God Is a Geek Employees Resign After Owner Copies Elon Musk’s Nazi Salute

TNS: The owner of God Is a Geek copied Elon Musk's Nazi salute, which led to the staff's resignation and the creation of a new website.

[thorstein]

Hitler's party were certainly Christian so this comes as no surprise.

[coolbeans]

And the chief forces *against* Hitler's party were also certainly Christian, so I'm not sure what you're driving at here. r/atheism is just around the corner on your first left.

[NXFather]

You got realize alot of these humans are not really humans? I don't mean reptiles either.

[NXFather]

These days they are no longer open calling themselves Gods.

[Cacabunga]

Dumbest disrespectful website name..

[coolbeans]

I must make a critical correction here: the chief forces [that were consistently] against Hitler's party were also certainly Christian. My original comment is incorrect when considering that The Allies did include The Soviet Union, whose official ideology was atheism & communism (obviously). But that correction also unexpectedly reinforces my point, given Stalin's willingness to shake hands with Hitler and sign a non-aggression pact with him early on.

[S2Killinit]

He means they were christian as in christian ideals, imagery, propaganda, and sentiments were used by Nazi’s to justify or unite their base.

This is not new. And its not exclusive to Nazi’s or christianity.

Religion is and always has been used to justify the most heinous atrocities in human history, and continues to do so. In fact, religion and racism both live in the same space as both phenomena aim to create “out group-in group” worldview (according to professors of sociology). In other words, “I’m better than you because you will end up burning in hell, but my religion is correct so Im going to heaven”.

[coolbeans]

@S2Killint

"He means they were christian as in christian ideals, imagery, propaganda, and sentiments were used by Nazi’s to justify or unite their base."

But even that claim is warped the more you look into Hilter's own motivations. It's not really "christian" propaganda to harken back to Aryan bloodlines for example. Like, there's a wider mixture of ideals - some inherently contradictory to one another - that led to the rise of the Third Reich.

But even if that *were* the case, that still isn't a great excuse for thorstein's Reddit Atheism moment.

-Anglican priest decides to throw up a Roman salute (even being generous to his stated motivation) and is quickly defrocked over it.
-"Heh... not surprised to see from a Christian."

Like, to literally paint this broad brush over one guy who's literally being *punished* as we speak is simply asinine. That's why I was being smarmy in return.

[thorstein]

Since you keep calling me out with some pseudo historical claims.

The opposition were Christian?

The UK at the time was not a Christian as they once were. That decline started at the end of the 18th century.

The USA still firmly held a separation of church and state at the beginning of WWII and at no time did either country embrace Christianity as a driving force for opposing Hitler. And neither did France.

China was not Christian.

The Soviets were atheists. And yes, Stalin did awful horrible things. The USA had interment camps.

Hitler wrote Mein Kampf BEFORE his rise. He and his party had no doubt they were doing God's work.

That equivocacy doesn't change the simple fact that Hitler and his followers were Christian, no matter how much you want to embrace no true scotsman fallacy.

And then to dismiss the disgusting history of Christianity (and current disposition) with a broad stroke is "simply asinine."

To put it in gamer terms, this guy is not a bug, he's a feature.

[coolbeans]

@thorstein

-"The UK at the time was not a Christian as they once were."

"The USA still firmly held a separation of church and state at the beginning of WWII and at no time did either country embrace Christianity as a driving force for opposing Hitler. And neither did France."

So, none of these contentions directly challenge my initial statement. Let's just break these down first by historical statistics: Great Britain was ~60-70% Christian, USA was over 90% Christian, and majority of France was Christian (no collected census polls like the other two that I found). Britain's declining numbers does *not* defeat my overall point: the chief forces - with exception to the USSR - were Christian-majority nations. You can even broaden this out to Canada and other smaller European nation-states that fought the Nazis too; the result is the same.

