posted on May 28, 2018 03:20 PM by
u/PerspexIsland
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There is not one person, literally not a single person on God’s green
earth, who has gotten more fawning media coverage over the last five
years than Elon Musk. The press (especially the blogosphere “new press”
like the Verge, who kicked off this whole kerfuffle) has been kissing
his feet and completely avoiding ever saying anything negative or even
slightly skeptical.
And then, the instant the press dares to actually do their fucking
job and bring up things like “hey, the doors on this car don’t fit”,
“hey, this Autopilot thing swerves into crash barriers and kills
people”, “hey, this company’s financial statements, which have to be
accurate under penalty of SEC sanctions, indicate that it’s going to be
bankrupt in 18 months”, “hey, this guy is forcibly preventing his
factory workers from unionizing”, Musk and his fan club throw a temper
tantrum and think they’re somehow the victims of some grave injustice.
I’m not going to use the P word, but I will say that Musk looks to be
yet another example of the man who pitches a fit as soon as he doesn’t
get the writhing supplication he thinks he deserves.
Narcs, I'm a fan of your work (and celebrated your move to the Harris subreddit). But this is an extraordinarily dishonest attack on a man who is doing as much to move his crypto-conservative listeners in a sophomoric circlejerk than anyone you can name. Please fucking improve in an unspecified manner...
(My post was copying the Harris tweet, in case you missed it)
Honestly, I thought you were a unique voice. I enjoyed seeing you post, and the reactions taught me a lot about the subreddit. Why back off?
He's protecting a vaguely racist white dude who has popularity through charisma rather than substance because that's what he is and he doesn't want the clock to strike midnight on his grift.
Dude is he even that charismatic? I watched a few seconds of him talking about the Boring Company and he was just painfully awkward to watch.
edit: watched another one just to make sure, and yeah, the best I can say for him is that he's not as awkward as some people in tech/grad students.
Has been for a minute. Searching Twitter for their names opens a magical world of obsequious ass-kissing. Sam is one of maybe five people who are just delighted with the current NYT opinion page.
There is not one person, literally not a single person on God’s green earth, who has gotten more fawning media coverage over the last five years than Elon Musk. The press (especially the blogosphere “new press” like the Verge, who kicked off this whole kerfuffle) has been kissing his feet and completely avoiding ever saying anything negative or even slightly skeptical.
And then, the instant the press dares to actually do their fucking job and bring up things like “hey, the doors on this car don’t fit”, “hey, this Autopilot thing swerves into crash barriers and kills people”, “hey, this company’s financial statements, which have to be accurate under penalty of SEC sanctions, indicate that it’s going to be bankrupt in 18 months”, “hey, this guy is forcibly preventing his factory workers from unionizing”, Musk and his fan club throw a temper tantrum and think they’re somehow the victims of some grave injustice. I’m not going to use the P word, but I will say that Musk looks to be yet another example of the man who pitches a fit as soon as he doesn’t get the writhing supplication he thinks he deserves.
What shitbags, Musk and Harris both.
What kind of bubble world does this man live in? All he’s doing is making the case that he’s even dumber than mainstream media
The most oppressed demographics in the world are tech CEOs and eugenicists with sinecures at corporate propaganda mills.
^The linked tweet was tweeted by @SamHarrisOrg on May 27, 2018 22:11:49 UTC (1345 Retweets | 8754 Favorites)
Bret, I’m a fan of your work (and celebrated your move to the NYT). But this is an extraordinarily cynical attack on a man who is doing as much to move humanity in a positive direction than anyone you can name. Please get your shit together… @elonmusk @BretStephensNYT https://twitter.com/BretStephensNYT/status/1000368955532378112
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Can’t believe nobody’s mentioned that Harris is apparently a huge fan of Bret Stephens but ok