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> and then proceed to be publicly mocked on Twitter for their physical disability

Today is my first time hearing about this scandal. Do you have a link to the mocking in question?

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https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1633011448459964417

He also had a (now deleted) comment where he called the guy "just the worst":

https://twitter.com/JamesClayton5/status/1633155915892527104

"The reality is that this guy (who is independently wealthy) did no actual work, claimed as his excuse that he had a disability that prevented him from typing, yet was simultaneously tweeting up a storm. Can’t say I have a lot of respect for that."

This is rich coming from the dude that got so addicted to Twitter he bought the entire company. It looks like we're in the "there's always a tweet" period of Elmo's implosion.

What part constitutes mocking his disability?

Calling the disability "an excuse" for someone with muscular dystrophy that sits in a wheel chair could arguably meet that description.

I think you are mischaracterizing it. He said the guys says his disability prevents him from typing even though he tweets all day. Not saying Musk is correct here, but he didn't say what you are implying.

we all know you are right. even the people that will tell you the contrary. and we all know that if it was Biden saying that rather than Elon that will be on page 10 of google search and in 0 newspaper . this is how it works now. once you are filed as bad by the media there's no way back.

How does reconcile that against Halli clearly tweeting a lot? If he can type to tweet, surely he can type to work? And if he can't type to work, and his job requires typing, why would he stayed employed?

I know someone who can literally only move her eyes and her neck a little, and she still manages to use software to type.

> Today is my first time hearing about this scandal.

Yeah, it happened today.

Here's some background: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64871183.amp

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