As for *using* Christianity as a driving force, you're also wrong on several levels:

1.) You're moving the goalposts, as the initial focus was on the religious makeup *of* a nation.
2.) Your assertation is wildly incorrect depending on who you're talking about. FDR, Truman, and Churchill had no problem invoking Christian dynamics in rallying support and talking about driving back Hilter's evil. There's probably over a hundred books about the church's role with the US military in particular.

-"China was not Christian."

Right, but China was also not one of the chief forces against Hitler's party like I stated at the outset.

-"The Soviets were atheists. And yes, Stalin did awful horrible things. The USA had interment camps."

No, no. You're missing the point. What I'm highlighting there is of all the *chief forces* against Hitler's party, the one atheist-majority nation at one point in time had no qualms shaking Hitler's hand and signing a non-aggression pact.

-"And then to dismiss the disgusting history of Christianity (and current disposition) with a broad stroke is "simply asinine."

Bro, what are you even on about here? I'm literally commenting about the broad strokes you paint in your FIRST COMMENT about this priest who's been subsequently punished by his higher-ups for this stunt, which is what makes you look so asinine. How is it a feature if he's been immediately defrocked for this? lol

Like I said before, r/atheism is just around the corner on your first left.

[VariantAEC]

Yes, no Jews, Catholics, Buddhists, Muslims, and atheists fought against Hitler. NOT A SINGLE ONE... It's in the Bible!
/s ⬅️ Just in case it wasn't super duper obvious.

[coolbeans]

@Dishonest Random (VariantAEC)

I've followed this up by emphasizing all but one of the Allied Nations were "Christian-majority." ; Even then, anyone with a functioning brain can understand the context surrounding my 1st reply and its implications. Obviously people of other disparate faiths (or atheist belonging) fought against the Nazis too.

[Inverno]

He's Catholic tho

[thorstein]

Catholics are Christians. No take backs.

Seriously, No True Scotsman is the fallacy.

[Hedstrom]

Well Hitler was a socialist and vegetarian to. And a pet friend.

[thorstein]

And he ruined a mustache and a symbol.

[InUrFoxHole]

A furry?

[Hedstrom]

He kinda ruined the name Adolf to, not many names it after.

A Furry Furer?

[anast]

It's not their religion that was the problem, it was their expedient pacifism. For the most part, the churches used convenient pacifism to justifiably neglect the people that they leeched off of in the time of need. To be clear, I'm not knocking them, I would have probably been an expedient leech too.

[Rainbowcookie]

Not in action.

[S2Killinit]

I beg to differ.

[Rainbowcookie]

If they were Christian they would have lived according to the Bible and Messiah. Who was in fact Jewish. They like many only lived "christian" by name no action.

[S2Killinit]

My good friend, while you are right in some respects, the fact is that christians have a report card filled to the brim with injustice, moral deprivation, extreme cruelty, heinous atrocities, etc. Yet they still claim to have some sort of moral superiority over everyone else.

And its not just christians, its all religious people. None of them have clean hands, yet they are always the victim, despite all facts pointing to them being the worst humanity has to offer. It is not a surprise that out of 10 racist people 7 are religious. It is not a surprise that the worst atrocities in human history have religious underpinnings. Only the religious allow themselves to commit extreme injustice because they walk around with a sense of being inherently better than others. It gives them more room for moral turpitude.

[Travesty]

How naive are you??

[ZeekQuattro]

He tried to own the libs and instead FAFO. So many careers pissed away doing as much. It's not even the first Church he's been kicked out of for pulling stupid stunts like this. 🤣

[Eonjay]

What is the actual point of doing this?

[InUrFoxHole]

Oner is big mad. It's ok my guy salute away. I see you... we see you 👀

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

Context is a one way street I see...

[anast]

Oner out there fighting for the master...

[Mmmkay]

@Oner
Show me a video of Kamala doing the same. We all know these still pictures are taken by Nazis because of their agenda. Come on. I am waiting. You can find still pictures of anyone in the world waving their arms. Show me a video. You know like the Elon video. We both know you cant so prove me wrong. And just remember that Elon even had to manipulate and reverse the picture of Tailor Swift to try and prove that he is not a nazi. It took the internet less than a minute to prove him lying again.

