It was plainly obviously fascist signalling, whether trolling, joking or serious. Nazi? The detail doesn’t matter. But he knew what that looked like and he did it deliberately. It’s just not really plausible to pretend that he he wouldn’t have known what it looked like.

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chuckadams 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I personally think he really is a fascist, but I still don't think he was deliberately throwing out a Nazi salute. Just naive about waving to a crowd in front of a camera, which is very on-brand for him.

	▲	CamperBob2 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		See the .gifs I posted below. There is no way to spin that as naivete.
	▲	dofm 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		He's naïve about many things but I don't believe any of these people are ignorant of fascist imagery or its trollish power, even if only in some bullshit recycled bad-sci-fi trope sense. He may be more ignorant than he portrays but he is a malignant narcissist — guys like him don't even think fascism is a bad idea.

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Rover222 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This is so ridiculous, IMO. you can find Mamdami and AOC doing the exact same pose. Doesn't mean anything, it's a natural gesture when addressing a large crowd.

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dofm 5 hours ago | parent [-]

The pose, as a static image, looks a little bit like someone waving their whole arm to a large crowd.

The video, by contrast, shows a man deliberately engaging in fascist salute gestures:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VfYjPzj1Xw

Pretending otherwise, that is ridiculous.

	▲	chuckadams an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Yikes. I initially saw a different photo that looked a lot more like it could have been waving, but yeah, that's just blatant.
	▲	Rover222 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
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