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Comment by eanzenberg | Hacker News Reader

Do you think calling heroes "pedos" is funny too?

Do you think it make sense to judge the entire work/life of someone by an affirmation made at some point in the past on a public forum ? From a moral point of view people are not black and white, there are infinite shades of grey in between.

If you dig deep enough you will find morally questionable things in everybody's past.

That being said, that tweet was a bad idea.

That's just the tip of the iceberg for Elon. He has a lot to answer for Tesla including the "self-driving" claim fiascos and all this erratic behavior. He puts video games into the center console of the Model 3 while also claiming that drivers need to pay complete attention during operation.

Compared to Sergey, Besoz or Tim Cook and I'd rather have them as CEO than someone interested in "memes".

One of the reasons to go private... no shareholders that demand a bland CEO.

Personally, I think it was very offensive. I also found the hero's comment on the Musk submarine "to stick it where it hurts" very crass and offensive too.

Maybe the "hero" shouldn't be throwing insults on twitter like a child. I thought the insult was well considered because, in context, the diver was going after kids. It's a sly kind of funny that someone from another country might think is very funny.

This is the first comment I’ve seen approving that tweet and it’s every bit as deluded and cringeworthy as I’d expect. Musk never even apologized for that one did he?

> it’s every bit as deluded and cringeworthy as I’d expect.

Not deluded at all. Sorry if you didn't get it. It's very strange that puritanical adherence of America has been rolled back (mostly) but the pedo label is still so toxic in American culture that it's assumed that other cultures share the same values.

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