The Anti-Defamation League said the tech mogul’s social media post was offensive
An anti-Semitism watchdog has accused tech billionaire Elon Musk of downplaying the Holocaust, after an ally of US President Donald Trump mocked his critics with a social media post filled with Nazi puns.
The owner of SpaceX, Tesla and X raised some eyebrows on Monday when he emotionally extended his right hand during a speech on Trump’s inauguration day. While some reacted to the gesture with playful expressions, others accused the Mongols of giving the Nazi salute.
Musk took the blame “radical leftists” To the violent reaction. On Thursday, he published a satirical post on X containing references to the leaders of Nazi Germany.
“Don’t say Hess to the Nazi accusations! Some people will lose anything! Stop pursuing your enemies!” books. “His pronouns will be he/himler! I bet you did the next Nazi.”
Podcaster Dave Rubin wrote in a comment on Musk’s post: “Humor is the fascist way to defeat these people!” Musk replied: “They can’t stand being laughed at.”
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) quickly condemned the businessman. “We have said it hundreds of times before and we will say it again: the Holocaust was a uniquely evil event, and it is inappropriate and insulting to belittle it.” ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt wrote on X on Thursday.
The ADL issued a separate statement saying this “Making inappropriate and highly offensive jokes that belittle the Holocaust only serves to trivialize the evil and inhumanity of the Nazi crimes, distort the suffering of victims and survivors alike, and insult the memory of the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust.”
The Jewish advocacy group previously defended Musk, noting that the billionaire had done so “He made an awkward gesture in a moment of excitement, not in a Nazi salute.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also defended Musk, describing him as… “A great friend of Israel” Who was he? “Falsely smeared.”
Musk traveled to Israel shortly after the deadly Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, which sparked the war in Gaza. In January 2024, he visited the site of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz in Poland. According to the BBC, Musk laid a wreath and participated in a memorial service.
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