Posted on 07/15/2018 11:44:15 AM PDT by NohSpinZone
Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Twitter this morning accused British diver Vern Unsworth of being a pedophile, after Unsworth criticized Musk’s proposal to use a small submarine to rescue a trapped soccer team in Thailand.
Unsworth was instrumental in the rescue of the boy’s soccer team, but lambasted Musk’s submarine plan in an interview published by CNN Friday. Among other comments, Unsworth said the submarine “wouldn’t have made the first 50 meters into the cave” and was “just a PR stunt.”
Musk, responding to further criticism from professor and New York Times columnist Zeynep Tufekci, wrote this morning that he “Never saw this British expat guy who lives in Thailand (sus) at any point when we were in the caves.” By “sus,” Musk may have meant “suspect,” implying that a British person living in Thailand is in itself dubious.
Musk went on to dispute Unsworth’s claim that the submarine concept was unworkable, saying that “we will make [a video] of the mini-sub/pod going all the way to Cave 5 no problemo. Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it.”
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Wow! That disagreement went from zero to nuclear in under five seconds, I guess Musk REALLY doesn’t like people criticizing his little submarine...
Bangkok has more cars than NYC!
“Who’s the pedophile??”
Attraction to 30-year-old women is not pedophilia. It’s important to keep that straight, because pervs rely on confusion in those definitions to BS normals.
Pedophilia is sexual attraction to pre-pubescent children...*and*nothing*else.
He's an ass.
“Assuming that there’s no evidence to prove pedophilia I’d say that this guy just won the lottery.”
Get it to a jury trial quickly. Slandering one of these rescue divers is like slandering Capt. Sullenberger in ‘09.
Announce beforehand that a large portion of the settlement will go to scholarships for the boys and to dive rescue/recovery teams. Ka-ching!
“Bangkok has more cars than NYC!”
Yes, Bangkok is a really big shithole. Guarantee you all that traffic does nothing to improve the quality of life.
Every day we are subjected to hyperbole and exaggeration and yet somehow life muddles along and the world doesn’t end.
“I guess when you can’t call people “fags” anymore then on to pedophile.”
For now ... until pedophiles themselves become the next protected class.
Boy! The knives are out for this guy! How dare he donates to the Republicans!!.. that my friends is a warning shot across the bow to any billionaire who supports conservatives/Republicans $$$! WE WILL DESTROY YOU!!
The system they ended up using was just like the submarine, but without being enclosed.
Musk is a lot of things, but stupid isn’t one of them. If he said it, I bet he can back it up.
Missiles are in the air!!
LOL! You take the word of a disgruntled wannabe as the truth?
I don’t like the modernization of Paedophile. It is ambiguous.
Yep, the guy has hit the jackpot.
Hopefully the guy sues this pathetic beta cuckold until he cries
Vern Unsworth was ticked off that he was not a major player.
“Yep, the guy has hit the jackpot.”
Nope. He is just ticked that he wasn’t in on the rescue.
Yeah, he went out of his way to disavow news of his GOP PAC donation as fake news. So either he’s lying or the media are. Talk about a lousy choice.
Elon should shut up.
Sorry - I mean The guy Musk has slandered has hit the jackpot.
A billionaire has just acused him of the most unspeakable crime to his millions of followers. It seems to be without evidence and purely out of spite, because the diver mocked some stupid submarine he was building.
I’m looking forward to seeing Musks tearful apology blaming stress/ booze etc shortly
There’s a worse possibility than simple failure- the sub could have gotten disabled AND stuck in the cave, blocking the rescue. It does/did sound like an idiot idea and PR stunt.
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