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The downvotes on this comment are the clearest evidence that people will downvote verifiable facts presented neutrally if they don’t like the facts, the people or companies involved in the fact.

The karma hit at-fates-hands takes because people are irrational is collateral damage.

Have an upvote.



The downvotes are most likely because it's a specious claim that Elon's legal team is making, not supported by fact. He waived the due diligence phase. Twitter provided his team with information. He's just trying to get out of the deal because he made an impulsive and stupid decision.

Parroting the statements of his legal team without adding the context around those statements is going to garner downvotes.


Isn't the context the link to the EDGAR documents?


Neutral TLDR summaries are viewed as a good thing on HN. Given the rest of these comments, the theme here is pure hate for the man.




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