Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/11/26/plain-meaning.html
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I’m South African. It’s not a common South African phrase. You call someone a “pedo guy” on the street you better be ready to defend yourself.
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Musk: “Pedo Guy? I meant Pedro Guy. Like in Napoleon Dynamite.”
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Just pay the guy off and shut up already! He’s Streisanding the frack out this.
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May I assume if this occurred in a bar instead of on the street, a fight would instantly ensue?
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I wonder if he’ll insist that he meant to call him a pedagogue.
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I’m looking forward to Ninja and Yolandi being called to the stand as experts in South African slang.
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But he hasn’t apologized for the “child rapist” comment 
What a dipshit defense. You’d think a guy with his kinda money could hire smarter lawyers.
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“Okay, so long as my client keeps his mouth shut, I should be able to end this with a small settlement-”
“I’m gonna take the stand.”
“Y-you are? As your lawyer, I have to recommend against-”
“Yeah, I’m gonna say that calling someone a pedo is just, like, a normal slang thing.”
“Oh- uh- look-”
“As is ‘child rapist’.”
“Right, I’m just gonna knock off early, I have an appointment with a bottle of alcohol.”
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No. He called him a pedo guy, and later on in separate statement doubled down on his assessment of his character.
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He doesn’t need better lawyers. He need a ball gag that he can’t take off himself.
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And Baptist! I meant child-Baptist!
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That smell you’re picking up? That’s The Musk
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I believe I politely said “Don’t”? I just know I did.
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If i Musk stop i guess i will 
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I guess this opens all of social media to the opportunity to call Musk “pedo guy” as much as possible. Minor insults make for great terms of endearment.
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