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Ok Elon "free speech absolutist" excusers; if you defend this one you've lost all credibility.


Implying it wasn't already a dry well?

Remember, he called one of the divers who rescued the Thai schoolboys "pedo guy" because the diver made a statement he didn't like. When the diver took him to court (I forget if it was libel or slander or defamation), Musk got away with it because "pedo guy" was clearly a nickname, not insinuating that this person commits atrocious crimes and we should all attack him.


I agree with you but they excused his banning of journalists the other day under the baloney "his kid was in danger" malarky. This doesn't have any fig leaf they can grab onto.


If someone did truly try and attack grimes and little XÆ alphabet soup, that's wrong and they need to be prosecuted. But so far no police report has been filed and journalists pointing that out have been banned. Besides, if he's that concerned about aircraft location tracking, he should pay for a private rolling transponder code for his aircraft through the FAA.


So the next play is either a gish gallop or a whataboutism salvo, if I've got the last ten years or so correct.




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