Ken WhiteDec 16, 2022
Elon being Elon is familiar -- so familiar that it's no longer even particularly grotesque. But Elon fans tying themselves in knots trying to explain how WELL ACTUALLY all of this is PERFECTLY CONSISTENT with free speech absolutism he promised . . . . well, that's showing some new lows in groveling and abasement.
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@Popehat
Elon fans have always perplexed me. I kinda assume it's similar to how Trump has so many fans, but I honestly don't know for sure
Dec 16, 2022 at 4:51pmWeb
Show threadAdamGoldbergDec 16, 2022

@mathlover @Popehat I have a buddy that's an Elon fan. He mostly thinks that Elon is a true-life Iron Man.

Weird, yep.

Show threadML2Dec 16, 2022
@adamgoldberg
I'm kinda lucky that I don't know any Elon fanboys personally. @Popehat
Show threadAdamGoldbergDec 16, 2022
@mathlover @Popehat It's definitely hard to deal with. Luckily he's stopped sending me Elon-fanboy stories and memes -- but maybe those don't exist anymore (fingers crossed)
Show threadHand PieDec 17, 2022
@mathlover @Popehat it is like Trump, and Bojo, and Bolsonaro, and Alex Jones etc. A charismatic man who makes it OK to disengage from the disappointment politics of the liberal social justice elite and act like a self-serving, petulant toddler just like them, and still change the world for the better (for the right people, at least)
Show threadPhil SmytheDec 17, 2022
@mathlover @Popehat Until about 2020 both SpaceX and Tesla were underdogs - predicted to fail but with a commendable mission. Musk’s toxicity less widely known than now. So some fans are a remnant of that era, I think.