Elon Musk Controversy
The cluster revolves around debates on the flagging and backlash to a news article about Elon Musk's controversial statements, including defenses against misinterpretation, sarcasm claims, and references to his past incidents like the pedophile accusation, journalist bans, and Tucker Carlson interview.
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Why this flagged? It's a simple news article that reports what he said.
Seems like you had some valid gripes then closed the door behind you complaining that no one else has a perspective. Notwithstanding, the good news is that there wasn't successful deplatforming of the video (no idea if there was a takedown request). There's room to discuss Mark Kelly's service bonafides, whether or not there was precedent, potential copycat petty tyrants, the attention management away from other outstanding scandals, and that this is yet another international emba
I'm surprised he didn't get more flack for this when he last courted controversy by changing posts critical of him.
The shock is because he said multiple times he wouldn't do it.You can't do better than the daily show coverage of it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V5BcIHPMAHw
Yes, we all know his persona and ongoing public drama. It's obnoxious. But I'm not sure why that would make a random story in some forum worth taking seriously.
Did he say anything controversial?
The stuff that got him cancelled was grossly and willfully misinterpreted by malicious journalists.
Obviously there was sarcasm there. However, I do see a large percentage of his crowd saying negative things about him now like this was their final straw. It wasn't back when he called that guy a pedo because he didn't like what he said about him, or when he was facing fraud charges from the SEC. It appears now he is is untouchable in that regard, because a lot of his activity recently whether negative or positive seems to get him media attention.
>He even says he doesn't want to give the haters ammunitionThat part was what made me question if it was real! "Don't want to give the haters ammo" at the tail end of a story about how his $100k pickup truck drove into a lamp post.What exactly does he think he's doing?
Come on. He wasn’t “casually saying not to worry”. He literally called it a horrible situation. His point was to suggest that this particular incident was being turned into a a political football. That being said, I think his complaint is, at best, trivial considering the incident has deserved all the attention is has gotten.