At an annual State of the Company conference in Nampa this week..ESI Construction CEO Tom Hill made a “salute” during a slide presentation of President Trump..
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"You know what would fit in perfectly at a construction company event? Me Seig Heiling on stage! It's just such a natural fit!" - absolutely no-one ever.
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I beg you and your colleagues not to let him off the hook. His excuse letter is pathetic and immediately tries to make him out as the victim. This was no “skit”, and nazi behavior should never be excused.
No, see, you need the *context* of him hailing hitler! Honest! It was a joke! Just like all those hilarious yucksters make all the time while prasing the 3rd reich!
He just now realizes it's a gesture used for hate? I learned about it in 7th grade. Now all of ESI employees have to do training because the CEO is pro-Nazi? That's rich.
The least he could have done, besides a quickie on Wiki and two weak letters, is committed funding a worthy cause. I know that’s not the answer, but come on.
These antics reserved for clique of insiders that get paid and accure more politcal capitol doing it. He'll come to accept resigning as true freedom to exercise ridculous behavior with fervor for few years. Eventually realize he was duped and stupid, ask family forgiveness and die with regret.
I bet he’s rich and still couldn’t get away with the nazi shit, which is good. But there seems to be a dollar amount where you’re insulated. It’s not as if he is a nazi historian that believes in it, it’s a vacant hate.
it’s crazy that someone can stand in front of crazy wall size projections of their leader and give multiple sieg heils and think “i’m not doing anything wrong or hateful at all” like what level of depravity is your soul?
Now fully realizes? WTF?!? Seriously. WTF?! I want to see a real apology. One where time and money are spent. To the tune of a few hundred thousand dollars at the least.
Good.
That saves me the time of an extensive letter writing campaign to companies and businesses that are currently having buildings constructed by ESI.
His gestures were hurtful to many in our community. The memory of our family members who fought with their lives against Nazism in WWII and the genocide that occurred were deep. I hope his company can clean up what has occurred.
Two ESI reps are on the Executive Committee of Idaho Associated General Contractors. Idaho AGC’s PAC gives a lot to elected officials. Will they remove them? I hope we see some give back the money unless Idaho AGC removes them from the Exec Committee. https://www.idahoagc.org/directory/leadership
Look at the difference between his signatures on the first apology and the second. The first feels like he wrote and posted it himself. The second like his team did it and used the signature.jpg they had on file.
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What a punch to the gut of any of our relatives in WWI
he resigned
A more thought out and extended apology from ESI CEO, Tom Hill..
ESI CEO Tom Hill has resigned effective immediately..
All Nazis must fear existing and should face complete financial ruin and exile from society.
Fucking nazi
#nazi
That saves me the time of an extensive letter writing campaign to companies and businesses that are currently having buildings constructed by ESI.
Horseshit. For 80+ years every person in the First World has known what that salute means and it’s worse than the 🖕 salute in every possible way.
https://www.idahoagc.org/directory/leadership
There can be NO HUMOR connected to this heinous expression.
Musk got away with it only because he’s so fucking wealthy apparently. He’ll pay for it eventually, if not in this life, the next.
Not buying it Tom. This was also in Idaho... One of the most racist states in this country. Tom Hill is a Nazi.