The writers at a gaming news website have quit en masse after their owner, a far-right priest named Calvin Robinson, imitated Elon Musks Nazi-like salute at an anti-abortion summit in Washington, D.C. A video of Robinson making the gesture quickly went viral, the priest was stripped of his license and he took to X to say it was all an ironic joke to make liberals hysterical. It is a common tactic that conservatives have used online for years, couching fascist rhetoric in irony and shitposting. Some defenders of Musk have tried to argue he was not even trolling at all with the gesture but rather making a Roman salute, though it took on much more fascist connotations after 1945, and some extremists online have said Musks salute should be interpreted exactly as it appears. Open Nazis love it, actually. Robinson would not be a well-known figure to most in America, but Aftermath reports that the priest from London has made something of a name for himself on the anti-immigration, conspiracy theorist circuit, shaking hands with the likes of Tucker Carlson and making controversial claims including that Muslims are trying to take over England; Black Lives Matter was clearly a con; and that the Church of England is obsessed with same-sex marriage. Oddly, before becoming a priest, Robinson was a video games journalist and continues to own the website God Is a Geek, a relatively small site covering video game news. Staff members say that although Robinson has not been involved in its operations in years, they decided it was untenable to continue working under his ownership.We have run the site independently of Calvin for several years now in the hopes that we would not have to lose the hard work we have poured into it, the access we have worked hard for, and the relationships we have developed, a note on the website reads. However, it has become increasingly clear that we can no longer separate the site from the owner. The team says they intend to launch a new website. Anyone who works in media knows how precarious the industry is today, which makes it that much more commendable that the staff opted to make such a drastic move. It is incredibly hard to launch a new media website from a cold start; many would likely try and distance themselves from such comments without leaving their jobs.During his speech at the pro-life summit, Robinson said that America is the only country fighting for life. It is not hard to see the irony in such a statement when the United States is one of the few countries in the world that does not provide paid paternal leave. Robinson concluded by delivering the now-infamous gesture to the audience, saying My heart goes out to you, the same comment Musk made while making the same gesture. The audience laughed, suggesting they knew what he was doing. Making a salute associated with Nazi fascism is quite on the nose when you are advocating for taking away a womans right to control her body. Considering the way in which conservatives said Project 2025 should not be taken seriously, only to start enacting its proposals immediately after President Trump took office, it is dangerous to interpret any of these gestures as jokes. Following the speech, the Anglican Catholic Church revoked Robinsons license, saying that he had been warned that online trolling and other such actions (whether in service of the left or right) are incompatible with a priestly vocation.It is unclear when the now ex-staff of God Is a Geek might launch their new website.