It appears it is something one can do by accident; Musk did. We seem to have here an accusation by insinuation that Musk is adhering to an ideology which he clearly does not hold. It isn't obvious what the anti-Muskians want done about this. It puts me in mind of when people were calling Trump a liar while he was on campaign - apparently unaware that he was running for political office! I suppose in the end when Mexico didn't pay for the wall they felt a sense of vindication.
I can understand partisan politics, but this is just sillyness. Can there at least be actionable accusations made?
Faulty logic that presupposes Musk made a nazi salute by accident to then evidence that as proof that one can do so by accident.
As for his ideology; Musk boosts many far right comments and addressed a rally of the German far-right AfD party, just before Holocaust Remembrance Day, telling them that Germany should get over "past guilt."
Both his grandfathers were proudly outspoken pro-apartheid, antisemitic public figures. It's how he was raised.
Are you suggesting the Germans shouldn't get over their past guilt? Everyone reasonable moved past that more than 50 years ago. I know some Germans; if they don't want to feel guilt over the Nazis that is healthy. Germany should not be defined by the Nazis. It wasn't this century, it wasn't these Germans and the circumstances today are unrecognisable compared to 1930s from an ideological perspective.
> Both his grandfathers were proudly outspoken pro-apartheid, antisemitic public figures. It's how he was raised.
Oh well then. Extending his arm straight didn't reach me, but racist grandparents? Nazi confirmed, my bad, I'll go invest in Jew ovens. Now everyone can move on; no point anyone bringing it up again.
I can understand partisan politics, but this is just sillyness. Can there at least be actionable accusations made?