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The amount of mental gymnastics people will go through because they dislike a controversial billionaire is nuts

by sshine 2y ago

sumeno 2y ago
I don't know man, it doesn't take many mental gymnastics here https://xcancel.com/elonmusk/status/1724908287471272299 https://xcancel.com/elonmusk/status/1724908287471272299 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/technology/elon-musk-x-post-hitler-stalin-mao.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/technology/elon-musk-x-po... https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/elon-musk-x-twitter-antisemitism-hashtags-trending-hate-rcna151945 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/elon-musk-x-twitte... I could keep going but there's really no point
- sshine 2y ago
  Somehow you have convinced yourself that posting enough small things that could suggest that Musk is a nazi, but don’t really, add up to one convincing argument that he is. No, just post one good summary or obviously revealing incident. And if you point to the salutes, which triggered the whole thing, they’re obviously not sufficient by themselves. You have to at least hear what he has to say. Did you?
  - LightBug1 2y ago
    He's a Nazi or an absolutely disgusting troll. Both are pretty pathetic. The human thing to have would have been to say "sorry, watching it back, I can see how that looked" and it would have been over. But no. He's The Douche. It's also a balance of probabilities thing. He's leaning hard into the far-right at the moment, and he's a well known troll, so if you behave like a douchey troll Nazi, then people tend not to give you the benefit of the doubt when shit goes down. Like when they give the benefit of the doubt to absolutely everyone else in the world caught in a photo waving and it looking like a salute. Either way ... The Douche won't ever get another penny from me. Bye Tesla. Fuck Starlink, glad I'm not in a situation where that's the only choice. SpaceX? That was always Shotwell's bag anyway and I don't plan on hitching a ride anytime soon.
    - sshine 2y ago
      He is certainly a troll. I mean, DOGE. I guess that makes him not a nazi. Great.
      - LightBug1 2y ago
        Bizarre. But thanks. I'll end with by saying - don't let your intense desire to support a person blind you from what the behaviour of a decent human being might be. Good luck.

The amount of mental gymnastics people will go through because they dislike a controversial billionaire is nuts

by sshine 2y ago

The amount of mental gymnastics people will go through because they dislike a controversial billionaire is nuts

I don't know man, it doesn't take many mental gymnastics here https://xcancel.com/elonmusk/status/1724908287471272299 https://xcancel.com/elonmusk/status/1724908287471272299 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/technology/elon-musk-x-post-hitler-stalin-mao.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/technology/elon-musk-x-po... https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/elon-musk-x-twitter-antisemitism-hashtags-trending-hate-rcna151945 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/elon-musk-x-twitte... I could keep going but there's really no point

sshine 2y ago
Somehow you have convinced yourself that posting enough small things that could suggest that Musk is a nazi, but don’t really, add up to one convincing argument that he is. No, just post one good summary or obviously revealing incident. And if you point to the salutes, which triggered the whole thing, they’re obviously not sufficient by themselves. You have to at least hear what he has to say. Did you?
- LightBug1 2y ago
  He's a Nazi or an absolutely disgusting troll. Both are pretty pathetic. The human thing to have would have been to say "sorry, watching it back, I can see how that looked" and it would have been over. But no. He's The Douche. It's also a balance of probabilities thing. He's leaning hard into the far-right at the moment, and he's a well known troll, so if you behave like a douchey troll Nazi, then people tend not to give you the benefit of the doubt when shit goes down. Like when they give the benefit of the doubt to absolutely everyone else in the world caught in a photo waving and it looking like a salute. Either way ... The Douche won't ever get another penny from me. Bye Tesla. Fuck Starlink, glad I'm not in a situation where that's the only choice. SpaceX? That was always Shotwell's bag anyway and I don't plan on hitching a ride anytime soon.
  - sshine 2y ago
    He is certainly a troll. I mean, DOGE. I guess that makes him not a nazi. Great.
    - LightBug1 2y ago
      Bizarre. But thanks. I'll end with by saying - don't let your intense desire to support a person blind you from what the behaviour of a decent human being might be. Good luck.