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[–] feetongrass@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He ‘doubled down’ because there was nothing else he could do. Iamthatis was meticulous in his takedown, and short of apologizing, there was nothing spez could say to make it better.

[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then he should have apologized?

[–] feetongrass@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You know that’s a big no no from his legal team.

[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

His legal team more likely advised him to not comment on it. Doubling down is just slander / libel. If his legal team did tell him to talk more about it AND to not apologize, his legal team is big dumb

Agreed, I have no idea how he thought it was a good idea. I'm sure his PR and legal team tried to talk him out of it - or they're all idiot yes men. Cards were already stacked against him and he just made it all worse.