I mean, he called a diver rescuing children a "pedo", and everyone just shrugged and moved on. https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/03/media/elon-musk-testifies/index.h

I mean, he called a diver rescuing children a "pedo", and everyone just shrugged and moved on. https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/03/media/elon-musk-testifies/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/03/media/elon-musk-testifies/ind... Apparently, you can win a defamation suit by claiming that "yeah, I made it up and just said it". I feel like at the time his celebrity carried him. Not sure this would play today.