Posted on 12/30/2013 8:16:12 AM PST by Nachum
LanafollessKilla
@Lana93390
Quenelle de Tony Parker ! #Dieudonné #Anelka
Now we'll see how the NBA deals with this.According to Fox News, the Simon Wiesenthal Center is demanding on Monday that Parker, the star point guard for the NBA's San Antonio Spurs, apologize for making the "quenelle," a hand gesture which is considered the Nazi sign in reverse.The Spurs are at home the rest of this week, but the next time they go to New York or LA, Parker should get quite a greeting.The gesture was made famous in France by controversial comedian Dieudonné, whom French authorities are considering banning due to what they say are his repeated insults of the memory of the Holocaust. A picture of the comedian and Parker doing the quenelle has been circulating on social media.
Labels: Dieudonne, French anti-Semitism
Socialists seem to be wanting to embrace it without mentioning Hitler.
I have seen this gesture a lot of times done by “urban” performers. I never would have thought it to be anti-semetic.
As I understand, the nazi salute is a corruption of the old Roman salute which ends with the arm extended overhead, hand flat with palm down, at an angle.
I think Parker had no idea he was doing anything anti-semetic.
He doesn’t seem all that bright to begin with.
Nice catch.
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