Comment by konart
5 months ago
I mean, technically, this is a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_salute and it was used extensively during the history. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellamy_salute for example.
Not to mention that your average dabbing looks like a seig heil while snizzing.
> I mean, technically, this is ...
That's kind of the "will twist themselves to deny what is fairly evident in plain sight" OP is talking about.
I'm not trying to say he didn't do what he clearly did.
From your link:
"The Roman salute, also known as the Fascist salute,"
Also from the link:
"However, no Roman text describes such a gesture, and the Roman works of art that display salutational gestures bear little resemblance to the modern so-called "Roman" salute."
But relevant questions are: Is that salute normalized now? Is the era between WW2 and present going to end?
>"The Roman salute, also known as the Fascist salute,"
Yes, post-WWII "thanks" to fascists.
As I've said in a different comment: I'm not saying this is somehow "ok" now or that Musk didn't do what he did. My point is that people see one's stupidity and immaturity as something bigger than it actually is.
> was used extensively during the history
As a symbol of fascism.
> average dabbing looks like a seig heil while snizzing
No one being serious would ever confuse the two.
>As a symbol of fascism.
Post WWII? Sure. Pre-WWII? No.