Quaking Like A Nazi

The 4th branch of government, the media / A propaganda machine that’s spreading lies to the youth, see / White supremacy on the rise, it’s no mystery - Immmortal Technique, The 4th Branch

Ya’ll know the age ol’ saying - “If it walks like Nazi, tweets like Nazi, salutes like a Nazi, then it’s probably just an autistic duck high on ketamine.”, or something to that effect?

Elon Musk had an interesting choice of gestures during his speech at the Trump inauguration.

Many in mainstream media have raised an eyebrow at what they’re deeming to be an innocuous gesture, referencing the controversy surrounding it without actually suggesting what the gesture itself may be. Leaving it to bozo’s like myself on social media to call it for what it was, a Nazi Salute. Historians specializing in Nazi Germany, all saw it as a Nazi salute. Nazi’s and white nationalists from all over the world seem to think it was, yet there are those who really insist on giving Elon the benefit of the doubt here. It seems like no one wants to say or suggest he’s a Nazi out loud any more, well at least not since him and his boy Trump got elected in December.

The ADL had no problem suggesting he was antisemitic back when he tweeted - “You have said the actual truth”, in response to a tweet decrying the erasure and hatred towards white people by Jews.

The ADL at the time added this to a string of complaints that they had about Musk and his platforming, and also lack of censorship of white nationalists, and antisemitic rhetoric. In this case Jonathan Greenblatt CEO of the ADL decried Musk’s tweet saying -

At a time when antisemitism is exploding in America and surging around the world, it is indisputably dangerous to use one's influence to validate and promote antisemitic theories. #NeverIsNow

Yet, after Musk got in trouble for what those defending him alleged to be a “Roman Salute” at the Trump inauguration the ADL seemed to have softened its tone on Musk posting -

This is a delicate moment. It’s a new day and yet so many are on edge. Our politics are inflamed, and social media only adds to the anxiety.&#10&#10It seems that @elonmusk made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute, but again, we appreciate that people are on edge.&#10&#10In this moment, all sides should give one another a bit of grace, perhaps even the benefit of the doubt, and take a breath. This is a new beginning. Let’s hope for healing and work toward unity in the months and years ahead.

The ADL giving Musk a hall pass was interesting considering the tension between the two in the past, but I’m sure an election and his proximity to Trump have nothing to do with it. The ADL wasn’t alone in giving Musk a free pass on the matter. Israel’s Prime Minister took a break from leading his genocide and bombing of Gaza to tweet -

.@elonmusk is being falsely smeared.&#10&#10Elon is a great friend of Israel. He visited Israel after the October 7 massacre in which Hamas terrorists committed the worst atrocity against the Jewish people since the Holocaust. He has since repeatedly and forcefully supported Israel’s right to defend itself against genocidal terrorists and regimes who seek to annihilate the one and only Jewish state.&#10&#10I thank him for this.

Maybe if this gesture was a first, it would be easier to look past it, but this seems to be on par with Elon these days. For a guy who’s not racist and loves everyone, it would seem off brand that Musk recently also endorsed the AfD, a far right nationalist party in Germany, posting -

Tweet from Elon Musk - Only the AfD Can Save Germany

Even more recently speaking at their rally in Germany.

Elon speaking at AFD event in January 2025

The AfD is best known for their hate of immigration into Germany, particularly Muslims. With one of their core policies being the fight against the “Islamization” of Germany. They’ve adopted a very “German” first approach. Sounds a bit similar to another historic German first party back from World War 2. But we’ll exclude those guys for now, who oddly also opposed the rise of a different ethnic group within Germany.

But maybe there’s just some other policies that the AfD has that Elon really agrees with. Even though he’s spoken at length about countries losing their cultural identity because of immigrants. Speaking at a conference in Italy he spoke at length on a panel that immigration policies directly lead to cultural erasure particularly of Europeans.

But maybe there’s other policies outside of the popular ones. Like maybe they also believe in baking cookies on Sundays or something. Having a political opinion or agreeing with some policies apart from the nationalist ones doesn’t make one a Nazi or fascist does it?

I mean there’s also the case of Musk’s support for Tommy Robinson. A far-right activist, (that’s what they call racists so to avoid defamation), who’s currently serving a quick jail stint. Robinson similarly has a disdain for a particular ethnic community having founded the EDL, who oddly seem to have a particular uniform shade of white to them.

Maybe Elon just hates Muslims, and immagrants or as his proponents may argue is just keen on maintaining a historic race unformity to not just these particular countries, but Europe as a whole. Which I guess that suggestion alone kinda seems a bit, how the kids would say, nazi-ish…

Or maybe he is just a quack?