• jj4211@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Yeah, I think a healthy amount of skepticism is good, that the likelihood of an awkward still out of context or AI generated slop is significant enough to always be doubtful. So yep, when I saw the still, ok, maybe it’s awkward still. Then a 2 second clip. Ok, maybe AI generated. Then certainly real and I’ll try to watch more for any plausible context I could have not imagined. Yeah, that was full stop a “Nazi salute but I can say it wasn’t a Nazi salute”.

    It’s not that I doubted he would be totally game for some Nazism, just disbelief that he would openly do the salute, especially on the first day.

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      I was fucking flabbergasted. I couldn’t believe it. I mean, I knew the man has some far out there right wing views and is a fucking edge lord. But when I saw it I found it unbelievable.

      So I related the action to myself, and tried to find an explanation where I could maybe see myself doing it. But honestly after sleeping on it I did realize what actually happened.

      Of course while I slept, my comment was bashed thoroughly. I don’t really blame anyone, commenters outside Lemmy Shitpost are barely aware of me, but I do think there’s room for understanding that seeing that was fucking jarring. The brain does what it does, you know.