Musk threatens 'thermonuclear lawsuit' as X ad boycott gathers pace
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Why is this proponent of free speech having a thermonuclear meltdown because some group published a report? Could anyone explain the logic or thought process?
It’s actually a bit shocking that he doesn’t appear to get this as it seems incredibly basic. You act like an asshole at my house party I am going to kick you out of my house. You still have the freedom to be an asshole but you will have to do that someplace else.
He claims to be building an "everything app" like WeChat, but he enrages half the available market, including left-leaning Tesla buyers, with his extreme views.
It's as if "They'll all come around to my way of thinking because only my way of thinking is valid."
A true Bond villain. I favor Zorin slightly over Drax, just for the craziness factor.
Psychology professionals are invited to comment. I learned some street psychology just to deal with crazies and cults.
If you haven't free speech consistently means other players in the X arena also have freedom to chose whether to spend ad dollars or not. And that's not something musk can control.
Underlying all this are two subtle and nefarious dynamics:
- musk is entitled and others are obligated to his assessment and contextuation of this problem. In fact no and no.
- the implication that there are liars meaning a role for the "brave and courageous" to speak the "truth". Yah, I don't see any bold leadership in fact from musk there either.
Free speech is semi one way: you can exclaim but there is no requirement to obligate the other side. That's not how it works.
Which is sad because he does have some good companies, he just seems unable to run them competently. I think his companies are past "move fast and break things" and need to be run by stable adults that don't shoot their mouth off.