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So? Everyone keeps saying this over and over, but leaving out the most important part. In the same tweet he admitted it’s a direct threat to his personal safety

by 40four 4y ago

So? Everyone keeps saying this over and over, but leaving out the most important part. In the same tweet he admitted it’s a direct threat to his personal safety! Can you comment on that part? Because it seems like people want, with Elon and other celebrities, to be put in harms way, in the name of keeping these doxxing accounts online. Which by the way are made by some college kid who probably doesn’t realize the ramifications of what he’s doing.

lolsowrong 4y ago
I wonder if the founding fathers had an opinion on temporary safety vs liberty. Shame there’s not a quote about that.
- djbusby 4y ago
  Here's one https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-06-02-0107 https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-06-02-01... "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
- coldtea 4y ago
  I wonder why what some guys wrote centuries ago is taken as holy scripture... Especially when it's not even accurate, not to mention being misunderstood: https://techcrunch.com/2014/02/14/how-the-world-butchered-benjamin-franklins-quote-on-liberty-vs-security/ https://techcrunch.com/2014/02/14/how-the-world-butchered-be...
SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
Right now it seems like he's willing to defend he and his friend's personal safety (his friend's safety as an after thought mind you), but he doesn't much care about the safety of people he's upset with.
te_234350 4y ago
Meh. Musk has no problem handing information to journalists like Matt Taibbi that included personal email addresses, all the better for Taibbi to accidentally publish. Musk had no problem insinuating that Yoel Roth was a pedophile (as is Musk's style), reportedly forcing Roth into hiding. Does Musk recognize the ramifications of what he was doing in either case? No. At any rate, it's pretty clear that the "threats to personal safety" is a mask, he clearly is fine with doxxing and threatening other people's public safety... as long as he is the aggressor, not the victim.

by 40four 4y ago

lolsowrong 4y ago

I wonder if the founding fathers had an opinion on temporary safety vs liberty. Shame there’s not a quote about that.

djbusby 4y ago
Here's one https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-06-02-0107 https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-06-02-01... "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
coldtea 4y ago
I wonder why what some guys wrote centuries ago is taken as holy scripture... Especially when it's not even accurate, not to mention being misunderstood: https://techcrunch.com/2014/02/14/how-the-world-butchered-benjamin-franklins-quote-on-liberty-vs-security/ https://techcrunch.com/2014/02/14/how-the-world-butchered-be...

SketchySeaBeast 4y ago

Right now it seems like he's willing to defend he and his friend's personal safety (his friend's safety as an after thought mind you), but he doesn't much care about the safety of people he's upset with.

te_234350 4y ago

Meh. Musk has no problem handing information to journalists like Matt Taibbi that included personal email addresses, all the better for Taibbi to accidentally publish. Musk had no problem insinuating that Yoel Roth was a pedophile (as is Musk's style), reportedly forcing Roth into hiding. Does Musk recognize the ramifications of what he was doing in either case? No. At any rate, it's pretty clear that the "threats to personal safety" is a mask, he clearly is fine with doxxing and threatening other people's public safety... as long as he is the aggressor, not the victim.