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But no one was talking about "the left" or "the right" until you brought it up. The predictions from "the left" is something you feel adds to the conversation.

by enkid 4y ago

But no one was talking about "the left" or "the right" until you brought it up. The predictions from "the left" is something you feel adds to the conversation. Why? Why do you feel criticisms of the way Elon is running the company are associated to the "left," when plenty of neutral and non-partisan sources have called into question the way he is running the company?

mgamache 4y ago
"no one was talking about "the left" or "the right" until you brought it up", really? https://nypost.com/2022/04/29/elon-musks-right-the-left-has-gone-insane/ https://nypost.com/2022/04/29/elon-musks-right-the-left-has-... https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/28/twitter-elon-musk-politics/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/28/twitter-e... https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/31/musk-twitter-paul-pelosi-00064329 https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/31/musk-twitter-paul-p... https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/congress-will-want-hear-elon-musk-twitter-whichever-party-wins-midterm-rcna55032\ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/congress-will-want... The fact is some of the criticism of him is legit and I personally don't like the way Elon has promoted Tesla (bordering on fraud). But it's obvious the outrage is mostly selective. So Elon firing his well paid staff is worse than Apples hordes of child labor for years? Compare the reaction. https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-knowingly-used-child-labor-supplier-3-years-cut-costs-2020-12 https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-knowingly-used-child-l...
nonethewiser 4y ago
That's how it breaks though.
PakG1 4y ago
Nobody here was until you did. I would hope that HN would be above that stuff. We always complain that the MSM gets engineering work wrong. We value our own understanding of technical stuff better than the MSM's understanding. As such, I'd be curious how many were referencing laypeople or the MSM when they talk about Twitter's technical capabilities and risks here. I certainly would have assumed that we're all just talking about technical stuff as technical people, forget the laypeople and the MSM.

by enkid 4y ago

mgamache 4y ago

"no one was talking about "the left" or "the right" until you brought it up", really? https://nypost.com/2022/04/29/elon-musks-right-the-left-has-gone-insane/ https://nypost.com/2022/04/29/elon-musks-right-the-left-has-... https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/28/twitter-elon-musk-politics/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/28/twitter-e... https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/31/musk-twitter-paul-pelosi-00064329 https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/31/musk-twitter-paul-p... https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/congress-will-want-hear-elon-musk-twitter-whichever-party-wins-midterm-rcna55032\ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/congress-will-want... The fact is some of the criticism of him is legit and I personally don't like the way Elon has promoted Tesla (bordering on fraud). But it's obvious the outrage is mostly selective. So Elon firing his well paid staff is worse than Apples hordes of child labor for years? Compare the reaction. https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-knowingly-used-child-labor-supplier-3-years-cut-costs-2020-12 https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-knowingly-used-child-l...

nonethewiser 4y ago

That's how it breaks though.

PakG1 4y ago

Nobody here was until you did. I would hope that HN would be above that stuff. We always complain that the MSM gets engineering work wrong. We value our own understanding of technical stuff better than the MSM's understanding. As such, I'd be curious how many were referencing laypeople or the MSM when they talk about Twitter's technical capabilities and risks here. I certainly would have assumed that we're all just talking about technical stuff as technical people, forget the laypeople and the MSM.