Yeah, it's been telling to see which people I know put effort into justifying an obvious nazi salute as acceptable. It's clear as day though, so only serves as a commentary on the folks defending it, as far as I'm concerned.

[–] deur@feddit.nl 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The number of people I've seen going "omg he just trolling" and "he really knows how to rile up the populace" as excuses for him not "meaning it" when he did his nazi salute have already driven me mad.

Keep call out the nazis you see for what they are.

[–] quirzle@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can kinda see a case for the "it was a non-sincere nazi salute" argument, as it does seem like the sort of thing a petulant manchild might do. But I can't believe there are people who watched that and legitimately think it was intended to be any other gesture.

I don't know that it makes a real difference though. Fuck anyone supporting him at this point, regardless of the justification they're using to do it.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

The "it was just a joke, chill" sort of excuse should still be treated just the same as a sincere gesture, anyways.

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago

You can be a fascist and ironically do a nazi salute at the same time

You can be a nazi and not do a nazi salute

Does it matter if he did a nazi salute if his actions are already bad enough?