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.
Elon, the accusations are not baseless. If it was an honest mistake you’d be bending over backwards to apologize, denounce Nazis, etc.
Exactly this
I hope some German politicians still have the balls the prosecute him in his absence. It would be funny if he cannot travel to Germany anymore (or maybe the whole EU, if they issue an international warrant)
This is a great time to take stock of which of your news sources, friends or family can’t be trusted
Turns out nobody
that sucks…
after making
a gesture at a Trump inauguration event resemblinga Nazi saluteThere, Grauniad. I fixed your copy for you.
Where’s the difference
Hitler knew everyone was watching, apartheid baby has to look around for make sure everyone saw
Hitler had better posture?
Elon looks like he’s demonstrating to a toddler what starting a lawnmower looks like from the lawnmower’s perspective.
Yeah, hitler had way more swagger than this elon douchebag
Good grief. He can’t even make that gesture without looking like a dweeb.
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.
What is a CHA score? I can’t find something that fits the initialism with any relevance, certainly not a CHADS score (stroke risk).
Charisma, like in DND. He has average to below average social skills basically.
OoOoh, 8-10/18. That makes far more sense!
Versus Zuckerberg who is rumored to have a CHA of 2. But I think that may be standard for most guys into samurai swords.
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Not only that, that’s not the first time he’s done that. He’s had practice.
How can it be prosecuted under German law if not done in Germany?
The repercussions I’d like to see is twitter ban. At least for the government organisations.
EDIT: why the downvotes, the question is legitimate.
Updoot because I had the same question and was reading the responses from your comment
