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That the media doesn't like being teased by Musk, and the establishment is doing it's best to push out people who don't play along?

Larrikin 4y ago
I find it impossible to believe people actually think like this and aren't just aggressively defending something terrible because they are invested in the person's companies.
- version_five 4y ago
  - richbell 4y ago
    > Sounds like you're calling me a shill for tesla stock which I'm not, and I find way more offensive than the truth which is that I'm generally anti-establishment, specifically anti the current establishment and (a) have been happy to see Musk fucking with them and (b) have rarely seen a more concentrated, unanimous, and vicious attack on someone than the media fallout after Musk announced he wanted go buy twitter. It's very hard to take anything seriously from a group that has been falling over themselves to find reasons to try and "cancel" him, luckily the only tool they have in their playbook Rooting for the wealthiest man in the world is an interesting definition of "anti-establishment".
  - klyrs 4y ago
    If Tesla is your employer, they are the establishment. If Musk is your boss and is sexually harassing you, he is "the man."
  - BeefWellington 4y ago
    > It's very hard to take anything seriously from a group that has been falling over themselves to find reasons to try and "cancel" him, luckily the only tool they have in their playbook An alternate take on this might be that Musk had an idea these things were coming and so made the comments about how he'd be getting canceled to get ahead of things PR-wise.
  - ProfXponent 4y ago
  - 2pEXgD0fZ5cF 4y ago
    It doesn't get any more "establishment" than (one of) the richest men on earth...
- moistly 4y ago
  Have you considered that some people believe most everyone is wrong, that they won’t be told what to do by others, that they are or should be in complete control their lives, that they live by their own rules, that The Man is keeping them down, etc? Musk personifies that belief system.
  - netsharc 4y ago
    > they won’t be told what to do by others, that they are or should be in complete control their lives "You have to work in the factory even though there's a deadly virus spreading around." - Musk to his employees But hey, pandemic shamdemic right, since the Musk said so :)
- ComradePhil 4y ago
  You do realize that the "sexual harrasment" allegation is that Musk asked for a handjob from a massage therapist who was already massaging him as he lay naked... and she declined and that was the end of it... right?
  - richbell 4y ago
    > You do realize that the "sexual harrasment" allegation is that Musk asked for a handjob from a massage therapist who was already massaging him as he lay naked... and she declined and that was the end of it... right? I am not sure why you put sexual harassment in quotes like that: having your boss, let alone the wealthiest man in the world, make unwanted sexual advances is basically a textbook case of sexual harassment. > Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitutes sexual harassment when submission to or rejection of this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual's employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual's work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment. > > https://www.eeoc.gov/fact-sheet/facts-about-sexual-harassment https://www.eeoc.gov/fact-sheet/facts-about-sexual-harassmen... Plenty of people get massages and disrobe without sexually harassing their masseuse.
  - Commodore63 4y ago
    He then showed his erect penis to her.
    - thedailymail 4y ago
      And paid $250K of company money for her to keep quiet about it.
      - gbronner 4y ago
        He said she said situation that could well be entirely fabricated. But it would take a million to bring it to trial and waste a few weeks of his life, and he has nothing to gain. Legalized extortion-if she had to jail if she lost, you'd see fewer of these
- zaptheimpaler 4y ago
  The facts are that there is an allegation without any proof right now. It only takes one person to make such an allegation. Tesla/Elon fanboyism side, I don't know how you are so sure of what really happened that you feel comfortable equating the defense of due legal process to supporting sexual harassment.
lttlrck 4y ago
- version_five 4y ago
Sohcahtoa82 4y ago
If I were to do a "Bad Take of the Week" kind of thing, this would have won it already, and it's only Tuesday.

Larrikin 4y ago

I find it impossible to believe people actually think like this and aren't just aggressively defending something terrible because they are invested in the person's companies.

version_five 4y ago
- richbell 4y ago
  > Sounds like you're calling me a shill for tesla stock which I'm not, and I find way more offensive than the truth which is that I'm generally anti-establishment, specifically anti the current establishment and (a) have been happy to see Musk fucking with them and (b) have rarely seen a more concentrated, unanimous, and vicious attack on someone than the media fallout after Musk announced he wanted go buy twitter. It's very hard to take anything seriously from a group that has been falling over themselves to find reasons to try and "cancel" him, luckily the only tool they have in their playbook Rooting for the wealthiest man in the world is an interesting definition of "anti-establishment".
- klyrs 4y ago
  If Tesla is your employer, they are the establishment. If Musk is your boss and is sexually harassing you, he is "the man."
- BeefWellington 4y ago
  > It's very hard to take anything seriously from a group that has been falling over themselves to find reasons to try and "cancel" him, luckily the only tool they have in their playbook An alternate take on this might be that Musk had an idea these things were coming and so made the comments about how he'd be getting canceled to get ahead of things PR-wise.
- ProfXponent 4y ago
- 2pEXgD0fZ5cF 4y ago
  It doesn't get any more "establishment" than (one of) the richest men on earth...
moistly 4y ago
Have you considered that some people believe most everyone is wrong, that they won’t be told what to do by others, that they are or should be in complete control their lives, that they live by their own rules, that The Man is keeping them down, etc? Musk personifies that belief system.
- netsharc 4y ago
  > they won’t be told what to do by others, that they are or should be in complete control their lives "You have to work in the factory even though there's a deadly virus spreading around." - Musk to his employees But hey, pandemic shamdemic right, since the Musk said so :)
ComradePhil 4y ago
You do realize that the "sexual harrasment" allegation is that Musk asked for a handjob from a massage therapist who was already massaging him as he lay naked... and she declined and that was the end of it... right?
- richbell 4y ago
  > You do realize that the "sexual harrasment" allegation is that Musk asked for a handjob from a massage therapist who was already massaging him as he lay naked... and she declined and that was the end of it... right? I am not sure why you put sexual harassment in quotes like that: having your boss, let alone the wealthiest man in the world, make unwanted sexual advances is basically a textbook case of sexual harassment. > Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitutes sexual harassment when submission to or rejection of this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual's employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual's work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment. > > https://www.eeoc.gov/fact-sheet/facts-about-sexual-harassment https://www.eeoc.gov/fact-sheet/facts-about-sexual-harassmen... Plenty of people get massages and disrobe without sexually harassing their masseuse.
- Commodore63 4y ago
  He then showed his erect penis to her.
  - thedailymail 4y ago
    And paid $250K of company money for her to keep quiet about it.
    - gbronner 4y ago
      He said she said situation that could well be entirely fabricated. But it would take a million to bring it to trial and waste a few weeks of his life, and he has nothing to gain. Legalized extortion-if she had to jail if she lost, you'd see fewer of these
zaptheimpaler 4y ago
The facts are that there is an allegation without any proof right now. It only takes one person to make such an allegation. Tesla/Elon fanboyism side, I don't know how you are so sure of what really happened that you feel comfortable equating the defense of due legal process to supporting sexual harassment.

lttlrck 4y ago

version_five 4y ago

Sohcahtoa82 4y ago

If I were to do a "Bad Take of the Week" kind of thing, this would have won it already, and it's only Tuesday.