Did I spell his name wrong? Didn't even know! I'll make sure to post my apology in a different part of this forum sometime in the distant future.
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Elon Tweeting about Thailand and Reputation
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Did I spell his name wrong? Didn't even know! I'll make sure to post my apology in a different part of this forum sometime in the distant future.
I don't see an attempt to create an equivalence. It said (1) why he was angry (2) his response was unjustified.
Could have been more emphatic, as per your suggested wording, but your wording would be unsuitable because it repeats the defamation and a defamatory statement shouldn't ever be repeated.
If you besmirch someone's reputation in public, you apologize in public.
I guarantee that if Elon had opted to apologize in a private medium, but left the public accusation hanging out there un-addressed, the usual suspects here would be up in arms over Elon's cowardice in not publicly owning up to his actions.
(Incidentally, you'll note Vern's insult of Elon wasn't directly either, he opted to do it to a 3rd party in a public interview)
JRP3
Hyperactive Member
Really. He never used that word.What are you contesting he never said? That Vern was a pedophile? REALLY?
Sincerity of an apology is tangential to addressing your motive, your personal attempt to paint it otherwise notwithstanding.
If anything, some context often helps the other party understand not only the circumstances, but can also prod them to examine if they themselves bear some culpability for their own actions.
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I don't have enough information to know whether Elon is comfortable stating this. I suspect it was baseless, but I don't know.
Also, his lawyers might have advised against such language because it provides admission (i.e. fuel) for the opposition a legal battle.
(That's rather unfair. He was being interviewed, and said some stuff. Context is important.)
Now you're spreading your snark further. Why? What's your goal? Dilute your signal and thin your audience?
Lol are you really playing that game?
Hypothetical email conversation:
A: "You're a stupid sk!nhead n@zi!
B: "Why are you calling me a skinhead nazi?? You better apologize or else I'm gonna complain to HR."
A: "I didn't call you a skinhead nazi. Why you making crap up?"
B:
I wasn't aware posting on TMC was a competition for an audience. I must have missed that in the TOU.
SpiceWare
Member
It's a global stage and the recipient of the apology lives on the other side of the world. Local times for the apology Tweet:
- 1:41 am in Houston (ie: the time stamp I see on Twitter)
- 1:41 pm in Thailand
- 7:41 am in the UK
It's a Deepak parody account (bear), i just thought it was hilarious,prob wrong to post here, mods delete if wrong but dont ban me please!
"Now that Thailand Cave situation is behind us, Elon Musk is off to Michigan to fix Flint's water. We advise Flint Mayor to immediately accept whatever solution Musk provides unless you want to be exposed as a pedo."
I believe, to follow your logic, you should avoid ever mentioning anything like an apology here, and, instead, seek them out in person for a private apology that we'll forevermore accuse you of not making.
In all seriousness, it would be rather entertaining if, at the behest of Flint's Mayor and multiple organizations on the ground, Elon had his engineers make water filters for Flint, then the EPA came in and cleaned up all the water before the filters were installed and the Mayor told him to "shove your filters where it hurts".
You don't have to worry about the current EPA leadership cleaning ANYthing. Except their bank accounts when they accumulate too much money from those big oil boosters.
I'm unclear why you think my pointing out that he didn't address Elon directly is unfair?
"What do you think of so-and-so?"
"I think he's a twit"
Is materially different than:
"I think so-and-so is a twit." ?
All of which ignores the reason I pointed out the venue: nether of the comments were private, both in a public venue... hence the the appropriateness of any apologies also being such.
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