> These assumptions are the same flavor of cognitive bias to the one you're accusing others of: That born of a desire to paint a group of perceived opponents in a poor light.
Not the parent poster, but that post didn't seem to contain the biases you mentioned. You had to make an intellectual leap to find them.
1. They are largely the same people. The mere fact that it is theoretically possible that it is two separate groups doesn't mean we should ignore the obvious fact that it is not.
2. It's possible of course, but almost nobody making either point (usually both) does so with the kind of nuance necessary to make this argument.
1. The people saying Elon doesn't have a heavy hand in his companies and the people saying he is running Twitter with a heavy hand are largely the same people.
2. It's impossible that Elon indeed both does have a heavy hand in Twitter and does not have a heavy hand in most/all of his other companies.
These assumptions are the same flavor of cognitive bias to the one you're accusing others of: That born of a desire to paint a group of perceived opponents in a poor light.