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Written by Amanda Marcotte on 2025-01-22 at 11:25

Elon Musk's salute is a standard-issue far-right trolling tactic. I call it fascist peekaboo, and explain how it works here.

But it's not working so well this time. I explain how progressives and the press are getting smarter on how to respond.

https://www.salon.com/2025/01/22/elon-musks-salute-falls-flat-why-far-right-trolling-isnt-working-this-time/

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Written by Tanquist on 2025-01-22 at 16:55

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This reminds me of how I got my MAGA relative to stop trying to bait me into pointless arguments. I started responding to every provocative statement with a disinterested "Uh huh." It really took the wind out of his sails.

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