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Re:Ex-Twitter exec blows the whistle, alleging reckless cybe... by bart_spoon on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @08:01AM (#32578216)
The man injected himself into an ongoing crisis he had little insight into, and when rejected, his ego was so hurt that he used his influence to accuse individuals he knew nothing about if pedophilia, all while they were in the midst of trying to rescue a dozen children from imminent death.

That’s not a “major error in judgement”. That’s the behavior of a completely deranged individual.

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Re:Ex-Twitter exec blows the whistle, alleging reckless cybe... by cloutchaser on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @10:36AM (#32580020)
> completely deranged individual

That's quite a large exaggeration. I can think of some much much worse things that an actual "completely deranged individual" would do.

Musk was butthurt and lashed out. That does not equal "completely deranged individual"

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Re:Ex-Twitter exec blows the whistle, alleging reckless cybe... by bart_spoon on Thursday August 25, 2022 @02:26PM (#32597914)
> Musk was butthurt and lashed out. That does not equal "completely deranged individual"

Lashed out in a way where, given his influence, he could easily ruin the person's life. Which is bad in and of itself. But he did it while the man was actively involved in trying to save a dozen children from immediate death. And then doubled down later.

That is deranged.

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Re:Ex-Twitter exec blows the whistle, alleging reckless cybe... by zeruch on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @07:03PM (#32587019)
"Musk was butthurt and lashed out. That does not equal "completely deranged individual" "

When you have the kind of audience and pull he has, unless you are totally daft to it (which he shows no sign of) then yes it's very abusively deranged.

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