The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover

Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by freedomben on Monday February 03, 2025 @03:08PM (#42922288)

Just to make sure I understand what you're saying and the underlying principle and how it might apply. You support internet mobs (and eventually IRL mobs) harassing innocent people who happen to be related to somebody else?

Do you agree with everything your relatives do? Are you willing to be held to the same standard? If you brother/sister/son/father/uncle/nephew/whatever does something I don't like, can I publish your personal information and get an internet mob to call and threaten your employer?

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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by viccis on Monday February 03, 2025 @03:34PM (#42922690)

When people can't be legally held accountable, then why are you surprised that there are those trying to hold them accountable via extrajudicial means?

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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by freedomben on Monday February 03, 2025 @05:57PM (#42924552)

I'm not surprised. In fact, I expected it. Lynching is a long-held tradition in the United States after all. And vigilante Justice is hardly an American invention.

I'm asking if it's what is actually being argued and if people believe that it is right.

By the same logic, it's not hard to get this place: If the sheriff won't hold a black man accountable for whistling at a white woman, then of course the white citizens must take justice into their own hands, right?

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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by ian-g on Monday February 03, 2025 @11:40PM (#42928045)

I work with HR data and other related information

I take its protection very seriously, and if I had done even a fraction of what these folks have, I would expect at minimum to be fired

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