I don't really care that much about the whole topic, but if you want to convince others that the only difference between the two gestures was the speed, then you should not have posted the video which shows that one person has his fingers spread out, while the other one doesn't. The latter being normal for a nazi salute.
Also, the gesture is usually interpreted in the context of his increasingly fascist rhetoric, which makes it harder for an outside observer to give him the benefit of the doubt.
However, as you posted the video in defense of Elon and decided to believe the narrative over what you can see with your own eyes, I'm probably wasting my time here.
Oh come on. The fingers being slightly spread isn't exactly a huge difference.
The real difference between both of them and what the nazis did is that when they moved their hand to their chest first (which they certainly didn't always do), they kept it parallel with the ground.
But, you know, they also didn't say "my heart goes out to you," right after doing it. One could easily argue Cory Booker also has "fascist rhetoric," if you really wanted to go there.
They did the exact same motion, just a little slower. Sorry for the Twitter link, it was stupid hard to find a good comparison video:
https://x.com/stillgray/status/1929070220921942470?ref_src=t...
For the record neither is the "correct" nazi salute.
I don't really care that much about the whole topic, but if you want to convince others that the only difference between the two gestures was the speed, then you should not have posted the video which shows that one person has his fingers spread out, while the other one doesn't. The latter being normal for a nazi salute.
Also, the gesture is usually interpreted in the context of his increasingly fascist rhetoric, which makes it harder for an outside observer to give him the benefit of the doubt.
However, as you posted the video in defense of Elon and decided to believe the narrative over what you can see with your own eyes, I'm probably wasting my time here.
Oh come on. The fingers being slightly spread isn't exactly a huge difference.
The real difference between both of them and what the nazis did is that when they moved their hand to their chest first (which they certainly didn't always do), they kept it parallel with the ground.
But, you know, they also didn't say "my heart goes out to you," right after doing it. One could easily argue Cory Booker also has "fascist rhetoric," if you really wanted to go there.