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He was an arse 6 years ago as well, it just wasn't quite so well documented. Plenty of us knew it.

• treis 4y ago
  But now he's made the cardinal sin of being a Republican. Thus the internet has turned on him.
  • spicyusername 4y ago
    He's giving the internet _plenty_ more reasons than that to turn.
    • treis 4y ago
      And for years the internet didn't turn on him. Then he made some pro Republican noises and his favorability among young Democrats (i.e. most of the internet) dropped by 25 points in a month.
      • Jcowell 4y ago
        Bullshit, the turn started years ago with the Pedo-calling fiasco.
      • root_axis 4y ago
        So Elon expresses support for Republicans while disparaging Democrats and thus loses favorability among Democrats. So what?
        • cato_the_elder 4y ago
          "The internet" is not the same thing as Democrats.
          • root_axis 4y ago
            You're replying to the wrong comment, I never said it was.
  • aozgaa 4y ago
    That’s playing a bit fast and loose with the facts. The timing of his announcement was suspicious: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CH55WpJxF1s https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CH55WpJxF1s And he’s gotten some flak from a high profile Republican as well: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7kT_80NaS6A https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7kT_80NaS6A
  • d23 4y ago
    Similar nonsense has been said about Trump (“it’s just the liberal media”), as though we didn’t have direct access to his tweets.
    • treis 4y ago
      This is backed up by numbers: https://morningconsult.com/2022/06/23/elon-musk-favorability/ https://morningconsult.com/2022/06/23/elon-musk-favorability... What else happened between April and June to make his unfavorable rating go from 37% to 59% among Democrats?
      • d23 4y ago
        The behavior described in the chain of comments you're responding to. Or literally the thread you're in. Making a public ass of himself on a consistent basis. Acting like a child.
        • treis 4y ago
          You can't be seriously arguing that Elon just started making an ass of himself between April and June.
          • sethrin 4y ago
            Attempting to buy Twitter because you think it doesn't favor trolls enough was not a popular move.
  • rchaud 4y ago
    Sure, that's what it is. Not the multiple missed deadlines around FSD, Cybertruck, Hyperloop, etc. At least that "flamethrower" product placated his fanboys for a bit.
    • treis 4y ago
      Again, the numbers show that it is just that: April: -5 Net favorability amongst Democrats June: -37 Net favorability amongst Democrats https://morningconsult.com/2022/06/23/elon-musk-favorability/ https://morningconsult.com/2022/06/23/elon-musk-favorability...
      • undersuit 4y ago
        Or if you look at the percentages. April to June: 59% more Democrats find Musk unfavorable 61% more Republicans find Musk unfavorable
        • treis 4y ago
          But we don't do that because percent change is meaningless without talking about the baseline
          • undersuit 4y ago
            The baseline is that a number of Democrats already didn't like Musk in April and somehow him becoming a Republican made 60% more of both political parties not like him.
            • leereeves 4y ago
              20% of Democrats turned against him, compared to 8% of Republicans. But why is this even an argument? Is anyone still unaware that a lot of Democrats hate Republicans?
              • undersuit 4y ago
  • martin1b 4y ago
    That's precisely what happened.