Unpopular Opinion
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Do you think people just hate the guy for fun? This isn't team sports, he's a disliked figure for many legitimate reasons, whether you agree with them or not.
Some people definitely hate him for "fun". I'm in no way denying there isn't legitimate reasons to be opposed to him but these people struggle hard when having to state those reasons.
Hating Elon in trendy and that's undeniable.
You acknowledge there are legitimate reasons to be opposed to Musk, but at the same time you are discrediting anyone who has that opinion as "[not] to be taken seriously"?
Brushing off criticism as "hate" and "trendy" is counterproductive and whether you like it or not, says a lot about your own biases as well. If you are actually interested in genuine discourse, you should instead engage with the reasons why he is disliked, and make your case as to why they're not important/accurate/whatever. Because blindly defending him from "haters" is just as much a trend thing.
And before you accuse me of "[struggling] hard when having to state those reasons", there's a myriad of good reasons to think Musk is a bad person. From the way he treated his workers during the height of the pandemic, to the way he publicly treated Twitter employees fearing for their jobs, to the kinds of politics he's using Twitter to promote under the guise of "free speech", it's clear that he does not feel a need to be respectful to people he has control over. I don't know what your moral compass is, but I don't particularly care for selfish rulers.
If you revisit my original message you see that I said "blind hatred" If you can list me a host of legitimate reasons to why you're opposed to him then I'm not talking about you.