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To Musk haters, any bit of news concerning Tesla, SpaceX, Twitter, etc. is just waiting to be spun into a negative headline that can then be an excuse to whine

by slily 3y ago

To Musk haters, any bit of news concerning Tesla, SpaceX, Twitter, etc. is just waiting to be spun into a negative headline that can then be an excuse to whine about him. Somehow the smear campaign against him seems to be more effective than most in shaping opinion in the tech sphere. I've noticed coworkers whom I thought were reasonable rational people turn into playground-bully types since the Twitter acquisition, bringing him up in work-related chatrooms just to insult him, sharing hit pieces, memes and tweets with the same intent, etc. Others seem afraid of getting cancelled for praising anything he does, and preface any positive or neutral statement about him with "I think he's a <some negative trait>, but...".

Eddy_Viscosity2 3y ago
I'm not a musk hater because of this sort of thing, I'm a musk hater because of Elon's own words and actions which consistently show him to be a shit person.
- millerm 3y ago
  Which, I hope you would admit, has basically nothing to do with this “headline.
falcolas 3y ago
Respectfully, not everything that involves Tesla can be reduced to love or hate for Elon Musk. In fact, my original post isn't even about Tesla - just laws about worker's rights.
- slily 3y ago
  You're right, it isn't directly relevant to your post, but other top-level comments were making snide remarks about Elon Musk, and I ended up conflating them when replying. The larger point that I forgot to make is that publications are quick to publish hit pieces and negative headlines about anything Elon Musk has touched. And since most people don't read past the headline (as pointed out by the comment I initially responded to) and are eager to have another excuse to complain about Elon Musk, they are often misrepresented and repeated without context by the haters, and it's hard to have a good faith discussion about anything connected to him.
version_five 3y ago
As with so many things recently, I went from a Musk "hater" - maybe "detractor" - five years ago, to finding myself defending him now, without really changing my position on him, due to the major change in popular opinion, for silly idolatry to religious hatred.

by slily 3y ago

Eddy_Viscosity2 3y ago

I'm not a musk hater because of this sort of thing, I'm a musk hater because of Elon's own words and actions which consistently show him to be a shit person.

millerm 3y ago
Which, I hope you would admit, has basically nothing to do with this “headline.

falcolas 3y ago

Respectfully, not everything that involves Tesla can be reduced to love or hate for Elon Musk. In fact, my original post isn't even about Tesla - just laws about worker's rights.

slily 3y ago
You're right, it isn't directly relevant to your post, but other top-level comments were making snide remarks about Elon Musk, and I ended up conflating them when replying. The larger point that I forgot to make is that publications are quick to publish hit pieces and negative headlines about anything Elon Musk has touched. And since most people don't read past the headline (as pointed out by the comment I initially responded to) and are eager to have another excuse to complain about Elon Musk, they are often misrepresented and repeated without context by the haters, and it's hard to have a good faith discussion about anything connected to him.

version_five 3y ago

As with so many things recently, I went from a Musk "hater" - maybe "detractor" - five years ago, to finding myself defending him now, without really changing my position on him, due to the major change in popular opinion, for silly idolatry to religious hatred.