Flag those comments. They're very clearly violating the guidelines, which is exactly what the flag button is for.
replyYou can ignore muske politics if you want but what was false about the white supremacism?
replyGrok did ask its users what it thought about the right wing fever dream of genocide of white people in South Africa so its definitely relevant to one's consideration of the product.
replyTechnology isn't apolitical. You can choose to ignore the politics if it helps you sleep at night, but Elon's got three-letter agencies reaching up his ass like he's a Sesame Street puppet.
reply> Technology isn't apolitical.
replyIrrelevant. HN is not the place to randomly inject flamewars about politics. It's explicitly against both the purpose and guidelines of HN.
Seems like you need to review the guidelines again, because they're pretty clear:
> Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents. Omit internet tropes.
"randomly inject flamewars about politics"
replyBasic morality is not "flamewars" or "politics".
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replyI didn't miss anything. The parent that they can choose to ignore it forever, it's a perfectly valid option. It just won't disentangle tech from politics.
replyThe fact that Elon Musk's companies take contracts from the CIA and NRO is not flamebait. It's context that informs how we evaluate future SpaceX ventures.
You’re going to have to keep dealing with it, sorry to say, until you stop engaging with the work of a fascist. We’re not going away, and it’s just going to get worse.
replyMusk also shut down USAID for absolutely no reason at all which will cause the deaths of hundred of thousands of the poorest people in the world. Not a good look for the richest person in the world. Musk also sounds like a complete moron when he tries to justify why he did it.
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