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More power to him for those things, also, they don't violate the first amendment.
by prvc 4y ago
More power to him for those things, also, they don't violate the first amendment.
- metadat 4y agoWhat? He behaves like a first class grade-A asshole. Elon is not your friend unless you're in the 10x+ billies club. @prvc while you do this volunteer fanboy work of defending him, given the opportunity he'd just as soon eject you out the nearest airlock. It's sad really, he's essentially a Borg with a malfunctioning emotions implant.
- alephnan 4y ago
- metadat 4y agoKanye West is an emotionally disturbed individual. What does friendship even mean for a seriously mentally ill person? Anyhoo, looking at your comment history, I noticed you are frequently all-in on defending Mr. Musk, regardless of what he might've done. Given the entrenchment, progress in this conversation seems unlikely, so I'm going to close this thread by wishing you all the best alephnan. Take care.
- alephnan 4y ago
- mxkopy 4y ago>What does friendship even mean for a seriously mentally ill person? That's a really fucked up take. You can be mentally ill and be capable of recognizing love.
- metadat 4y agoIn my experience, it varies. The common theme I've seen is that people with serious paranoia issues tend to turn on their friends and those who love them the most. I'm not trying to say they aren't capable, only asking the question of how large the differential might be.
- mxkopy 4y agoParanoia is categorically the mental illness that prevents someone from recognizing a friend (and maybe catatonia/coma). But when you say "someone with a serious mental illness" you make a sweeping statement that's just...fucked up and lacking of human empathy. Moreover, you don't know Kanye. You're not his friend (I'm assuming?) Your comments on his possible friendships are lacking in authority. Actually everyone's comments (excepting the few that have actually close relations/have been affected directly) on Kanye's, Elon's, the fucking Queen's, personality and character are moot and lacking in weight. I agree that Musk, as a flawed human being with disproportionately large amounts of control in the form of money, might not make the world a perfect (or even better) place with even more, other forms of control. But whether or not he's personable? Whether or not his intentions are good? I don't know any of that, and I won't pretend to.
- metadat 4y ago@mxkopy All good points, thank you.
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- recuter 4y agoI still fail to see the problem.
- newswasboring 4y agoYou don't perceive people in powerful positions being assholes as a problem?
- recuter 4y agoIt isn't our fault we are better than you. It isn't a crime, it is the American way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrgpZ0fUixs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrgpZ0fUixs
- mxkopy 4y agoYes, it isn't your fault that your parents have money/connections and your ego knows no limits. No, that doesn't mean you're better than anyone. When was grace in power determined to be a useless quality?
- recuter 4y agoI grew up in an orphanage.
- mxkopy 4y agoThen statistically speaking, you aren't in a position of power. I doubt that you even are. The "we" you used earlier was certainly a mischaracterization of your supposed "power".
- alephnan 4y ago> of your supposed "power" At the very least, they aren’t resigning and relegating themselves to be a victim of Elon Musk. That’d be weakness and the opposite of “power”.
- throwaway290 4y ago> he's essentially a Borg with a malfunctioning emotions implant He was bullied as a child, and your comment is probably true about many autistic people. I'd say Elon is using free speech for populist reasons and will not deliver a Twitter with true free speech (he is too insecure and besides almost nobody would ever use a platform like that), but no need for personal attacks (it just points at your own insecurities).
- simondotau 4y agoDon't bother, nobody has any sympathy for autism here.
- 4ggr0 4y agoShould we just excuse every shitty thing Elon does, just because he has autism? He managed to become a billionaire even though he's autistic so I think it's fair to criticize him on the same level as we do others.
- throwaway290 4y agoThere are plenty specific actions of his that we can criticise without getting into possibly unalienable traits that he may not have chosen to have.
- simondotau 4y agoHoly epic strawman there, Batman. No of course not. I didn’t say that. Nobody else said that. I don’t agree with that. I don’t know anyone else who agrees with that. I’ve never heard anyone say that.
- 4ggr0 4y agoEver since he dropped that he has autism I have heard this being used as an excuse, which really frustrates me. If you don't do that, perfect.
- gkoberger 4y agoSure, agreed. But neither does banning people on Twitter. That’s the point.
- prvc 4y agoHe never said he was against banning, and none of that has anything to do with whether Twitter is a "de-facto public square". Most "gotcha" comments I have seen are relying on a straw man definition of "free speech" (i.e., you must tolerate any behavior whatsoever or else you're a hypocrite), but this is an absurd criterion to use.