You're asking the wrong question. If it wasn't a Nazi salute, why doesn't he say so?
I've seen enough gleeful comments by real, actual, self-proclaimed Nazis to know that they saw it as a Nazi salute. If I ever did any gesture that could be interpreted this way, I wouldn't hesitate a second to denounce them and apologize for the gesture.
Why has Musk still not done any of this, even though he knows that Nazis consider his gesture a Nazi salute? Why not come out and say "it wasn't meant to be a Nazi salute"?
> If it was, why wouldn’t he just say so? What would be the point in doing it in the first place?
Because he wants Nazis to support and like him, while giving non-Nazis "plausible deniability". He gains support from the base of the president he's working with while not really losing much.
Again, let's turn the question around: if it wasn't a Nazi salute, why wouldn't he just say so? He'd lose the support of Nazis and gain the respect of everyone else. Seems like an absolute no-brainer.
I've seen enough gleeful comments by real, actual, self-proclaimed Nazis to know that they saw it as a Nazi salute. If I ever did any gesture that could be interpreted this way, I wouldn't hesitate a second to denounce them and apologize for the gesture.
Why has Musk still not done any of this, even though he knows that Nazis consider his gesture a Nazi salute? Why not come out and say "it wasn't meant to be a Nazi salute"?
> If it was, why wouldn’t he just say so? What would be the point in doing it in the first place?
Because he wants Nazis to support and like him, while giving non-Nazis "plausible deniability". He gains support from the base of the president he's working with while not really losing much.
Again, let's turn the question around: if it wasn't a Nazi salute, why wouldn't he just say so? He'd lose the support of Nazis and gain the respect of everyone else. Seems like an absolute no-brainer.