[S2Killinit]

@Oner
ORRR its not the media that is ridiculous, its YOU who is ridiculous for not catching on to what Mr. Musk is doing. He is clearly doing it for a certain response. You can even tell that he is preparing to pull it off seconds before he does it.

Consider for a moment that Mr. Musk and others like him have intentionally triggered people and certain segments of society because they have figured out that if you want to get away with things, you need an army of dedicated, vocal, individuals who will defend you no matter what you do. So while they rile our society up to blame and hate each other, they are running away with the keys to the safe.

Its classic divide and conquer tactics. Men vs. women, liberal vs. conservative, whites vs. latinos, native vs immigrant, etc… meanwhile Mr. Musk is getting richer and we are closer and closer to an oligarchy.

So no, its not the media who is ridiculous Oner, its YOU.

[ZeekQuattro]

He wanted to play stupid games so he got his reward.

[Lexreborn2]

When I said it feels like a lot of people on the internet lately been overtly racist and doing the most. Especially with the anti DEI articles and anti-woke propaganda I just knew some people in charge were without a doubt apart of this ignorance.

And lo and behold the owner of a site showed his ass feeling entitled. Looking forward to more FAFOs revealing how evil they really are because I’m tired of the masks and separation tactics from the enemies within

[Lexreborn2]

lol okay @alfred I’m the pussy but people like you hide behind screens, masks and tiki torches in a basement because the outside world is scary!

[Popsicle]

@Oner I agree that it was his intent, because i do not believe Elon is an antisemitic Nazi sympathizer. Elon has admitted to having a form of Autism known as Aspergers which leads to odd social behavior such as the “Elon” salute, and the media jumped on it because they will take any opportunity to label conservatives as Nazis. Elon is good at many things, but public speaking does not seem to be one of them.

That said, what this priest did was in poor taste, demonstrated poor judgment, and in my view is indefensible. I don’t want to see other idiots copying this salute and thinking that it’s funny. It is rooted in pure evil and associated with the attempted genocide of an entire people. I understand the context and the intent, but it isn’t funny and needs to die.

[Killer2020UK]

Here's the thing, I have autism, I've never unintentionally performed what incredibly closely resembles a Nazi salute and if I did, I would:
1. Acknowledge how close the resemblance was
2. Apologise and make very clear what my intentions were.
3. Distance myself from the Nazi fucks who both recognise and are celebrating what they believe to be endorsement of their white supremacist beliefs.

Whereas so far all I've heard from him is criticism of "legacy media" and people desperately doing cartwheels to excuse what is very clearly a Nazi salute in appearance by renaming it "Roman salute" or "straight arm gesture".

[Popsicle]

@killer I am sincerely glad that replied instead of only hitting the downvote button because the button tells me little about other’s thoughts. I can’t tell which part the disagreement comes from without explanation. Is the disagreement in defense of the priest, or is it because of my assessment of Elon. I expect my post to be unpopular because I am not picking a team. Things are not always as black and white as people make them to be. There are often shades of grey. Point being, I appreciate the response.

That said, My opinion is that Elon is not an antisemite or Nazi sympathizer, and I do think his “heart to the world” gesture was truly intended to be what he said it was when he did it on stage. The man is a genius, but as with any genius it is common to see glaring flaws and deficiencies. Often in the form of social skills and communication. Do I think his gesture was tone deaf and irresponsible? Absolutely I do, because you get more impressionable people like this priest imitating it and somehow thinking it is funny when it is clearly isn’t. Even so, I do not think he owes anyone an apology for what he believes is a misrepresentation of his “heart” gesture.

I could be wrong because I do not truly know Elon’s heart, but I have watched his behavior over the years and he is clearly socially awkward which forms some of the bases for my opinion that he is not a Nazi sympathizer.

