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> The site went from ridiculous levels of Elon Musk worship (How dare you say it's misleading for Tesla to use the name Autopilot) to constant hit pieces follow
by D13Fd 4y ago
> The site went from ridiculous levels of Elon Musk worship (How dare you say it's misleading for Tesla to use the name Autopilot) to constant hit pieces following his recent fall from grace on the left.
I guess this is one way to view it. Or you could see it as them giving him the benefit of the doubt when he was a gifted tech businessman, and then not doing so when his purchase of Twitter led to an emperor-has-no-clothes moment.
- GeekyBear 4y ago> Or you could see it as them giving him the benefit of the doubt when he was a gifted tech businessman Musk hasn't changed at all. Calling a lane keeping feature "Autopilot" has always been exceptionally misleading and dangerous. What has changed is that he's now on the left's version of a Nixonian enemies list.
- Terretta 4y agoSeems more likely Ars opinion of Musk has little to do with wings or wingnuts. Seems more likely it's tech's so-called meritocracy bias: he's been re-weighed on the merits and this time found wanting. That said, both wings have tried to politicize #elongate, so I can see how people imagine any opinion on Musk is politically polarized.