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At the time of posting, I count 8 matches for "Elon" on this page and 23 comments. All of but one of the mentions has a negative sentiment.

croisillon 2y ago
how dare they talk (badly!) about him in a thread about twitter!
- palmfacehn 2y ago
  The above poster didn't elaborate when he mentioned, "Living rent free". If we are going to have a discourse on the topic, I think it deserves more depth. He's a complicated figure. I'm not a fan of all of his ideas, nor do I consider him some kind of right-wing free speech savior. He's like anyone else in that there's some hit and miss. I do find it disturbing how quickly the predominantly left-leaning tech sphere turned on him. This coincided with politically driven media talking points. A few short years ago he was celebrated for his association with green energy. He was even celebrated by the globalists at the WEF. For this and other reasons, I suspect his promotion to be something of a false alternative. Idolizing him seems a bit naive. The demonizations I regularly read on this site are often poorly reasoned or Godwinian hyperbole.
  - croisillon 2y ago
    is... is "globalist" a code word?
    - palmfacehn 2y ago
      https://www.wita.org/atp-research/free-trade-ideology/ https://www.wita.org/atp-research/free-trade-ideology/ In short, it is the philosophy espoused by the WEF, The Club of Rome and some UN institutions. For all of Twitter's faults, I never interact with someone making these toxic insinuations on that platform.
  - felixgallo 2y ago
    can you provide an example of the 'politically driven media talking points' that unfairly stained poor Elon's otherwise sterling reputation with the green, ah, globalists?
ImJamal 2y ago
To be clear, I think people who love Elon also have a problem. Neither side can stop thinking and talking about him. I would love to go one day without somebody talking about him on HN regardless of the sentiment.

croisillon 2y ago

how dare they talk (badly!) about him in a thread about twitter!

palmfacehn 2y ago
The above poster didn't elaborate when he mentioned, "Living rent free". If we are going to have a discourse on the topic, I think it deserves more depth. He's a complicated figure. I'm not a fan of all of his ideas, nor do I consider him some kind of right-wing free speech savior. He's like anyone else in that there's some hit and miss. I do find it disturbing how quickly the predominantly left-leaning tech sphere turned on him. This coincided with politically driven media talking points. A few short years ago he was celebrated for his association with green energy. He was even celebrated by the globalists at the WEF. For this and other reasons, I suspect his promotion to be something of a false alternative. Idolizing him seems a bit naive. The demonizations I regularly read on this site are often poorly reasoned or Godwinian hyperbole.
- croisillon 2y ago
  is... is "globalist" a code word?
  - palmfacehn 2y ago
    https://www.wita.org/atp-research/free-trade-ideology/ https://www.wita.org/atp-research/free-trade-ideology/ In short, it is the philosophy espoused by the WEF, The Club of Rome and some UN institutions. For all of Twitter's faults, I never interact with someone making these toxic insinuations on that platform.
- felixgallo 2y ago
  can you provide an example of the 'politically driven media talking points' that unfairly stained poor Elon's otherwise sterling reputation with the green, ah, globalists?

ImJamal 2y ago

To be clear, I think people who love Elon also have a problem. Neither side can stop thinking and talking about him. I would love to go one day without somebody talking about him on HN regardless of the sentiment.