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Re:We View Nikola’s Response as a Tacit Admission of Securit... by CarelessExpert on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @11:38AM (#24482477)
> Actually, people with engineering backgrounds see a huge difference between Elon and this guy.

I didn't say Elon and this guy were similarly shady.

I said Elon has been a huge voice in pushing and promoting a narrative that short sellers are evil, and that then allows frauds like Nikola and Wirecard to flourish.

And I stand by that statement. In what way am I wrong?

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Re:We View Nikola’s Response as a Tacit Admission of Securit... by bob33212 on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @11:55AM (#24482720)
TSLA has sued NKLA for IP theft. I have a hard time seeing how they are pushing a narrative that short sellers of NKLA are evil.
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Re:We View Nikola’s Response as a Tacit Admission of Securit... by samizdis on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @12:00PM (#24482801)
Actually, Nikola sued Tesla:

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/05/nikola-motors-sues-tesl...

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Re:We View Nikola’s Response as a Tacit Admission of Securit... by mthoms on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @12:56PM (#24483522)
This story just gets crazier and crazier.
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Re:We View Nikola’s Response as a Tacit Admission of Securit... by liability on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @12:05PM (#24482859)
Elon has been pushing conspiracy theories about short sellers for years. As a direct consequence of this, there are many commenters on this site who believe that short selling is generally nefarious and some who even think it should be banned altogether.

Funny how the possibility of a lying short seller gets all their consternation while lying CEOs do not.

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Re:We View Nikola’s Response as a Tacit Admission of Securit... by nickik on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @03:17PM (#24485528)
In case of Tesla we have pretty well document case of short-sellers doing exactly what Elon said. Paid anti-Tesla articles were absolutely a thing that happened. Not to mention a constant stream of other FUD and accusations of fraud.
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