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Exactly and I hate that we live in a world where something has to be either greatest or worst. Some people act as if he's a god among us mortals and some as if
by Xplune13 5y ago
Exactly and I hate that we live in a world where something has to be either greatest or worst. Some people act as if he's a god among us mortals and some as if he's the worst human being that has ever lived.
Instead of jumping on any of those ships, why don't people just see good and bad things a person has done, and move on? (Also, it might be just vocal minorities at both ends)
This is true for every single famous person and I still haven't got an answer to the above question.
- inglor_cz 5y agoThe age of Twitter isn't known for its subtle judgment of human character. This problem is older than Twitter, but the black-and-white worldview has been enormously strenghtened by mobs jumping at people for a single misstep / bad joke.
- robertlagrant 5y agoThe key is not to care what some people you don't know think of some guy you don't know.
- aeternum 5y agoMy take: Human brains are good at building generalized models. We can't keep track of all the good/bad things that each important person does so we build a belief model based on our initial evidence which is often only partial and biased. Famous people like Elon tend to have strong opinions that pull this model to one extreme or the other depending on whether or not you agree with those opinions and actions.