Elon Musk defamation lawsuit: "pedo guy" is a common insult in South Africa

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This bit of linguistic contortionist is just the latest ridiculous twist in a long-running defamation suit which began when Musk suffered the public humiliation of building a non-viable and unasked-for miniature submarine to rescue a children’s soccer team that had become trapped in a cave in Thailand last summer.

Musk argued that “‘Pedo guy’ was a common insult used in South Africa when I was growing up [...] synonymous with ‘creepy old man’ and is used to insult a person’s appearance and demeanor.” You know, the way people say “murderer” or “rapist” to mean “a rude person I find disagreeable.”

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