Quotes
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
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 postedIt 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."
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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.”
A third user blastedThere is no change to our position on using X.”
A Cabinet Office spokesman saidBeing 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 arguedIf I were her, I'd be taking legal action for this completely unprovoked smear attempt."
Another added
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,
he wrote
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
The ADL saidElon Musk is being falsely smeared. Elon is a great friend of Israel. He visited Israel after the October 7 massacre in which Hamas terrorists committed the worst atrocity against the Jewish people since the Holocaust. He has since repeatedly and forcefully supported Israel’s right to defend itself against genocidal terrorists and regimes who seek to annihilate the one and only Jewish state. I thank him for this."
Netanyahu wrote
If I see one more damn Nazi salute in my feed, I’m gonna lose my mind."
The tech billionaire, in another post said.jpg)
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 messageHe’ ... 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,
he continuedI have criticized Elon Musk many times for letting neo-Nazis pollute this platform, ... But this gesture is not a Nazi salute.
he wrote on X, addingMy 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 NazisOne of the earliest red flags of authoritarianism is going after truth, going after reality, making it hard for people to identify what's real or fact-based,
says Benavidez
Wikipedia has been one of the very last corners of the internet that has a commitment to fact-checking and truth,
says Nora Benavidez, director of digital justice and civil rights at the non-profit Free PressI hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means,
declared Musk in April 2022You can't have free speech if speakers who exercise that right are subject to enormously expensive litigation,
Stern says