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HN is leftie programmer sock space but loves tech and there is no denying the SpaceX and Starlink tech is good, but Elon is a trumpie so there is a dissonance w

HN is leftie programmer sock space but loves tech and there is no denying the SpaceX and Starlink tech is good, but Elon is a trumpie so there is a dissonance where certain people cannot admit this or their whole world-view crashes so it is easier to say "Elon bad!!" or downplay that this is an emergency rescue mission as seen.

SoftTalker 2y ago
And Elon and his companies were lauded here before his politics became well known. Brandon Eich is another example of the phenomenon.
- mensetmanusman 2y ago
  Elon's politics changed after he snapped when confronted with some life changing stuff.
  - typeofhuman 2y ago
    Is the "life changing stuff" the fact that the US gov't was moderating Twitter and suppressing speech that was unfavorable to their narrative?
wredue 2y ago
Pretending politics is the only reason people turned on Elon is kinda hilarious. The dude has been behaving utterly unhinged. All that aside, buying a social media platform for the express purpose of influencing elections is most likely not going to win you any favours.
- typeofhuman 2y ago
  > buying a social media platform for the express purpose of influencing elections is most likely not going to win you any favours. The irony is that was going on before he bought Twitter. Stopping it may have been the reason he bought it. We know Twitter at the behest of the US gov't censored the Hunter Biden laptop story but allowed speech that wrongly claimed it was "Russian disinformation". That could be considered election interference because it was a major scandal for the Democrats.
  - wredue 2y ago
    Twitter probably over censored the story. Considering all of the crazy demonstrably fake news surrounding this, I can see how handling this was probably difficult to get right. If the right wing wants to stop getting over censored, maybe they should hold themselves a little more accountable to the mass amounts of fake news they share. But again. Hunter Biden was not running for president. The right is still pushing fake news (Ohio) as part of their campaigns.
BurningFrog 2y ago
Also, many people will always hate the richest man in the world.
- typeofhuman 2y ago
  Those people didn't seem to care before he bought Twitter.

SoftTalker 2y ago

And Elon and his companies were lauded here before his politics became well known. Brandon Eich is another example of the phenomenon.

mensetmanusman 2y ago
Elon's politics changed after he snapped when confronted with some life changing stuff.
- typeofhuman 2y ago
  Is the "life changing stuff" the fact that the US gov't was moderating Twitter and suppressing speech that was unfavorable to their narrative?

wredue 2y ago

Pretending politics is the only reason people turned on Elon is kinda hilarious. The dude has been behaving utterly unhinged. All that aside, buying a social media platform for the express purpose of influencing elections is most likely not going to win you any favours.

typeofhuman 2y ago
> buying a social media platform for the express purpose of influencing elections is most likely not going to win you any favours. The irony is that was going on before he bought Twitter. Stopping it may have been the reason he bought it. We know Twitter at the behest of the US gov't censored the Hunter Biden laptop story but allowed speech that wrongly claimed it was "Russian disinformation". That could be considered election interference because it was a major scandal for the Democrats.
- wredue 2y ago
  Twitter probably over censored the story. Considering all of the crazy demonstrably fake news surrounding this, I can see how handling this was probably difficult to get right. If the right wing wants to stop getting over censored, maybe they should hold themselves a little more accountable to the mass amounts of fake news they share. But again. Hunter Biden was not running for president. The right is still pushing fake news (Ohio) as part of their campaigns.

BurningFrog 2y ago

Also, many people will always hate the richest man in the world.

typeofhuman 2y ago
Those people didn't seem to care before he bought Twitter.