# Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition (Part 2)

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
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**Created:** [August 13, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634 "2024-08-13T00:48:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/1753 "2025-02-24T22:31:33Z")

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> [@On the political spectrum, what good things do you feel the far left accompish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-political-spectrum-what-good-things-do-you-feel-the-far-left-accompish/1014679/51):
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> Sidebar, but Noah Smith is one of absolute dumbest pundits ever to draw breath. He’s singing the praises of Elon Musk as a misunderstood genius even within the past week. Anytime he makes a good point, it’s a purely coincidental side effect of the fact that he’s always punching left because he thinks women are too mouthy. He’s not someone you want to cite for any purpose other than mocking him.

I disagree with this characterization of Smith’s argument. HMS may be referring to this essay:

> **[Only fools think Elon is incompetent](https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/only-fools-think-elon-is-incompetent)**
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> Underestimate a man like this at your peril.

I’ll quote, add bolding and keep italics:

> But that’s not why Abramson’s statement is so absurd. The reason it’s absurd is not its content but its _purpose_ — it represents an attempt to diminish the country’s fear of Elon Musk and his role in American politics by calling him stupid. **This is a _very_ foolish thing to try to do.**

> Maybe saying that Elon has a 110 IQ makes you feel like you beat him in your little online fantasy world, but out there in the actual world, he is still [ripping up your national institutions](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/20/gop-lawmaker-doge-cut-panic-00205282) at breakneck speed.

> People who think that denigrating Elon’s capabilities will somehow defeat him or make him go away are simply fools — not low IQ, but simply unwise people reacting suboptimally to an **external challenge**. Elon Musk is, in many important ways, the single most capable man in America, **and we deny that fact at our peril**.

Smith is saying Musk is _dangerous_ and that Musk won’t just go away on his own.

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