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I think Musk is a mixture of mad and right-wing extremist and that is particularly dangerous,
My professional opinion is that you're all right, you should believe your eyes,
Aubin posted on X, aligning with those who found the gesture was an overt reference to Nazis One can only say to him, 'Take a history book and withdraw for three days, read the history book and please be quiet with the poison he's spreading'.
Speaking to The Times about Musk, historian Jens-Christian Wagner, who runs the Buchenwald memorial, said It is threatening, irritating and
Dennis Radtke, an MEP for the centre-right CDU, told the Handelsblatt daily It seems that Elon Musk made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute, but again, we appreciate that people are on edge."
Writing on X, the Anti-Defamation League, which campaigns against antisemitism, wrote If you're cool and want to defend the 'Sieg Heils' and the Nazi salutes...whatever you want to do, that's on you. I'm on the opposite side of that. I'm not with the Nazis."
In an Instagram post, New York Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrote It was astonishing how insanely hard legacy media tried to cancel me for saying 'my heart goes out to you' and moving my hand from my heart to the audience. In the end, this deception will just be another nail in the coffin of legacy media."
I never imagined we would see the day when what appears to be a heil Hitler salute would be made behind the Presidential seal. This abhorrent gesture has no place in our society and belongs in the darkest chapters of human history."
Democratic Representative Jerry Nadler posted My heart goes out to you. It is thanks to you that the future of civilisation is assured.”
The row was sparked after Mr Musk thanked MAGA supporters for making Trump’s election win happen, adding Every click on X is monetarily supporting a Nazi.”
There is no change to our position on using X.”
A Cabinet Office spokesman said Being anti-Nazi isn’t political, it’s a stand against bigotry.”
One Reddit user who accused those of backing the ban of politicising the subreddit was criticised by another user, who argued I just want to say thank you for making it happen,
Musk said during a speech at Capital One Arena, referring to Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election If I were her, I'd be taking legal action for this completely unprovoked smear attempt."
We've said it hundreds of times before and we will say it again: the Holocaust was a singularly evil event, and it is inappropriate and offensive to make light of it,
Making inappropriate and highly offensive jokes that trivialize the Holocaust only serve to minimize the evil and inhumanity of Nazi crimes, denigrate the suffering of both victims and survivors and insult the memory of the six million Jews murdered in the Shoah
If I see one more damn Nazi salute in my feed, I’m gonna lose my mind."
The tech billionaire, in another post said Today I want to talk to you about something fragile and precious: freedom of expression on the Internet."
Jordan Bardella, President of the French far-right party National Rally, earlier this month posted a video on X along with the message He’ ... s absolutely correct is that people use woke ideology as an excuse to be an a**hole, and it’s really just people that are a**holes that are attaching themselves to things that make them feel righteous,
I have criticized Elon Musk many times for letting neo-Nazis pollute this platform, ... But this gesture is not a Nazi salute.