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applegrove

(132,596 posts) Sun Mar 8, 2026, 10:40 PM Mar 8

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Hegseth's 'gesture' this morning:

here's a photo of Hegseth's gesture (Saul Loeb/Getty)
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-09T00:41:13.175Z

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Hegseth's 'gesture' this morning: (Original Post) applegrove Mar 8 OP

Not sure that was even intentional. Just something he absorbed and identified with. dgauss Mar 8 #1

Could be. applegrove Mar 8 #2

Kind of an accidental reflex dgauss Mar 8 #3

Yes. It could be that. Makes you wonder if they are using applegrove Mar 8 #4

The movie was funnier. carpetbagger Mar 8 #6

Perfect, and with Hegseth it's the really stupid version of bold curiosity. dgauss Mar 8 #8

Ya beat me to it. usonian Mar 9 #10

One of the best scenes in that movie progressoid Mar 9 #11

Could be, but I lean towards purposeful dog whistle AZJonnie Mar 9 #13

Did t fall asleep standing up? mwmisses4289 Mar 8 #5

I tried to gage Trump's reaction to Hegseth's gesture but applegrove Mar 8 #7

He was asleep on his feet. murielm99 Mar 9 #9

Piggy looks like a wax dummy MorbidButterflyTat Mar 9 #12

dgauss

(1,560 posts)

1. Not sure that was even intentional. Just something he absorbed and identified with.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 10:52 PM

Mar 8

applegrove

(132,596 posts)

2. Could be.

Reply to dgauss (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 10:53 PM

Mar 8

dgauss

(1,560 posts)

3. Kind of an accidental reflex

Reply to applegrove (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 10:55 PM

Mar 8

applegrove

(132,596 posts)

4. Yes. It could be that. Makes you wonder if they are using

Reply to dgauss (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 10:58 PM

Mar 8

that Hitler move in private quite often or did he just overly sympathize with Musk and the like.

carpetbagger

(5,492 posts)

6. The movie was funnier.

Reply to dgauss (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 11:15 PM

Mar 8

dgauss

(1,560 posts)

8. Perfect, and with Hegseth it's the really stupid version of bold curiosity.

Reply to carpetbagger (Reply #6)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 11:22 PM

Mar 8

usonian

(25,885 posts)

10. Ya beat me to it.

Reply to carpetbagger (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 12:34 AM

Mar 9

Given Kegbreath's history, a new character.

DOCTOR Strangebrew.

The McKenzie brothers with a bomb.

progressoid

(53,249 posts)

11. One of the best scenes in that movie

Reply to carpetbagger (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 01:12 AM

Mar 9

And there are a bunch of great scenes.

AZJonnie

(3,780 posts)

13. Could be, but I lean towards purposeful dog whistle

Reply to dgauss (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 03:58 AM

Mar 9

He planned ahead to do it when he said "far flung places", knowing the left-leaning media/podcast world would focus on this for Monday, instead of the many other things that are going to straight shit for this regime, such as the stock market falling and crude (and petrol) prices rising. This way he and the RW media can make hay whining about how our side imagines nazi's everywhere, how he "clearly" was gesturing to 'far flung places' when he did it, etc.

The problem is, he obviously is a fucking Nazi, and people SHOULD be calling out him out for it. So it's a bit of a Catch-22 for us.

mwmisses4289

(4,424 posts)

5. Did t fall asleep standing up?

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 11:05 PM

Mar 8

applegrove

(132,596 posts)

7. I tried to gage Trump's reaction to Hegseth's gesture but

Reply to mwmisses4289 (Reply #5)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 11:18 PM

Mar 8

it seemed to me Trump was either asleep or bored out of his skull so he didn't see it. One or the other.

murielm99

(33,018 posts)

9. He was asleep on his feet.

Reply to applegrove (Reply #7)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 12:10 AM

Mar 9

MorbidButterflyTat

(4,628 posts)

12. Piggy looks like a wax dummy

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 01:23 AM

Mar 9

Asleep, as usual.

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