Summary

Elon Musk faced backlash after making a gesture at a Trump inauguration event resembling a Nazi salute, sparking condemnation in Germany.

Critics, including Jewish leaders and Chancellor Olaf Scholz, called the act provocative and linked it to Musk’s support for Germany’s far-right AfD party.

Musk dismissed the accusations, calling them baseless.

Legal experts noted the gesture could be prosecuted under German law if malicious intent is proven.

Critics stressed its troubling context given the far-right audience and Musk’s political affiliations.

    • ThePowerOfGeek
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      8111 days ago

      Good grief. He can’t even make that gesture without looking like a dweeb.

      • @[email protected]
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        3111 days ago

        I’m listening to the 2020 Behind the Bastards on Elon. I like this cast in that you get a full picture, including childhood. Memet Oz: we learn of daddy issues and that he actually was a good surgeon back in the day. Zuckerberg: we learn that FB began as a social wank site for ranking women and that Zuck is heavy into samurai swords.

        Elon, apparently, has a CHA score of somewhere in the 8-10 zone and is very overshadowed by his brother on that score.

        • @rowinxavier
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          1211 days ago

          What is a CHA score? I can’t find something that fits the initialism with any relevance, certainly not a CHADS score (stroke risk).

    • @[email protected]
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      5811 days ago

      Hitler had better posture?

      Elon looks like he’s demonstrating to a toddler what starting a lawnmower looks like from the lawnmower’s perspective.

    • Lucy :3
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      1211 days ago

      Left pic has more power. That’s the difference.

    • @ieatpwns
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      711 days ago

      Hitler knew everyone was watching, apartheid baby has to look around for make sure everyone saw