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Elon Musk's tweets unleashed a wave of hate

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Re: Elon Musk's tweets unleashed a wave of hate

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Post by giraffe_lady »

the_shivers wrote: post #8
giraffe_lady wrote: post #7

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What's the difference between far right extremist and center-right person?

I made a specific statement of fact about the public actions of an individual. I'm not interested in, nor do I think there's anything to be gained by, a broader conversation about the boundaries of right ideologies in this context.

If this is a sincere attempt to seek knowledge I recommend wikipedia!

FWIW though, people who self identify as members of far right groups like literally neo nazis consider musk an ally. And I do trust their judgement on this one very specific thing.

Re: Elon Musk's tweets unleashed a wave of hate

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Post by lapcat »

flippinburgers wrote: post #12

She doesn't name names.

What would be the point of naming names?

1) A lot of Twitter users are anonymous or have fake names.

2) The story is about the volume of hate, so why would individual names be relevant?

3) Twitter trolls are often seeking attention (Musk himself being a case in point), so naming them just rewards their behavior.

Re: Elon Musk's tweets unleashed a wave of hate

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Post by mwint »

lapcat wrote: post #10
the_shivers wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the difference between far right extremist and center-right person?

One example: tweeting/retweeting debunked conspiracy theories, some of which Musk is forced to delete later due to external criticism and/or personal embarrassment.

In 2021, would have you counted “Wuhan lab leak” as a debunked conspiracy theory?

Re: Elon Musk's tweets unleashed a wave of hate

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Post by lapcat »

mwint wrote: post #16
lapcat wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One example: tweeting/retweeting debunked conspiracy theories, some of which Musk is forced to delete later due to external criticism and/or personal embarrassment.

In 2021, would have you counted “Wuhan lab leak” as a debunked conspiracy theory?

I would say that Musk deleting his own tweets is evidence that his conspiracy theories have been debunked.

Re: Elon Musk's tweets unleashed a wave of hate

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Post by dragontamer »

mwint wrote: post #16
lapcat wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One example: tweeting/retweeting debunked conspiracy theories, some of which Musk is forced to delete later due to external criticism and/or personal embarrassment.

In 2021, would have you counted “Wuhan lab leak” as a debunked conspiracy theory?

Elon Musk's tweets on COVID-19 are that it's a conspiracy in general and will disappear in April 2020.

Which is absolutely a right wing conspiracy theory and fully debunked.

I'm not sure how extreme you realize Mr. Musk has been with his tweets. We aren't at Wuhan Lab theory here, Musk has tweeted much much worse.

Re: Elon Musk's tweets unleashed a wave of hate

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Post by lordloki »

giraffe_lady wrote: post #11
the_shivers wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the difference between far right extremist and center-right person?

I made a specific statement of fact about the public actions of an individual. I'm not interested in, nor do I think there's anything to be gained by, a broader conversation about the boundaries of right ideologies in this context. If this is a sincere attempt to seek knowledge I recommend wikipedia! FWIW though, people who self identify as members of far right groups like literally neo nazis consider musk an ally. A…

You wrote an opinion, then refused to clarify when asked.

Re: Elon Musk's tweets unleashed a wave of hate

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Post by giraffe_lady »

lordloki wrote: post #19
giraffe_lady wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I made a specific statement of fact about the public actions of an individual. I'm not interested in, nor do I think there's anything to be gained by, a broader conversation about the boundaries of right ideologies in this context. If this is a sincere attempt to seek knowledge I recommend wikipedia! FWIW though, people who self identify as members of far right groups like literally neo nazis consider musk an ally. A…

You wrote an opinion, then refused to clarify when asked.

Yes.
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