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Save your outrage: Elon Musk's inauguration salute is just another distracting meme

JL;DR SUMMARY Rob Eshman urges readers not to get caught up in the controversy surrounding Elon Musk's alleged Nazi-like hand gesture during an inauguration event. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Elon MuskHate SpeechDonald TrumpSocial MediaCourageJanuary 6 InsurrectionPolitical DistractionDeportation PoliciesYanny/Laurel

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Washington, Washington DC, United States
"I know its tough to resist the temptation to go into full outrage mode over the apparent Nazi gesture Musk made during an Inauguration Day speech at Washington, D.C.s Capital One Arena."
Auschwitz, Lesser Poland, Poland
"wrote that he once asked the Polish tour guide who led Musk through Auschwitz if he believed the death camp made an impression on Musk."

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