Anglican Catholic Church 'condemns Nazi ideology and antisemitism in all its forms' after Father Calvin Robinson makes gesture at pro-life rally
“In study after study, as well as our lived experiences, X has become a platform that promotes hate, antisemitism, and societal division. Under the leadership of Elon Musk, X has reduced content moderation, promoted white supremacists, and re-platformed purveyors of conspiracy theories.”
Elon Musk told a rally the German far-right AfD party, just before Holocaust Remembrance Day, that Germany should get over "past guilt."
Readers discuss the Auschwitz anniversary and a Musk speech. Also: Threats against Dr. Fauci; resign, or else; police use of tasers; aging women; an invitation to letter writers.
The ADL’s defense of Elon Musk — after his hand gesture resembling a Nazi salute — outraged many in the Jewish world and beyond, who felt the antisemitism watchdog had given a pass to a blatant offender.
“It seems that Elon Musk made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute,” the Anti-Defamation League wrote Monday in a statement on Musk’s own social media platform X, referring to Musk’s outstretched-arm movement that came as he was thanking his supporters.
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Semitic, anti-Muslim, and anti-immigration AFD Party, urged Germany to “move beyond” Holocaust education, and appeared to do a fascist-style salute at a Trump inauguration party, which he denied. With Holocaust Remembrance Day approaching,
A woman performs a Nazi salute while at a pro-Palestinian protest; Elon Musk on Monday; Adolf Hitler; a fan at a British soccer match in 2021; neo-Nazis in Australia in 2023; members of Blood Tribe and Goyim Defense League in Florida in 2023.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused the antisemitism watchdog group of “defending a Heil Hitler salute” before arguing that the ADL “works for” Trump and his allies.
CNN panelists descended into a shouting match Monday night as senior political commentator Scott Jennings defended tech mogul Elon Musk
Elon Musk’s biographer called him a “sociopath” after the MAGA billionaire’s 2024 visit to the Auschwitz death camp was dismissed by someone else at the event as nothing more than a “photo-op.” Musk,