A priest has been fired from his church for imitating Elon Musk's straight arm gesture and as his speech at the inauguration of US President Donald Trump.
Calvin Robinson, who directed a parish of the Anglican Catholic Church in Michigan, spoke at the Pro-Life National Summit in Washington, DC last weekend and repeated the gesture while talking to the crowd.
“This is the last position for Christianity. It is time to make or break. All the old world is falling apart, ”said Robinson During his speech.
“Every Europe in Europe is adopting death,” Robinson continued. “United States, for what I can see, is the only country that fights for life. And that depends on you. So God bless you all for doing what they are doing. Please keep doing it. “
“I hope to encourage you, and my heart is with you,” he added before imitating the gesture of Musk's arm and smiling at the crowd, which exploded in applause and laughter.
Robinson shared the clip of your speech In X, writing: “Today I received hundreds of calls, voice messages and emails unpleasant electronic today from the left, angry and vile leftists. They are often what they accuse you. I am not a Nazi. But I forgive you from your ignorance! My heart is with you!
In another publication, Robinson was happy to have contributed to “the most important causes” when speaking in the pro-life event.
“The joke at the end was a mockery of the hysterical” liberals “who called Elon Musk a Nazi for showing the audience that his heart was with them. The context is key, but sometimes people ignore the context to confirm their own prejudices. People see what they want to see, ”Robinson continued.
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“My attempt of dry ingenuity, in that typical British way, was not a joke at the expense of World War II, or an admission of my membership in the Nationalist Socialist Party. That would be an incredibly ignorant and bad faith assumption. “
Robinson also said that “it will take the consequences as they come,” and added: “You can consider my rude joke. But I ask you to consider whether your answers have been provided?
The Anglican Catholic Church (ACC) published a statement about its Website Start Page In response to Robinson's actions, let the public know that the members of the Facity Faculty of the ACC “
“In him, he closed his comments with a gesture that many have interpreted as pro-nazi greeting. While we cannot say what was in the heart of Mr. Robinson when he did this, his action seems to have been a curry attempt with certain elements of US political law causing his opposition, “the statement continued.
“Lord. Robinson had been warned that online trolling and other similar actions (either in the left or right service) are incompatible with a priestly vocation and was told to give up.”
The Church said that Robinson's license in his church has been revoked and is no longer serving as a priest at the ACC.
“In addition, we understand that this is not just an administrative issue. The Holocaust was an indescribable horror episode, promulgated by a regime of evil men. We condemn Nazi ideology and anti -Semitism in all its forms, ”said the Church's statement. “And we believe that those who mimic Nazi greeting, even as a joke or troll attempt to their opponents, trivialize the horror of the holocaust and decrease the sacrifice of those who fought against their perpetrators. Such actions are harmful, divisive and contrary to the principles of Christian charity. “
After the Church shared its statement, Robinson published Another long statement In X, writing: “Yes, it seems that my license has been revoked. I still can't enter any detail because I don't have any. I am obedient with my bishops, and I have not had news from the archbishop yet, so I don't know the situation or what I can share. I learned this in the same way you did, through social networks. “
Robinson said that once his archbishop agrees to receive his calls, he can share more information.
“Until then, we are all in approximately the same boat. Thanks for your support. Please keep the parishioners of St. Paul in their prayers, “he wrote.
The controversy with Robinson follows Musk's speech on January 20 at Trump's inauguration.
“I just want to thank him for making it come true,” Musk told the crowd in Capital One Arena, referring to Trump's victory in the presidential elections of the United States. Then he hit his hand on his chest and extended his arm directly out and up with the palm down.
“My heart is with you,” Musk said, after turning to make a similar gesture in front of the other way.
Musk responded to accusations that his gesture seemed a Nazi greeting in X several hours after leaving the stage.
“Frankly, they need better dirty tricks. The attack 'Everyone is Hitler' is so tired “, Musk wrote.
The technology billionaire also published a series of words related to the Nazis in X last Thursday to their more than 210 million followers.
Musk referred to Adolf Hitler's propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels and the main members of the Nazi party, Rudolf HESS, Hermann Göring and Heinrich Himmler.
“Don't say HESS to Nazi accusations! Some people will do something again! Musk wrote In X, the social networks it has.
“Let your enemies! His pronouns would have been the/Himmler! I bet you did Nazi that came, ”added Musk.
Musk has not commented on the gesture of Robinson's hands at the time of writing this writing.
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