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Did Elon Musk give a ‘Nazi’ salute and does it play into the hands of neo-fascist groups?
The US Pledge of Allegiance, where Americans swear loyalty to their flag, was originally accompanied by the "Bellamy salute," which bore an uncanny resemblance to what later became associated with ...
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Elon Musk at Trump’s inauguration: What’s the history of the Nazi salute?
As the pledge quickly became popular, a magazine called the Youth Companion, where Bellamy worked, decided to create a salute ...
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Letter: Musk will escape consequences for controversial salute
Editor: The kerfuffle surrounding Elon Musk’s hand salute represents historical amnesia, the national swing, and the uselessness of it. In 1892, a Baptist minister, Francis Bellamy wrote what ...