The quenelle
One hand points stiffly downwards, while the other is raised across the chest. The gesture, known as the quenelle in French, is a mixture of an inverted Nazi salute and "up yours".
Dieudonné first used the gesture publicly during the campaign of his Anti-Zionist Movement in the 2009 European elections, and displayed it on his campaign literature. Since then, it has become his trademark, reproduced all over the internet, and particularly among the comedian's 400,000 friends on Facebook. He is counting on the gesture's ambiguity to say that it is a rebellion against the establishment. His critics say there is no such ambiguity and that it is openly antisemitic.
Earlier this month, a hacker broke into Dieudonné's website and stole the personal details of thousands of people performing the quenelle. They reportedly included civil servants and police officers. In September, two soldiers were photographed doing a quenelle outside a synagogue. There is no legal ban on the hand signal.
Ticking sympathise means you dislike this man and his anti semitic rhetoric and gestures.
Ticking sympathise means you dislike this man and his anti semitic rhetoric and gestures.
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