• SoftTeeth@lemmy.world
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    The Alt Right Pipeline depends on edgy immature people ironically saying edgy stuff for dopamine hits until they are effectively trained to repeat the edgy stuff unironically.

    When they put away the dog whistles and just come out as evil fascists then it causes a lot of their supporters to have a “are we the baddies?” moment

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    How is only one “main stream” American News source calling it what it was “falling flat”?

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      The author is comparing it to previous trolling attempts, and how this one isn’t being picked up except by neo-nazi groups.

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          It’s how they see it, apparently. Same with all the “OK” hand gestures. It’s a dog whistle intended to empower those that agree with this crap to start doing it publicly. “If Elon can do it, so can I”…etc.

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      The neo Nazis think he was, and that was his audience. That’s enough for me.

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        Yeah, if it was anything else, it wouldn’t be so forceful. No matter how socially awkward he is. Stiff I can get as being accidental from being nervous, but putting so much energy into it… that doesn’t happen unintentionally. If his gesture was affected by anxiety, nervousness, or lack of practice, it would have been less energetic than if he was confident and practiced at it.

        There is no possible way he meant anything else, all efforts afterwards to minimize it are hedging his bets and gaslighting.

        I am Autistic and work with many other autistic and neurodivergent people, and this is not that at all. It was no accident, it looked exactly how he intended it to look, he practiced that in a mirror, alot. The hedging heart thing was also practiced.

        I wouldn’t be surprised to find out he had a bet going with someone that he could do it and get away with it. I don’t live in a bubble, I do hang out with conservatives, this is exactly the thing they think is funny or cool.

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      That was the dumbest fucking video I’ve watched in recent memory. “My heart goes out to you”? Get the fuck out lol

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      the nazi did the fucking nazi salute twice, so that there were no doubts about it

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      “I’m all for people stimming in ways that make people uncomfortable”

      Oh fuck entirely off. If that person really is autistic, she’s an insult to the rest of us who don’t stim by fucking throwing up Nazi salutes.

      You can akshually this as a Roman salute, but it’s still a fucking fascist salute from a man with a long history of Nazi signalling.

      Stop carrying water for Nazis.

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      I’m very disappointed you registered an account and in your inability to grasp reality. Welcome to my block list.