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Yea those insults did seem unfounded and unnecessary. But considering his genius, economic success, and positive impact on the world, it just doesn’t seem anywh

Yea those insults did seem unfounded and unnecessary. But considering his genius, economic success, and positive impact on the world, it just doesn’t seem anywhere near enough to color his overall reputation negatively. Everyone has incidents like this in their life where they got mad at someone, said things they shouldn’t have, etc. To pretend otherwise would not just be everyday hubris, but a bold faced lie. So is it that every human is irredeemable and has a tarnished reputation or can we consider the whole of people like Musk and acknowledge that yes, they are extraordinary?

leetcrew 6y ago
pedophilia is a very serious accusation to make. everyone makes mistakes, but most of us don't make mistakes like that. musk has done some really great things, but it's gonna take a bit more to make me forget that he attempted to ruin a heroic man's life because he saved the children before musk had a chance to deploy his inflatable tube.
ncallaway 6y ago
My take is that he's extremely good at some things, but overall just a mean, vindictive person. I think we can acknowledge that people are complex animals and that someone can be amazing at some things and terrible at others. I think Elon regularly fails to meet my expectations of how we should treat other people. He regularly exceeds my expectations as the CEO of a launch services company.
- ncallaway 6y ago
  I was down voted for this, and I think fairly. I said Elon was "just a mean, vindictive person", but I think that's far broader than I should have said. I think that sentence would more fairly read "capable of being a mean, vindictive person".
heavyset_go 6y ago
> Everyone has incidents like this in their life where they got mad at someone, said things they shouldn’t have, etc. It wasn't an isolated incident. Musk called the man a pedophile several times over the course of weeks and months. Millions of people's only exposure to the person who helped save kids' lives was seeing Musk call them a pedophile, over and over again, reinforcing the accusation. Also, I have never smeared someone like that, and would never consider doing so at all, let alone just because they hurt my ego.

leetcrew 6y ago

pedophilia is a very serious accusation to make. everyone makes mistakes, but most of us don't make mistakes like that. musk has done some really great things, but it's gonna take a bit more to make me forget that he attempted to ruin a heroic man's life because he saved the children before musk had a chance to deploy his inflatable tube.

ncallaway 6y ago

My take is that he's extremely good at some things, but overall just a mean, vindictive person. I think we can acknowledge that people are complex animals and that someone can be amazing at some things and terrible at others. I think Elon regularly fails to meet my expectations of how we should treat other people. He regularly exceeds my expectations as the CEO of a launch services company.

ncallaway 6y ago
I was down voted for this, and I think fairly. I said Elon was "just a mean, vindictive person", but I think that's far broader than I should have said. I think that sentence would more fairly read "capable of being a mean, vindictive person".

heavyset_go 6y ago

> Everyone has incidents like this in their life where they got mad at someone, said things they shouldn’t have, etc. It wasn't an isolated incident. Musk called the man a pedophile several times over the course of weeks and months. Millions of people's only exposure to the person who helped save kids' lives was seeing Musk call them a pedophile, over and over again, reinforcing the accusation. Also, I have never smeared someone like that, and would never consider doing so at all, let alone just because they hurt my ego.