Because anti-Elon thinking is a thing that really seems to impact the judgement ...

root_axis · 2026-07-16T20:02:17

The "anti-Elon thinking" comes from the things Elon says and does.

mparramon · 2026-07-17T08:59:21

Like?

root_axis · 2026-07-17T17:34:21

Inflammatory partisan and identity politics activism.

Directly interfering in the u.s. government

A consistent pattern of grandiose over-promising and under-delivering in his products (FSD, robotaxis, electric-semi, boring company etc)

and plenty more

rootusrootus · 2026-07-17T18:39:58

It is nearly a perfect analog to TDS. All the way down to the uncritical supporters accusing everyone else of being the deranged ones. It would be hilarious if it did not have such a negative impact on bystanders.

small_model · 2026-07-16T14:48:00

Bingo, hacker news has this tendency hence this is on the front page.