• Odusei@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This shit rubs me the wrong way, dude. Everybody gets rushed into taking pictures with each other at these events and I don’t think that’s justification to smear someone’s reputation by connecting them to Elon Musk.

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      1 year ago

      You’re right, and Snopes confirms what you’re saying. They only ever appear to be standing next to each other in this one photo, ever. There’s no evidence that they even greeted each other. I’m all for dragging both of them through the mud for the stuff they’ve done, but there’s no need to make up a story that they did anything together.

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        1 year ago

        While you raise a valid point, I’m not in the habit of giving billionaire playboys the benefit of the doubt

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          1 year ago

          It’s not about who you give a benefit. It’s about your attitude towards reality and truth. Society has been going to shit lately because too many people prefer made-up claims that fit their identity and lifestyle, instead of fact-checking, justice, honesty and nuance.

          Just because you don’t like someone doesn’t mean it’s ok to accept lies about them.

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      1 year ago

      You’re right, let’s check his recent tweets and try to verify the supposed connection here.