{"id":107263,"date":"2025-01-30T17:03:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T01:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/01\/30\/elon-musk-flirts-with-slapp-lawsuit-because-tim-walz-called-his-nazi-salute-a-nazi-salute\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T17:03:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T01:03:05","slug":"elon-musk-flirts-with-slapp-lawsuit-because-tim-walz-called-his-nazi-salute-a-nazi-salute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/01\/30\/elon-musk-flirts-with-slapp-lawsuit-because-tim-walz-called-his-nazi-salute-a-nazi-salute\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Flirts With SLAPP Lawsuit Because Tim Walz Called His Nazi Salute A Nazi Salute"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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 \u201cweird,\u201d is back in the public eye after describing what quacks and walks like a duck what it was \u2014 a Nazi salute. He wasn\u2019t the only one either; far-right agitator Nick Fuentes was happy to call it what it was<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You\u2019d think Elon is thinking about suing Fuentes too, right? Nope, just Walz. NY Daily News<\/a> has coverage:<\/p>\n

Elon Musk is mulling legal action against \u201ccreepy\u201d Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for suggesting he performed the Nazi salute during his speech after President Trump\u2019s inauguration earlier this month\u2026\u201cWe, spent three days debating, or trying to debate that \u2018President Musk\u2019 gave a Nazi salute. Of course he did,\u201d said Walz[.]<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve somehow managed to see what Elon did, you can gauge the similarities for yourself<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Actually following through with suing Walz for accurately characterizing his Trump Heil wouldn\u2019t be the dumbest thing Elon has done, but that\u2019s only because you could teach a class worth of the lawsuits this guy has been involved in<\/a>. It\u2019s obvious that he knows what a Nazi salute looks like \u2014 the website he bought is full of people doing it \u2014 and he\u2019s recently been vocally supportive of Germany\u2019s AfD party<\/a>. Now, the ADL was strangely neutral on calling out Elon\u2019s \u201cthrowing his heart out\u201d as Nazi behavior, but they\u2019re very thorough when it comes to the AfD\u2019s tendency to use Nazi slogans<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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\u2019s not really the middle finger, it\u2019s just his idiosyncratic way of using his hand to show that Elon towers above the rest. You\u2019ve seen Walz speak, sometimes he just gets so excited.<\/p>\n

Elon Musk Considers Suing Gov. Tim Walz Over Nazi Salute Accusation<\/a> [NY Daily News]<\/p>\n

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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\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s<\/a>. \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim,\u00a0a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor<\/a>, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at\u00a0cwilliams@abovethelaw.com<\/a>\u00a0and by tweet at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The post Elon Musk Flirts With SLAPP Lawsuit Because Tim Walz Called His Nazi Salute A Nazi Salute<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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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 \u201cweird,\u201d is back in the public eye after describing what quacks and walks like a duck what it was \u2014 a Nazi salute. He wasn\u2019t the only one either; far-right agitator Nick Fuentes was happy to call it what it was<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You\u2019d think Elon is thinking about suing Fuentes too, right? Nope, just Walz. NY Daily News<\/a> has coverage:<\/p>\n

Elon Musk is mulling legal action against \u201ccreepy\u201d Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for suggesting he performed the Nazi salute during his speech after President Trump\u2019s inauguration earlier this month\u2026\u201cWe, spent three days debating, or trying to debate that \u2018President Musk\u2019 gave a Nazi salute. Of course he did,\u201d said Walz[.]<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve somehow managed to see what Elon did, you can gauge the similarities for yourself<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Actually following through with suing Walz for accurately characterizing his Trump Heil wouldn\u2019t be the dumbest thing Elon has done, but that\u2019s only because you could teach a class worth of the lawsuits this guy has been involved in<\/a>. It\u2019s obvious that he knows what a Nazi salute looks like \u2014 the website he bought is full of people doing it \u2014 and he\u2019s recently been vocally supportive of Germany\u2019s AfD party<\/a>. Now, the ADL was strangely neutral on calling out Elon\u2019s \u201cthrowing his heart out\u201d as Nazi behavior, but they\u2019re very thorough when it comes to the AfD\u2019s tendency to use Nazi slogans<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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\u2019s not really the middle finger, it\u2019s just his idiosyncratic way of using his hand to show that Elon towers above the rest. You\u2019ve seen Walz speak, sometimes he just gets so excited.<\/p>\n

Elon Musk Considers Suing Gov. Tim Walz Over Nazi Salute Accusation<\/a> [NY Daily News]<\/p>\n

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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\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s<\/a>. \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim,\u00a0a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor<\/a>, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at\u00a0[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>\u00a0and by tweet at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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