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Elon Musk Is Funding Ex-‘Mandalorian’ Actress’s Suit Against Disney | Gina Carano accused Disney and Lucasfilm of discrimination when they dropped her after she posted baseless conspiracy theories (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] abbenm@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Echoes of Peter Theil's strategy to destroy Gawker.

[–] downpunxx@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

well, no, gawker did themselves no favors by 1) posting a video of another person naked having sex , and then, 2) refusing to take it down when asked to "for journalistic integrity and definitely not salacious ad revenue"

this doesn't mirror that at all, in the slightest, except it being funded by someone wealthy

[–] abbenm@lemmy.ml -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

This article depicts Elon Musk trawling for plaintiffs so he can fund lawsuits against Disney. Peter Thiel has publicly said in interviews he funded lawsuits aimed at Gawker as part of an intentional strategy. So that is in fact a perfectly legitimate comparison despite your protestations to the contrary.

You can find Gawker's behavior objectionable, that's fine, but that doesn't have anything to do with anything insofar as it relates to my comparison, since that is not the element I was comparing.

Edit: Also, be sure to downvote and run away without engaging with what I said. Thanks!

Edit 2: Thanks for your compliance.