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The one you disagree with but why do you think all people think the same way as you?



He wrongly accused a British of being a pedophille because he declined Elon's "help". That's the side of ethics you are standing for.


He tweeted "pedo guy" in response to the diver saying to "stick his submarine where it hurts". I don't see it as accusation as much as I don't see what the diver said as an order given to Musk. Both were just insulting each other.


Yes. The richest man, out of boredom and the me too disease, was insulting a guy rescuing kids in a tragedy.


I have met people who consider all meat eaters murderers.

You will find yourself called unethical around different groups.

Understanding what group you are in is important to keep in mind when judging others.


Lol, a random person sharing their obvious opinion about ethics of eating meat is totally, undeniably different than one of the world's most powerful men legitimately and honestly accusing a rescue worker of being a pedophile.

No one is going to get investigated or have their careers ruined because a vegan called them a murder, obviously.

Unreal what sort of knots someone will tie themselves into to excuse this type of behavior.


Well, In India one can get killed for eating beef or supplying beef. And there will be millions who would celebrate the murder.

Your worldview seems limited to tweets and social media in first world.


This isn't complicated.

If you say something false in a context where it is likely to actually harm someone, or with the goal of actually harming someone, you're an asshole.

Your level of assholeness rises in tandem with the expected harm of your falsehoods.


I don’t understand why you’re playing dumb here.

He is primarially known specifically as someone who is incredibly impulsive, is unable to differentiate fact from fiction and not actually interested in chasing any kind of objective truth in so much as that is possible.

But multiple times per week now for a long time you can see him sharing and commenting on things that are provably wrong and I don’t mean in some kind of “it’s just a different opinion” kind of way.

There is never any kind of introspection, never any kind of “oh I was wrong” just proceeds to roll immediately into the next round of bullshit.

So, no… people don’t have any kind of assumption that he has “strong ethics”. Maybe you meant strong convictions? Because that he certainly does have.


"He is primarially known specifically as someone who is incredibly impulsive, is unable to differentiate fact from fiction and not actually interested in chasing any kind of objective truth"

I'm sure you could make a case that these descriptors apply to him, not a particularly strong case, but ... You think he's primarily known for these things?




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