• Pennomi
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    6617 hours ago

    Elon is a shitty person, but he is not responsible for the behavior of his parents. Likewise, plenty of people grew up in fucked up homes without becoming terrible themselves.

    • LustyArgonian
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      3715 hours ago

      No, but it’s relevant when you consider Elon made an incest roleplay account of his toddler, X, including raceplay, which he testified to in court. Trump is pretty incesty with Ivanka. It’s kinda seems like incest is normalized for them, ya know?

      • Iapar
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        1614 hours ago

        Makes sense as they see themselves as royalty.

        • @[email protected]
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          611 hours ago

          Man that makes really question this whole thing. Royal incest was “to keep the bloodline pure.”

          Now I’m thinking its not that, it’s that they’re really into rape of their own offspring and nieces and nephews.

          • @And009
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            18 hours ago

            Here’s some holy water to unsee that

    • @[email protected]
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      2916 hours ago

      “the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree” applies here… but if elmo wasn’t an evil piece of shit, this article would be about him overcoming a shitty father and childhood instead….

      • @[email protected]
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        615 hours ago

        How dare you make me imagine that man speaking with the Elmo voice. I now need to see if someone’s used AI to dub everything he’s said with the voice. I hope you’re pleased with yourself! /jk

      • Pennomi
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        Consistently applying logic to every person no matter their situation isn’t empathy, it’s justice.

        I judge everyone on their own mistakes, not those of their parents. And boy has Elon fucked up a lot.

            • @[email protected]
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              314 hours ago

              I’m just tired of this one way ethical consistency. It’s bullshit and posts like this don’t always need somebody jumping in to defend the evil piece of shit.

              • Pennomi
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                614 hours ago

                If you think what I posted was a defense of Elon, you need to work on your reading comprehension. In no uncertain terms, he is the worst humanity has to offer. But that’s because of his own choices, not his father’s choices.

                What I’m saying is even MORE damning because I’m taking away the excuse you’re giving him - that his problems were caused by his father’s actions.

    • Majorllama
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      617 hours ago

      We need more people like you. Sadly too many people these days see no problem with “cancelling” someone simply because they knew a bad person or were related to one.

      Talk about a slippery slope. I’m pretty sure we all know someone who is a horrible person.

  • @[email protected]
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    3416 hours ago

    This is one of the darker examples of “what’s trashy when poor people do it but classy when rich people do it”. If it’s the poors, cue hillbilly jokes/banjo music. If, however, you’re talking about the upper strata of a steeply hierarchical society trying to preserve dynastic wealth (or imitating the customs of those who did), you’re now in Crusader Kings territory.