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If this story wasn't about a billionaire narcissist it would have a different tone.
A father has trouble accepting their child has a wildly different life path then they had anticipated, and while they still can't accept it they did endorse medical interventions their child needed when push came to shove.
There are some redeemable qualities displayed here, even though the father is still bitter they didn't stand in the way.
You're right, he didn't stand in the way, he's just going out in public saying horrible things about his own child, and trying to help pass laws that will kill them along with thousands of others.
Kill them?
He is a billionaire he could arrange a hit squad if that was his goal
They are talking about suicide.
https://www.hcplive.com/view/suicide-risk-reduces-73-transgender-nonbinary-youths-gender-affirming-care
He's had four years to come around and he hasn't yet. Because he's a bigot. There is nothing redeemable here. He didn't endorse the gender-affirming care, he signed the papers to get her to go away.
But more importantly, he is insulting his daughter and lying about her on an international platform.
There is no scenario where this is an acceptable way to talk about your child. Not to Jordan Peterson on Twitter and also not to your next-door neighbor.
This is a stupid take. Good fathers understand that their children’s happiness is the only path that matters. Elon Musk is a piece of shit.
I'm not saying he is a "good" father, but I like to look for the good in people. And while he may be a piece of s***, he is a piece of s*** who did the right thing when called upon when it actually mattered.
He did it once. He did a good thing for his flesh-and-blood child ONE TIME. And regretted it so hard, he started pushing far-right values and amplifying fascist dialogue to counteract it for everyone else's families.
"I like to look for the good in people." You're not looking for good, you're exacavating it from beneath years and hundreds of anecdotes to the contrary.
She didn't come right out and say it in the interview, but from what I inferred from the interview with his daughter, he only signed the papers to get rid of her.
Whatever he did when she was 16, he's clearly making all trans people less safe when their life expectancy is already slashed by the social stigma they face.