At least we have one thing in common Killer. It seems neither of us are going around performing a salute linked to the most vial of crimes against humanity. Genocide against and group should never be tolerated.

[Sonyslave3]

Elon musk grew in South Africa in the Apaerthied lol, he just call out Germany for feeling sorry about their past history Nazi.

🤪 The guys follow the right wing group in Germany(not the only country) and this happens.

[anast]

This sounds like a mother hen protecting her chicks...

[thorstein]

@popsicle

You're not "on either side?"

Look, there are people here that don't see eye to eye with me about dei and woke games and we poke at each other. Sometimes maliciously. Sometimes in jest.

But, we're all united against nazis. There's only one side.

[OptimusDK]

So openly supporting a extreme right party in Germany is not some sort of hint⁉️

[OldDuffer]

You are being downvoted because Elon is clearly an antisemetic nazi and has proved himself so with many tweets and his seeking out of the most extreme right wing party's around the world. People trying to excuse the bigots behaviour are seen for who they are , no matter how much they try and deflect. You, are a huge part of the problem and will therefore be down voted by any reasonable sane person with free will.
Posting wandering why you are being down voted is pathetic, you must know.....

[FunAndGun]

Blaming the "media" for something Musk did. You people are such delusional drones.

[TheColbertinator]

Lost his credentials too. Oof

[Inverno]

He smiled… you can literally hear people laughing in the background too. That's hilarious, totally worth it.

[Palitera]

It was an "anti-abortion summit". Suits them well.

[VariantAEC]

Are you claiming that Nazis were pro-natalist?

[FTLmaster]

So nazi salutes are funny now? Must’ve missed the memo ‘cause that ain’t funny. Like. At. All.

[Inverno]

Context matters or so I've read and been told. If something is done as a joke or said or done in some informative way then it's justified. Now if you don't find it funny then that's you. Personally I find it hilarious, just like I find 9/11 memes funny, or seeing kids get hurt. If people can't understand that then I can't say I care. We're not obligated to think alike.

[FTLmaster]

@Inverno I understand that humor is very subjective and context does matter; I agree with you on that. I also think comedy is sometimes about the shock factor as well. Personally, though, I think this specific joke is incredibly tasteless. We don't all have to like and laugh at the same things. But a nazi salute? Really? That's what you consider funny these days? I find it utterly abhorrent, but you do you.

[Inverno]

Bruh there's a whole comedy movie where Hitler is an imaginary friend to a kid. We make fun of literally everything, nothing's sacred. The worst moments of history get turnt into movies for entertainment purposes. All sorts of series topics have been the butts of many jokes. Tasteless? Absolutely. Will I still laugh at em if I find it funny? Yes. Not just these days, I've found these things funny all my life. I choose not to get offended by em, while also understanding the history behind em.

[ApocalypseShadow]

If you think it's funny, try telling that joke at work or in other places where crowds are. Let us know how funny they thought it was.

I know you think it's somehow similar to things like Dave Chappelle doing the klan thing for comedy. We all understand that. But that salute this guy did and Elon weren't funny. If you were on the receiving end of something you find distasteful, I'd bet you wouldn't find it funny.

[MrBaskerville]

These days you get cancelled just because you heil in public. What has the world come to, can't even support Hitler anymore.

[Inverno]

I've said plenty weird shit at work, and fooled around with coworkers too. I'm sorry to inform ya that no one actually gives any F's. Maybe it's cause it's Florida. Y'all really underestimate just how many people don't get offended by stuff or just how many people have really twisted sense of humour. People's moral compass points in all sorts of directions dood. Just the other day some gay dood walked out talking bout how he eats huge green bananas and how he don't like the bruised ones. We all laughed.

[FunAndGun]

Clearly your parents failed you.

