> the use of the 'roman salute' term is (potentially accidental; I think maybe some people do think it was a real thing) sanewashing.
It's used because YouTube and tiktok will demonetized you for saying Nazi.
TikTok, in particular, has pretty aggressive live stream killing policies. It's lead to weird things like streamers saying "grape" for "rape" and "unalive" for "kill".
Huh, I actually didn't know that (as a certified Old Person I use neither on a regular basis). That maybe does explain why people are doing it to some extent. Talk about unintended consequences...
It's used because YouTube and tiktok will demonetized you for saying Nazi.
TikTok, in particular, has pretty aggressive live stream killing policies. It's lead to weird things like streamers saying "grape" for "rape" and "unalive" for "kill".