Don't you think this is needlessly argumentative? It's not relevant to the parent topic.

His only purpose in stating the part you quoted was to say, "so me disagreeing with him now should really say something."

Maybe argumentative, but you really have to go out of your way to take at face value anything that narcissistic manchild says. It’s simply a questionable thing to do, the same way I couldn’t help but question every opinion of someone who is a flat-earther/takes ivermectin against COVID/insert another braindead conspiracy theory.

the fact that someone wouldn't have an issue with all the petty bullshit Elon has engaged in over the years, but now does have an issue with him speaking out against a literal existential threat to our civilisation is pretty surprising

I think that 'only purpose' is well worthy of comment

I will include some parts of the HN commenting guidelines here for my sibling commenters who disagree.

> Avoid generic tangents.

> Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. That tramples curiosity.

> Please don't pick the most provocative thing in an article or post to complain about in the thread. Find something interesting to respond to instead.

> [irrelevant] ... too common to be interesting.

> [irrelevant] ... it makes boring reading.

Do as you wish.