There’s a big difference between simply extending one’s hand amidst a dance move, and going full ‘seig heil’. In all of these years, I’ve never heard anyone make that association before.
And now people often do because folks like Elon have done it publicly (twice in his case). Even Germany officially categorized it as a Nazi salute when he did it. We didn’t ask for this mental association and some of us can’t unsee it.
There’s a big difference between simply extending one’s hand amidst a dance move, and going full ‘seig heil’. In all of these years, I’ve never heard anyone make that association before.
I think a big part of it is that you have to be facing the same direction as your hand for it to count, which would be rare while dancing.
In the same vein I doubt anyone was ever accused of doing a double Nazi salute when dabbing was briefly popular.
And now people often do because folks like Elon have done it publicly (twice in his case). Even Germany officially categorized it as a Nazi salute when he did it. We didn’t ask for this mental association and some of us can’t unsee it.
No pun intended, but I still think that’s a stretch