Comment by scoofy

I mean, I really don't know how to react to this type of situation, personally. I do think that the CEO of a firm doing a fascist salute, multiple times, on live television is actually relevant to the business interests of the company, and the political interest of the nations in which it operates.

Do I think it's worth talking about in this context? I honestly don't know. I get your point. I also understand that it was the type of "Lol, nothing matters" flamebait, meant to ruffle feathers intentionally, but it's relevant that this is exactly that ethos pointed to in Sartre's Anti-Semite and Jew about the actual brownshirts and blackshirts this salute is meant to directly reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Semite_and_Jew

No, I would agree with you that the salute isn't directly relevant to the pledge in the article, but it's certainly directly relevant to whether or not the pledge is being made in good-faith. This is why I think it's relevant, even if it's exhausting. We just live in exhausting times.