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Ask HN: What's with flagging articles criticizing Musk?

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Re: Ask HN: What's with flagging articles criticizing Musk?

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"Community" is not the same as "nation state". Maybe getting the two concepts confused is why you seem not to have quite grasped at least one of them.

Do you think a new citizen is a lesser citizen?

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Re: Ask HN: What's with flagging articles criticizing Musk?

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> "Appears to make gesture" "Appears"??? It's on fucking videotape! Are you saying his arm was actually down by his side all the time, and it just "appears" as if he's raising it? (Perspective? Refraction? Water will find its level?) And "gesture"??? Pray tell, what fucking "gesture" is that he "appears" to be making, and why are you resorting to "gesture" in stead of acknowledging what exactly it is we're talking ab…

Yes, the Guardian article linked above used the phrase, "appears to". Apparently they were not comfortable being more explicit than that. You may find the article helps to understand the context of the discussion of the article. They also went on to cite the ADL to define the gesture. However, the ADL was explicit in their interpretation: >It seems that @elonmusk made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not…

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