"It's not a #nazi salute, he just got really excited and this was a socially awkward person's attempt at connecting with people."

Hey y'all, your friendly neighborhood socially awkward person here. Now this is not a new mantle mind you, I have been socially awkward my whole life to the point where I wrapped around the bend and found myself socially accepted within a band of other socially awkward folks (which is quite lovely mind you). So when I see people talking about #musk throwing his arm out in a Nazi #salute, I have many thoughts on this matter.

Things that are 100% in the realm of "OK yeah, I can see that as an example of how other socially awkward people might act"
- Making a weird noise that someone thought might be an ostrich gargling oatmeal and/or a Castrato singing "Ave Maria" in the key of rusty belt sander (I swear, the sound made sense in my head at the time)
- Slamming one's fist down excitedly and hitting a carton of orange juice which explodes in a 5 foot radius (that was me...I did that once...don't ask)
- Giggling anxiously while staring at one's feet (did this too many times to count)
- Speaking waaaay too fast or way too softly (still might do this...)
- Repeating what you want to say under your breath several times before actually speaking and then speaking way too fast or way too softly (OK...I've gotten better about this but still do it)

You know what's not socially awkward? Nazi salutes. Fuck your bargain basement excuses for bullshit Nazism.

#ElonMusk showed who he is and now it's our job to believe him.

@monkeyninja

Ok so we are all going to agree now whenever we see this gesture it is never socially awkward and always a nazi salute, got it. Will do, so Harris is a Nazi too then right?

@freemo Here is the video that this screenshot is taken from. Just after the 4:30 mark, you'll find her moving her arm in a gesture. That gesture is *NOT* the Nazi salute. What Elon Musk did was a near-perfect mimic of Adolf Hitler's salute.

So no, this does not show that VP Harris is anything but a woman who uses her hands when she speaks.
https://www.c-span.org/program/road-to-the-white-house-2020/south-carolina-democratic-party-convention-senator-kamala-harris/528784 @monkeyninja

Thanks @RegGuy, I didn't have the link so I'm glad you could provide that. As for your comment @freemo in terms of whether we're going to always say such a thing is a Nazi salute? Who the person is and what they support is really crucial to that. Harris has not given me any reason to think that she would make such an arm gesture in support of Nazi ideology. Musk on the other hand has on numerous occasions shown both tacit and outright support for extreme ideologies that include support of the Nazi party. He removed all guard rails on Twitter to allow more open posts from Nazis and he provided heavy monetary support to a president who idolizes Nazis. So yeah, Musk doesn't get any benefit of the doubt here. As I said, he's told us who he is. Not just through this but time and again when given the opportunity to show us who he is, he has shown unequivocally who that is and what he supports.