Summary

Elon Musk escalated controversy over accusations that his salute at a Trump rally resembled a “Sieg heil” by posting Nazi-related jokes on X, referencing figures like Rudolf Hess and Joseph Goebbels.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) initially defended Musk, urging “a bit of grace” and “benefit of the doubt,” but later condemned his Holocaust-related jokes as offensive.

Conservative Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also defended Musk.

Critics highlighted Musk’s history of promoting far-right conspiracy theories and enabling neo-Nazi content on X, raising concerns about increasing offensive rhetoric on the platform.

  • @noticks@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    legitimate question:

    how does criticizing the actions of the government of Israel constitute antisemitism?

    • Ech
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      -139 months ago

      I didn’t say it did.

          • @noticks@lemmy.world
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            28 months ago

            Surely you understand that there are times when the logic applies and times where it doesn’t. The part that makes the Nazi saying it wrong is that they’re saying it with racism being the underlying message.