Ask Lemmy

Well of course Neo-Nazis would be expected to call it a salute. They're known for being so eager or desperate to make their case that they'll jump at the opportunity to put words in the mouth of a person of power and say they're on their side for leverage.

I remember when the Black Panther movies came out, white separatists alarmingly claimed en masse it "proves" white separatism since that school of thought isn't hierarchal but tries to claim life is better under forced separation, and Black Panther had only two caucasian characters in it who were explorers while everyone else was African. They then claimed Marvel was engaging in this phenomenon we call plausible deniability since a few of the actors are from actual cults with heavy racial undertones (actual cults tend to use their power to worm people into prestigious roles which increases their power, it's not just a Scientology thing), since the cast as a whole is selected for attractiveness, and since the in-universe mythology is Norse mythology. I mean, yeah, when I explain it that way, that's definitely what it looks like Marvel is doing, but it's still just a temptation to think that. Same approach with Musk, who I don't think highly of for other reasons (mainly the fact he's not good at what he does and it spills over in some ways, but one other reason being, yeah, some of his ideas sadly breed what we accuse him of, as someone pointed out). I also didn't think citing a message on something Musk owns as a gesture of emphasis would be seen in an anti-US-politics community as synonymous with supporting Musk.