On Jan. 20, the day of the presidential inauguration, Elon Musk gave a speech which he concluded with not one, but two Nazi salutes. Although the gesture was obvious and easily identifiable as a Nazi salute, many people are arguing that it was instead just an awkward gesture. 

What was unusual in the response to a recent New York Times story wasn't its negativity so much as where the hate came from. With figures on the political right, from President Donald Trump to Joseph...