You take every opportunity on this forum to rant about Musk and how his companies aren't profitable. Yes, quite off topic.
No , not really. I'm outnumbered by his groupies on the site by a pretty much fair margin. Are you suggesting, I fall into the ranks, or just keep my mouth shut?
My very simple point and opinion is how often mountains are made out of molehills when it comes to a sue-happy society given an opportunity to make a quick buck off of a rich 1d10t.
Well, we are a sue happy society. Trust me, I suffer what seems like an endless stream of personal injury lawyer's ad on TV, all day, and all night.
What you're not considering is that the specificity of Musk's accusations could have life long ramifications for this person. If two bulls are sparring, and one calls the other a "douche bag", (or worse), no harm is done. But when Musk calls someone a pedophile, a lot of eyebrows go up, in many different parts of the community..
Now since you've pointed out how I take every opportunity to revile Musk, there are, (IMO too many), hoards of people in the world who revere him. You have to admit, if he can alter stock prices with a simple tweet, then many people may or do, take him seriously as, "knowing a child molester when he sees one"
Now...If I were the diver and had this opportunity to grab money out of Musk's pocket, would I? I'm hard pressed to say I wouldn't. But that's only because the courts process incidents like this as if the person is actually going to live through years of hardship and emotional turmoil after being insulted on Twitter.
But you never know do you? Perhaps he runs a school for young divers. Suppose his prospective students or their parents are huge fans of Musk, and decide not to send their children to his classes?
So, being called a "child molester", leaves a stink which doesn't wash off very easily, if at all..
OTOH, I've been called an, "old haid, piece of sh!t white m*th*er f*cker" for the past at least 30 years, and I haven't shot or sued anybody for it yet.
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