The claims came after Elon Musk was involved in a public feud with some Republicans over immigration.
        • StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          Glad to be of assistance. It’s like arguments amongst multiple ADHD children. The topic is always changing, nothing is truly resolved, and whoever was loudest, most aggressive, and talked the longest usually got their way.

  • Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Free speech; but only in the context of “You are free to agree with my speech”

    Why does this clown get so much coverage? There’s even sad fanboys who reference him with their username. Smh.

    • thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      He gets this much coverage because for better or worse, he now owns the Internet’s equivalent of the Town Square.

      Every dumb-ass decision, stupid-ass contradiction, and dead-ass brain-fart are exponentially amplified as a result.

      Every one of his fanboys are the true definition of SIMPs; suckers idolising mediocre personalities.

      Maybe once we start calling a spade a spade, will those lemmings perhaps rethink their positions? Or will they continue to barrel head-first off the cliffs of self-respect?

      • InputZero@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Maybe once we start calling a spade a spade, will those lemmings perhaps rethink their positions? Or will they continue to barrel head-first off the cliffs of self-respect?

        Once we start, my dude, that’s been going strong since 2018 at the latest. At this point any Elon SIMPs left are following him blindly over the cliffs.

    • Drivebyhaiku@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      It may sound odd but this could actually be a sea change moment for a lot of people. Having been stuck around far right coworkers enough a lot of them have hung their hats on the whole “free speech” lynchpin. That’s the thing they condemn leftist spaces for doing, that’s the hill thwy will die on. Their sycophantic love of Musk is bound up in the idea that he’s some kind of champion of free speech. This likely is the rude shock some of them might need to realize that was never true.

      Is it going to get them to revisit their whole worldview? Probably not. But it’s a crack in the facade.

      • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        2 months ago

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        … Angel Investors saying No?

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  • Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    So if the left runs to Bluesky and the right runs back to Truth social, poor old Elon will have a pretty expensive ghost town. I feel for him… Poor guy

  • Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

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  • Rakonat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Fascist supporters when other fascists they don’t agree with do what fascists do and marginalize them to minimize their influence:

    Surprisedpikachuface.jpeg.

  • TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I believe Musk just threatened to go to war with the United States over his stance on H1-B visas on twitter.

      • Buffalox@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        I can see he is very serious, because he writes: “Fuck yourself in the face.”
        Not like when he said to advertisers they could go fuck themselves, back then he wasn’t serious, because when they actually did that, he threatened to sue them. But there’s a subtle difference in nuance, with the “in the face” part, so this time I think he may actually be serious.

        Obviously Musk is a very smart man and very eloquent. It almost takes an expert to pick up the subtle nuances.
        Like when he says Tesla will have FSD that is more secure than a human next year 8 years in a row, what he really mean is: “Fuck yourself in the face.”

        I think that most of the time, that’s what he means.

      • FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Even more reason to end the program, then. If Musk not “done Space X”, somebody else would have. There is nothing special about him, and maybe it should have been an American to own those businesses after all?

        • Joeffect@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          You mean paid for a spot on the board and sue to get his name as a founding member/ inventor

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Oh boy, I think I may be a bad person. Because I so want to see everything go wrong for this guy. And I mean EVERYTHING!
    Lose his money, lose his home, get sick preferably something very painful, not be able to get healthcare, lose his family and friends.
    But all he has lost is his mind, and he is completely oblivious to that.

    But at least as the narcissist he is, I can at least find some comfort in the fact that his emotional life is probably pretty fucked up, and he will always feel sorry for himself for whatever ridiculous reason.

    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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      2 months ago

      We can take comfort in knowing that narcissists generally are afraid of being wrong / outcasts. They hate themselves for their perceived weaknesses. Lonnie is deeply troubled, or he wouldn’t behave this way.

      I love myself. I love that he hates himself. Rinse, repeat.