who lol.

islandofreil.bsky.social•23 hours ago

where's that Sartre quote...

3fecta.bsky.social•1 day ago

People with living memories of victims of the Holocaust can see me do this and I have zero human decency so I don't care, kind of makes the ironic or not debate moot.

booktweeting.bsky.social•1 day ago

survivors of the actual Holocaust can still see it! I know a few!

fastbreak78.bsky.social•23 hours ago

This. There are a myriad of ways to troll people. There is one seig heil.

dauntus.bsky.social•23 hours ago

The "irony" makes it even worse, really.

snoffle.bsky.social•23 hours ago

I treat nazi "jokes" the same way as TSA treats bomb "jokes".

jellyfrog23.bsky.social•1 day ago

As @tmbg.bsky.social once said, "Can't shake the devil's hand and say you're only kidding".

herglorang.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Such a great line, I have used it so much over the years. Great song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFGQdvYIJ0M

mrbarky.bsky.social•22 hours ago

As someone on the internet once said, if you fuck goats ironically, you're still a goat fucker.

kapwen.bsky.social•23 hours ago

I've had a few people try to talk me out of what I saw. I can't help but feel they harbor some anti-semitism. Think about those who did it after Elon -- after all the talk about it and the coverage and how many interpreted it. It was intentional. Absolutely intentional. A show of Nazi ideology.

randymiller.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Being bloodthirsty and genocidal is the part they have in common with Nazis even if they’re gonna be coy about their precise motivations. Any ideological quibbling is just over which groups specifically they want dead.

sheadapts.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Trolling.
I see it as communicating a threat.

cityofbob.bsky.social•19 hours ago

That's kind of what trolling does. 'I mean it, I don't mean it. What you think I mean it?

(i mean it).'

alisoncook.bsky.social•19 hours ago

“Scrim of purported irony” is so apt I wish I’d written it.

starshipsolidarity.bsky.social•1 day ago

it's kinda like when your little brother keeps hitting you and your parents are just like "ignore him, he's just trying to get a rise out of you"

kieranblake.bsky.social•21 hours ago

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

gillyarcht.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Perfectly stated.
And not to forget that its entirely consciously& deliberately done.
https://bsky.app/profile/gillyarcht.bsky.social/post/3liq7o4miac25

furious20.bsky.social•1 hour ago

The right was offended enough to all lose their collective minds when Colin Kaepernick kneeled to make a statement, so they probably would have drawn their guns out if people just randomly started doing it to troll them.

sammyzorba.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yes, do they want to tell my dad who fought in WWII it's mere trolling, tell that to all the soldiers, sailors and airmen who fought WWII and all who died. It's so loathsome and disgusting and un-American it's really not believable. It's no longer the country I thought it was, unrecognizable.

seven3.design•1 day ago

It's very much a "pissing in your face and telling you it's raining" situation

joodmjn1987.bsky.social•1 day ago

🥹🥹🥹🥹

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