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I'm not speciffically referring to the "industry out to get him" narrative. Perhaps there is a reason for the industry not to like him since he's competition, but I dont believe there is any organized campaign. What I was referring to was that he has made a name in the general public and is not politically correct nor "tamed". Obviously he's going to get plenty of negative attention.

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> Perhaps there is a reason for the industry not to like him since he's competition

You're commenting on a man who accused a cave rescuer of being a pedophile after he criticised mr Musk's brain-dead proposal to rescue the stranded kids.

The problem does not lie on strawmen such as this silly idea tha the industry does not like him.

He's also a prick. The whole I'm not tame or PC, is a lame and tired excuse.

FWIW The linked tweet did make that claim, so hopefully I made that clear.

The way you argument doesn't really honor you.

I don't agree. I think you're making terrible excuses for bad behavior, that shouldn't be accepted under any circumstances.

Ironically, you resort to personal attacks instead of making an argument based on merits. It's perfectly fair to point out that the "I'm not PC or tame" line is frequently used by people that are just jerks to justify jerk behavior. I don't think calling him a prick is unwarrented given the behavior.

I think in your head you are arguing with somebody else. E.g what excuses have I made? I personally don't even know which parts of his behavior you are referring to. It's you here saying "jerk" and "prick" - behavior I think shouldn't be ignored.

Although I don't have the full list of what Elon has done wrong then I'm pretty sure that there is plenty of way more ugly stuff going on which we don't even know about, but by people who don't bring any value to the world. And you are just randomly angry because the current guy at hand is public with his mistakes, you can see them, and then you go and argue about it on the internet.

> I think in your head you are arguing with somebody else. E.g what excuses have I made?

> he has made a name in the general public and is not politically correct nor "tamed". Obviously he's going to get plenty of negative attention.

This is a classic excuse used by pricks/jerks. I don't have a full list either, but I've literally never called someone a pedo for criticizing me, I've never seen it happen. It's a jerk first; truly exceptional. "I'm not politically correct" is a classic, tired, and lame excuse.

WTF are you talking about people that don't bring value to the world? Everyone does, and I'm not impressed by Musk.

> And you are just randomly angry because the current guy at hand is public with his mistakes, you can see them, and then you go and argue about it on the internet.

I'm not angry, and this is an internet discussion board, so I don't know what your point is.

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