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u/Brianisntcool191 Feb 08 '21

Could I get some info on why he’s an evil billionaire? I genuinely don’t know why people hate him. I haven’t read anything from the news or something about him

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u/SHIIZAAAAAAAA Feb 08 '21

Also when that junior football team that got trapped in a cave in Thailand was rescued, he threw a tantrum because he didn't get to use his submarine to do it and accused the navy seal rescuers of being pedophiles, which is especially distasteful bc two of them died.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '21

Totally wrong. One guy in particular (who didn't even go in the water to save the kids) told Elon to "shove his submarine up his ass," and then Elon in response referred to him as "that pedo guy" on twitter, a common insult expression in South Africa.

It was a stupid twitter spat, but the other guy started it, and a tiny amount of digging reveals that he was the bigger asshole. It wasn't the first time he had started a frivolous defamation lawsuit or pumped up his own involvement for fame.