Comment by breve
1 month ago
> I strongly believe that criticising bad arguments and correcting false claims is especially important
You're against bad arguments and false claims? Cool!
Here are some bad arguments and false claims from Tesla about how fast the Cybertruck is:
https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/tesla-cybertruck-beast-vs...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0AJmLvKjxw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J3H8--CQRE
I look forward to your criticisms of Tesla's bad arguments and corrections of Tesla's false claims.
But maybe we should just call them what they are: lies.
This isn’t Reddit, and I’m not American. I’m not interested in your culture war.
There was a deeper point to my earlier message. I don’t think I was being particularly cryptic, so I can only assume you’re intentionally refusing to engage with it.
What culture war? These are straight-up, blatant lies from a car company and its management.
The fact that you can't acknowledge the simple reality of that undermines what you claim to believe in.
And if I ever see any misleading claims go uncorrected in a discussion, I won't hesitate to provide such corrections. This hasn't happened here, so there's nothing for me to say on that.
Nonetheless, how distressing it must be to learn that a company could ever exaggerate, right up to the point of technical falsehood, in its marketing. GM would never market emissions-cheating engines as "clean diesel." Ford would never label a payload "best-in-class" when it isn't. Perish the thought. Pass me my fainting couch.
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