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Why Won’t the US Corporate Media Call a Nazi Salute a Nazi Salute?

www.commondreams.org Why Won’t the US Corporate Media Call a Nazi Salute a Nazi Salute? | Common Dreams

The mainstream press failed to accurately describe the hand gesture that Elon Musk made twice at Trump’s Inauguration Day rally, setting a troubling precedent for the second Trump era.

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America loves nazis. America wants to be nazis.
Get out before it’s too late.
- As an American who fucking hates Nazi's, piss off with your defeatism. I would much rather die fighting against Nazi's than run like a coward because things look bad.
  
  Oh tough guy.
  Have fun with that.
  
  Has nothing to do with "being tough" or any kind of posturing. How would you react when told to abandon something you believe in and let it be taken over by the worst of humanity? Do you love Nazi's and want Americans to be Nazi's? (see i can deflect the conversation into bullshit too).
  
  What is it you believe in?
  
  My community, and the idea that we can and should always strive to be better than we are today.
  
  Fair enough, I don't disagree with your choice to defend what you believe in ( and i doubt you care about my opinion on that anyway, i wouldn't if the situation were reversed ).
  Your wording implies you believe that had you chosen differently you would be a coward, are you implying that all people who don't choose as you did are cowards, or is this specific to your choice ?
  
  I'm here with this guy.
  
  It’s a lot easier if you stop believing in America.
  They let us all down it’s time to let it burn.
  
  "Let it burn" means giving up and letting them win. Accepting defeatism and rolling over for them is exactly what got them into power and is letting them stay there.
  I, personally, would much rather keep fighting them.
  
  Lol that's not what it means you sweet summer child
- Fuck that. It's my country, I'm not leaving. We've defeated Nazis before we can do it again.
  
  We especially defeated those nazis like Wernher Von Braun!
- A lot of country are going the same path. This isn't anywhere near being exclusive to America.
- There's no getting out, what happens in America affects the rest of the world too.
  Nazis have the federal government in a chokehold but there's a lot of resistance at local and municipal levels. I'm just mid level management but after Trump's announcement on "two genders" I immediately let my trans and nonbinary employees know that they would continue to be seen and respected and validated at work regardless of what the white house says.
  The worst I fear is still the issue of global warming, it's already bad and the white house is locking in on releasing all the CO2 it can - and the entire globe will suffer for it.
  
  Unfortunately the globe is already done for.
  I have zero faith that humans will stop global warming.

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