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"Looks like Yoel is arguing in favor of children being able to access adult Internet services in his PhD thesis" That is definitely not insinuating he was a pe

"Looks like Yoel is arguing in favor of children being able to access adult Internet services in his PhD thesis" That is definitely not insinuating he was a pedophile and claims to the contrary are outright lies. More insinuating he was advocating for Bad Things that let children be harmed. It's a low blow and a stupid one, but it's nor an allegation of pedophilia.

chomp 4y ago
He deliberately trivialized the thesis and posted an out of context excerpt in order to make it as inflammatory as possible and insinuate that Yoel wants to sexualize children. Musk’s fans took that to mean pedophile because that is the normal Musk playbook.
- concordDance 4y ago
  How the heck do I respond to a post that contains such a mix of statements? Maybe: Agreed. Agreed. Agreed. No basis given. Agreed with caveat that its a small minority. Relies on particular world (well, Musk) view, too complex to discuss in limited space. Insufficient evidence.
ModernMech 4y ago
If Musk wasn’t insinuating that, then why did so many people interpret it that way and send death threats? Also, why hasn’t Musk corrected the record and apologized (he hasn’t right?) if that’s not what he meant? Or maybe that’s exactly what he meant, and the result of the person getting death threats was what he intended to happen? Maybe if this were the first time Musk weaponized accusations of pedophilia and had apologized for past and current behavior I could give him the benefit of the doubt. But he hasn’t, so I can’t.
- concordDance 4y ago
  Because people are idiots. Possibly because Musk has a thousand things people are trying to bring his attention to and no one has succeeded in bringing this to his attention and making it seem worth his time. Maybe. But the alternative explanation of attention deficit also explains the facts.
SilverBirch 4y ago
Do you think people buy any of these disingenuous arguments or are you making these arguments more for yourself than other people?
- pessimizer 4y ago
  You're responding to somebody who is making an argument with no argument, just a declaration that they're being disingenuous, followed by an accusation of being mentally ill. Do you think people are convinced that you're on the right side of the issue when they see you argue like this?
  - SilverBirch 4y ago
    Ok, so let's deal with this in order of priority. I did not accuse anyone of being mentally ill. Are you willing to openly admit that?
- concordDance 4y ago
  Hey SilverBirch, kinda curious about your viewpoint but think it best discussed over a more long term communication medium, can you drop me an email at dyth68 at yahoo dot com?

chomp 4y ago

He deliberately trivialized the thesis and posted an out of context excerpt in order to make it as inflammatory as possible and insinuate that Yoel wants to sexualize children. Musk’s fans took that to mean pedophile because that is the normal Musk playbook.

concordDance 4y ago
How the heck do I respond to a post that contains such a mix of statements? Maybe: Agreed. Agreed. Agreed. No basis given. Agreed with caveat that its a small minority. Relies on particular world (well, Musk) view, too complex to discuss in limited space. Insufficient evidence.

ModernMech 4y ago

If Musk wasn’t insinuating that, then why did so many people interpret it that way and send death threats? Also, why hasn’t Musk corrected the record and apologized (he hasn’t right?) if that’s not what he meant? Or maybe that’s exactly what he meant, and the result of the person getting death threats was what he intended to happen? Maybe if this were the first time Musk weaponized accusations of pedophilia and had apologized for past and current behavior I could give him the benefit of the doubt. But he hasn’t, so I can’t.

concordDance 4y ago
Because people are idiots. Possibly because Musk has a thousand things people are trying to bring his attention to and no one has succeeded in bringing this to his attention and making it seem worth his time. Maybe. But the alternative explanation of attention deficit also explains the facts.

SilverBirch 4y ago

Do you think people buy any of these disingenuous arguments or are you making these arguments more for yourself than other people?

pessimizer 4y ago
You're responding to somebody who is making an argument with no argument, just a declaration that they're being disingenuous, followed by an accusation of being mentally ill. Do you think people are convinced that you're on the right side of the issue when they see you argue like this?
- SilverBirch 4y ago
  Ok, so let's deal with this in order of priority. I did not accuse anyone of being mentally ill. Are you willing to openly admit that?
concordDance 4y ago
Hey SilverBirch, kinda curious about your viewpoint but think it best discussed over a more long term communication medium, can you drop me an email at dyth68 at yahoo dot com?