In this case we’re talking about Elmo displaying what is, in the context of his whole public presentation, clearly intended as a Nazi salute. So no, truthfully stating that other groups have used that salute too isn’t the whole truth because it ignores the context of conversation.
Yes, only that’s not what I am answering.
Yeah, but that wasn’t originally the conversation you tacked on to.
Just that the gesture’s meaning is not definitively only Nazi.
Sure, but why point that out, when it’s not relevant to the conversation of Elmo being a Neo-Nazi? Maybe this helps to consider the optics of your comment:
Media: “Controversial” salute
Comment: Not controversial, just Nazi
You: Well, there are other meanings for the gesture
That sounds a whole lot like the apologism going around trying to paint Elmo as misunderstood.
catch and guess what others think from fundamentally insufficient amount of information.
That’s communication in general. We use shorthands so we don’t always have to elaborate, but a lot of things pick up different meanings in different contexts.
And in the specific context - because, again, the initial comment you responded to was specific to this specific display of this specific gesture - Elon has displayed a lot of Neo-Nazi behaviour. That doesn’t mean he has to be a Neo-Nazi (you’re right, see can’t know for sure what he thinks) but that he’s courting their favour (because we can see what he does). That makes it rather reasonable to assume that a known Neo-Nazi-courter producing something looking like an edgy teenager’s imitation of Hitler’s salute is indeed performing a Nazi salute.
No matter what else the gesture can mean, it’s clear what this instance is intended to signal.
In this case we’re talking about Elmo displaying what is, in the context of his whole public presentation, clearly intended as a Nazi salute. So no, truthfully stating that other groups have used that salute too isn’t the whole truth because it ignores the context of conversation.
Yeah, but that wasn’t originally the conversation you tacked on to.
Sure, but why point that out, when it’s not relevant to the conversation of Elmo being a Neo-Nazi? Maybe this helps to consider the optics of your comment:
Media: “Controversial” salute
Comment: Not controversial, just Nazi
You: Well, there are other meanings for the gesture
That sounds a whole lot like the apologism going around trying to paint Elmo as misunderstood.
That’s communication in general. We use shorthands so we don’t always have to elaborate, but a lot of things pick up different meanings in different contexts.
And in the specific context - because, again, the initial comment you responded to was specific to this specific display of this specific gesture - Elon has displayed a lot of Neo-Nazi behaviour. That doesn’t mean he has to be a Neo-Nazi (you’re right, see can’t know for sure what he thinks) but that he’s courting their favour (because we can see what he does). That makes it rather reasonable to assume that a known Neo-Nazi-courter producing something looking like an edgy teenager’s imitation of Hitler’s salute is indeed performing a Nazi salute.
No matter what else the gesture can mean, it’s clear what this instance is intended to signal.