[Inverno]

And clearly you fail to understand that people develop on their own outside of what influence their parents may have had on them as they were being raised. It's hilarious to see the amount of people here being so taken back over me finding an ironic Nazi salute funny. All of you pretending to not have aspects that make y'all much more unpleasant than me finding the humour in obvious irony. Speaks volumes on all of you.

[mastershredder]

How do you even play Wolfenstein Calvin Robinson? Does it hit too close to home?

Now take that money and Buy Sniper Resistance and make a statement by dispatching Nazis (while not attacking real people like Calvin with stupid, STUPID business leadership decisions).

His priesthood lasted about as long as his salute. Enjoy exile Chut.

[Deathdeliverer]

Defrocked as he should be. Ridiculous how politics has driven people mad. Standard social skills and etiquette are things of the past.

[Traecy]

Good for them. The BS & disrespect needs to stop.

[anast]

Socialism is the mother of fascism

[thorstein]

Mussolini was not a socialist.

Orson Wells was a socialist.

Orson Wells fought the fascists in Spain. Mussolini supported the fascists in Spain.

Their civil war was between the fascist right wing (that included nationalists and oligarchs) vs the socialist left wing (that included communists and anarchists.)

Socialism is a left wing ideology.
Fascism is a right wing ideology.

These are facts.

[anast]

"Socialism is the mother of Fascism." This quote has many meanings and you are free to argue the translation.

I got the quote from a should be well known Italian anti-fascist Abele Ferrari. He had a front row seat in the 1920s directly after WWI. Read all extant works by this author. I recommend Landstreicher translations if you don't already read Italian.

Mussolini was a socialist first and an editor of a socialist newspaper, "Avanti!" and his family were socialist while growing up. He never completely purged his socialist ideas while helping to create the fascist party. Also, Giovanni Gentile a prominent 1920s fascist philosopher mentions how one is a form of the other. Hence, the many meanings.

Orson Wells has got nothing to do with Mussolini and the point I am making with the quote.

This is all I am willing to do. You will need to do the rest yourself. Back to video games for me.

[thorstein]

Do you have the context of that quote?

What work was it a part of so O can read it in full?

Much appreciated.

[iEatNapkinz]

It's pretty stupid everyone that continues calling people Nazis and Fascists because all it does is drive people in the middle further and further away.

Just saying that above will grt the obligatory response of "if you don't think that's Nazi behavior, then you're just as guilty as hitler" or whatever the fuck else along those lines.

[thorstein]

Fascism is a reaction and the opposite of liberal democracy. It rose in opposition to it.

We know what fascists are. We know what nazis are.

[anast]

The last time people ignored this stuff, a lot of bad things happened. If the middle agrees with neo-Nazi behaviour then that is another issue.

[jjb1981]

Now they are unburdened by what has been.

[TheColbertinator]

Unfortunate but he has the reich to do that. Not surprised they left.

[LOGICWINS]

Clever 😆

[WelkinCole]

Its crazy how NAZI use to be bad. Now we see people excuse it

[Terry_B]

Never used that site anyway..was there anything interesting on it ever?

[bunt-custardly]

I just hope now, that all those publishers that featured this website on their accolade trailers (and there's quite a lot) dissociate themselves also. I always felt, GIAG always played the above average game to feature there. Never too critical and always slightly or way above the median. Too late now unless they remove those videos. I mean, that is what normally happens isn't it?

/s.

[TheCaptainKuchiki]

Guy ruined his entire career in a week because he wanted to simp for another man

[H9]

Elon Musk was playing around with People's minds as usual and these idiots are ruining their lives by imitating him, I can imagine Elon laughing at this guy losing all his employees

[VariantAEC]

Never heard of God is A Geek's owner until today. Not sure if what he did qualifies as simping or making fun of Elon. Either way it upset his clearly left-leaning staff... which the article makes his position in the company unclear as the staff claim he hasn't even been involved in the site's operations for years. They all resigned because hand gestures are equivelent to genocide or something.

[VariantAEC]

So, saying that Calvin Robinson (a black male) suffered undue consequences qualifes as spam now?