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The move by Trump’s provocative former adviser came a month after Elon Musk’s controversial salute on inauguration day

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[–] runiq@feddit.org 67 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's a FUCKING NAZI SALUTE, YOU FECKLESS MILQUETOAST SCUMBAGS.

How HARD would it have been to write "STEVE BANNON ALSO MAKES NAZI SALUTE AT CONSERVATIVE CONFERENCE"?

God, this shit makes me so fucking angry.

[–] Bonifratz@lemm.ee 45 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Youtube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBOJAAujwb8

Yes, this is a nazi salute. How long until we see regular "Hail Trump!"s (and/or "Hail Elon!"s)?

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Upvote for the video. Reading the headline made me think there was some level of questionable concept for IF it was a nazi salute.

Watching the video you provided erased all doubt. The headline went soft. It should have been:

Steve Bannon makes nazi salute gesture at conservative conference because he, and the Trump party are full on going nazi.

See how MY version leaves no room for second guessing? That's what they should have wrote.

[–] Amputret@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

Going Nazi? They’ve always been Nazis.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] foggy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Heil" translates to "Hail", and these folks are -- believe it or not -- not German.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I was just hailing 🫡them, not correcting ;)

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

forward.com runs headline resembling simpering bootlicking cowardice.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I cannot stand these headlines washing reality to steer the narrative

[–] Karkitoo@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Absolutely

As I said in another post, It's tiring this tiptoeing around the facts.

Especially from a Jewish journal. Learning from history, they should know better than pulling punches with Nazism.

[–] Banana@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

Depends on if they're zionists because the zionists are basically fucking nazis now

[–] doctortofu@reddthat.com 35 points 1 day ago

Resembling? Yeah, sure. He also engaged in rhythmical chest expansions resembling breathing, and arrived at the podium by putting one foot in front of the other, in a manner that might be interpreted as walking in some circles...

For fuck's sake, the word mincing is driving me fucking insane...

[–] gressen@lemm.ee 28 points 1 day ago

What is this strange thing resembling journalism?

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The media has been doing this for over a year with a genocide. They've been doing it for decades, probably centuries, with racism, imperialism, etc. It's the job of capitalist media to cover for capitalism, fascism, etc.

Ofc they'll do it for a nazi hand gesture.

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Steve Bannon appears to be a Nazi.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

Yes, he is a member of the Republican Party.

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 14 points 1 day ago

Sieve Bannon makes ~~gesture resembling~~ Nazi salute

[–] TheOneAndOnly@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

This timeline is so fukkd. I want off of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

This time they can't say it's a "my heart goes out to you" gesture, as Bannon has no heart.

[–] karl_chungus@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

One more time and it’s a pattern.

Fuckin eww.