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How Musk has tumbled so quickly will go down in history books. Now he's spouting conspiracy theories.

by hn2017 4y ago

docmars 4y ago
I feel the same about Hillary. She shared a conspiracy theory this last week that Paul Pelosi's attacker was a right-wing extremist. It was found later that the alleged "blog" David created wasn't created long ago and was taken down pretty swiftly after the attack, showing that this was created as a prop for a political stunt before midterms. The residence for the attacker, David, was found to be a hippie commune with a gay pride marijuana flag in their front yard. Does anyone really think this guy was a far righty? Give me a break.
- llamaimperative 4y ago
  For readers, AFAICT the evidence that his blogs were created immediately before and deleted immediately after the attack is that the Wayback Machine hadn't indexed them prior to being linked to by major media outlets.
- mechanical_bear 4y ago
  All of my conservative friends live in Berkeley, attend nudist weddings, and live in Communes. Don’t yours?
- rat87 4y ago
  The attacker is a far right extremist. That's fact. He might have once been fairly left wing but has been on the far right for a while. https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2022/10/29/fear-and-fury-after-the-paul-pelosi-attack-00064101 https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2022/10/29/fea... https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/What-we-know-about-David-DePape-man-accused-of-17542056.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/What-we-know-about... > He published multiple blogs laced with statements about the QAnon mass delusion, whose adherents believe former President Donald Trump stands against an alliance of Satan-worshipping Democratic pedophiles. The blog also included bigoted commentary directed at people of color, women, Jewish people, Muslims, members of the LGBTQ community and immigrants.
  - hn2017 4y ago
    I'm afraid it's too late, HN has become an right-wing echo-chamber
incahoots 4y ago
Grifting pays big money and gains you attention.

How Musk has tumbled so quickly will go down in history books. Now he's spouting conspiracy theories.

by hn2017 4y ago

How Musk has tumbled so quickly will go down in history books. Now he's spouting conspiracy theories.

I feel the same about Hillary. She shared a conspiracy theory this last week that Paul Pelosi's attacker was a right-wing extremist. It was found later that the alleged "blog" David created wasn't created long ago and was taken down pretty swiftly after the attack, showing that this was created as a prop for a political stunt before midterms. The residence for the attacker, David, was found to be a hippie commune with a gay pride marijuana flag in their front yard. Does anyone really think this guy was a far righty? Give me a break.

llamaimperative 4y ago
For readers, AFAICT the evidence that his blogs were created immediately before and deleted immediately after the attack is that the Wayback Machine hadn't indexed them prior to being linked to by major media outlets.
mechanical_bear 4y ago
All of my conservative friends live in Berkeley, attend nudist weddings, and live in Communes. Don’t yours?
rat87 4y ago
The attacker is a far right extremist. That's fact. He might have once been fairly left wing but has been on the far right for a while. https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2022/10/29/fear-and-fury-after-the-paul-pelosi-attack-00064101 https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2022/10/29/fea... https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/What-we-know-about-David-DePape-man-accused-of-17542056.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/What-we-know-about... > He published multiple blogs laced with statements about the QAnon mass delusion, whose adherents believe former President Donald Trump stands against an alliance of Satan-worshipping Democratic pedophiles. The blog also included bigoted commentary directed at people of color, women, Jewish people, Muslims, members of the LGBTQ community and immigrants.
- hn2017 4y ago
  I'm afraid it's too late, HN has become an right-wing echo-chamber

incahoots 4y ago

Grifting pays big money and gains you attention.