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If
a
billionaire
throws
out
two
Nazi
salutes
at
an
extremely
public
political
rally
and
says
some
kind
words
afterward,
does
it
change
the
meaning
of
the
Nazi
salute?
A
normal
person
would
say
no.
Tim
Walz,
famously
known
for
showing
how
in
step
with
the
common
man
he
is
by
calling
alt-righters
“weird,”
is
back
in
the
public
eye
after
describing
what
quacks
and
walks
like
a
duck
what
it
was
—
a
Nazi
salute.
He
wasn’t
the
only
one
either;
far-right
agitator
Nick
Fuentes
was
happy
to
call
it
what
it
was.
You’d
think
Elon
is
thinking
about
suing
Fuentes
too,
right?
Nope,
just
Walz.
NY
Daily
News
has
coverage:
Elon
Musk
is
mulling
legal
action
against
“creepy”
Minnesota
Gov.
Tim
Walz
for
suggesting
he
performed
the
Nazi
salute
during
his
speech
after
President
Trump’s
inauguration
earlier
this
month…“We,
spent
three
days
debating,
or
trying
to
debate
that
‘President
Musk’
gave
a
Nazi
salute.
Of
course
he
did,”
said
Walz[.]
If
you’ve
somehow
managed
to
see
what
Elon
did,
you
can
gauge
the
similarities
for
yourself.
Actually
following
through
with
suing
Walz
for
accurately
characterizing
his
Trump
Heil
wouldn’t
be
the
dumbest
thing
Elon
has
done,
but
that’s
only
because
you
could
teach
a
class
worth
of
the
lawsuits
this
guy
has
been
involved
in.
It’s
obvious
that
he
knows
what
a
Nazi
salute
looks
like
—
the
website
he
bought
is
full
of
people
doing
it
—
and
he’s
recently
been
vocally
supportive
of
Germany’s
AfD
party.
Now,
the
ADL
was
strangely
neutral
on
calling
out
Elon’s
“throwing
his
heart
out”
as
Nazi
behavior,
but
they’re
very
thorough
when
it
comes
to
the
AfD’s
tendency
to
use
Nazi
slogans.
The
mature
thing
for
Walz
to
do
in
this
situation
is
to
have
a
couple
of
lawyers
on
speed
dial
in
case
Musk
takes
him
to
court.
What
I
hope
he
does
is
hold
a
press
conference
where
he
gives
Elon
Musk
the
middle
finger.
But
it’s
not
really
the
middle
finger,
it’s
just
his
idiosyncratic
way
of
using
his
hand
to
show
that
Elon
towers
above
the
rest.
You’ve
seen
Walz
speak,
sometimes
he
just
gets
so
excited.
Elon
Musk
Considers
Suing
Gov.
Tim
Walz
Over
Nazi
Salute
Accusation
[NY
Daily
News]
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected] and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.