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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat is the origin of the Trump closed fisted salute? As used by Sen Hawley on November 6th.
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What is the origin of the Trump closed fisted salute? As used by Sen Hawley on November 6th. (Original Post)
Kyblue1
Aug 2022
OP
It's now a pseudo-macho gesture by gutless, weaselly Republicans like Trump/Hawley.
tableturner
Aug 2022
#9
relayerbob
(6,544 posts)1. That easily goes back to Rome at least
A symbol for authoritarian strength and power.
onenote
(42,703 posts)7. Also a symbol for protest against authoritarian strength and power.
Basically, it has used as a symbol of solidarity by groups of all stripes at various times.
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getagrip_already
(14,750 posts)2. Also a black power symbol.....
From the 60's.......
Solomon
(12,310 posts)3. Not the way Trump does it.
Samrob
(4,298 posts)5. Shhh don't tell them that.
People of color can't have anything that whites don't steal from them.
blogslug
(38,000 posts)4. He thinks he's Bender from The Breakfast Club
QED
(2,747 posts)6. Yesterday I heard it called "MAGA Mandela"
I think it was George Conway on CNN - I was listening in the car.
Gaugamela
(2,496 posts)8. The raised fist is a long-standing symbol of solidarity, and comes out
of traditional leftist movements against oppression (the labour movement, socialism, anarchism, etc.) Obviously, it also signals a willingness to fight.
The use of the fist as a salute by communists and antifascists is first evidenced in 1924, when it was adopted for the Communist Party of Germany's Roter Frontkämpferbund (Alliance of Red Front-Fighters). In reaction, the Nazi Party adopted the well-known Roman salute two years later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raised_fist
tableturner
(1,682 posts)9. It's now a pseudo-macho gesture by gutless, weaselly Republicans like Trump/Hawley.
Higherarky
(637 posts)11. I think that he thinks it makes him look tough, like a boxer.
He's wrong.
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