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A San Antonio realtor unleashed a social media firestorm last weekend by allegedly repeating Elon Musk’s controversial Inauguration Day salute in a promotional video.

“So for my buyers, my heart goes out to you,” realtor Yessica Garza reportedly said via an Instagram post in an apparent nod to the billionaire Trump donor, who faced withering criticism last month for what many people interpreted as a Nazi salute.

Social media users shared Garza’s video, accusing her of trying to cozy up to white supremacists.

On Monday, Garza’s employer, RD Realty, announced via its own Instagram account that she’d been fired over the clip.

“We want to be absolutely clear: our brokerage has zero tolerance for hate speech, discriminatory behavior, or anything that goes against our values of inclusivity and respect,” RD Realty’s post read.

Following the social media backlash, Garza shut off comments on the post and made her Instagram account private.

After Musk made his controversial gesture at the inauguration of President Trump, online debate ensued about whether he was giving a Nazi salute or making some other kind of gesture.

Some Musk fans defended him by saying he has autism, while others argued the gesture was harmless or misconstrued.

However, many of the billionaire’s critics responded by telling defenders that if they really thought the salute was harmless, they should record themselves doing it, show it to their bosses and see what happens.

Guess now we know.

  • happybadger [he/him]@hexbear.netOP
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    1 month ago

    However, many of the billionaire’s critics responded by telling defenders that if they really thought the salute was harmless, they should record themselves doing it, show it to their bosses and see what happens.

    Always the right response to a Musk apologist. If it is no big deal, do it now.

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      1 month ago

      Right? Just to use a recent celebrity event if I was working on a movie set and was clowning around with a prop gun and shot someone my John Barleycorn ass would be thrown in jail

      Laws are different when you’re rich and famous