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I'd grant the "pedo" thing. But I'm not sure what else. Link didn't provide anything of merit.

by pbreit 5y ago

imilk 5y ago
There are very few things you can do that are a bigger asshole move than calling the person who bravely rescued a bunch of children a pedophile because you didn't get to be the hero.
- jdminhbg 5y ago
  Not to defend childish Twitter name-calling, but the reason he did it was that the dude picked a pointless fight with him first. Let he who has not escalated an insult battle throw the first stone.
  - imilk 5y ago
    Your sentence is a a classic example where everything after the "but" pretty much contradicts what came before it.
    - jdminhbg 5y ago
      No, they are addressing two different things. The second half addresses the parent assertion that he did it simply out of spite over whose cave rescue solution worked out first.
      - imilk 5y ago
        You may not be personally deafening him, but you are certainly offering a possible defense. So while you say "Not to defend childish Twitter name-calling" , you are also offering a possible defense for someone calling another person a pedophile without cause.
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- dpq 5y ago
  I might be misremembering the sequence of events, but I thought he called him names because the said hero publicly told Elon to shove the microsubmarine he was trying to build into his ass. Which kinda changes the picture entirely, at least for me.
  - imilk 5y ago
    Not really when the "microsubmarine" solution was never going to work and every minute was vital to get the kids out alive. So more of a "piss off and let people who actually know what they're doing focus on the job" And regardless of that, it is still a massive asshole move to call someone a pedophile because they told you to shut up. Those two insults couldn't be more different in severity and social implications.
burnished 5y ago
The pedo thing makes you an asshole. You can still have virtues while also being an asshole. I'm not really sure what there is to discuss on that point.

I'd grant the "pedo" thing. But I'm not sure what else. Link didn't provide anything of merit.

by pbreit 5y ago

I'd grant the "pedo" thing. But I'm not sure what else. Link didn't provide anything of merit.

There are very few things you can do that are a bigger asshole move than calling the person who bravely rescued a bunch of children a pedophile because you didn't get to be the hero.

jdminhbg 5y ago
Not to defend childish Twitter name-calling, but the reason he did it was that the dude picked a pointless fight with him first. Let he who has not escalated an insult battle throw the first stone.
- imilk 5y ago
  Your sentence is a a classic example where everything after the "but" pretty much contradicts what came before it.
  - jdminhbg 5y ago
    No, they are addressing two different things. The second half addresses the parent assertion that he did it simply out of spite over whose cave rescue solution worked out first.
    - imilk 5y ago
      You may not be personally deafening him, but you are certainly offering a possible defense. So while you say "Not to defend childish Twitter name-calling" , you are also offering a possible defense for someone calling another person a pedophile without cause.
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dpq 5y ago
I might be misremembering the sequence of events, but I thought he called him names because the said hero publicly told Elon to shove the microsubmarine he was trying to build into his ass. Which kinda changes the picture entirely, at least for me.
- imilk 5y ago
  Not really when the "microsubmarine" solution was never going to work and every minute was vital to get the kids out alive. So more of a "piss off and let people who actually know what they're doing focus on the job" And regardless of that, it is still a massive asshole move to call someone a pedophile because they told you to shut up. Those two insults couldn't be more different in severity and social implications.

burnished 5y ago

The pedo thing makes you an asshole. You can still have virtues while also being an asshole. I'm not really sure what there is to discuss on that point.