Summary

Elon Musk condemned rising vandalism against Tesla, blaming the political left and suggesting a conspiracy against him.

He cited incidents of arson, gunfire, and property destruction at Tesla dealerships, linking them to protests against his work with DOGE.

Trump and the DOJ have labeled the attacks “domestic terrorism,” vowing arrests.

Some Tesla owners are selling their vehicles or adding bumper stickers distancing themselves from Musk, who defended Tesla as a “peaceful company,” saying “I’ve never done anything harmful.”

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    Then he’s fucking dumber than I thought. And I already thought he made rocks look fucking brilliant.

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    Which is more pathetic. The idea that he really thinks he is a good person or the idea that he can tell a lie like that and someone might believe him who isn’t just as pathetic as him?

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        He knows exactly what he did to anger others. So he’s just lying about the shock. It really is that simple. Of course he thinks his actions were justified, but that’s a different issue.

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    Only stochastic terrorism. A nazi salute here and there. Spreading some racism and queerphobia every now and then. Opening the sewer gates to let in all the nazis on his social media platform. Exploiting some labour in the third world for his personal gain. Buying out politicians and the press in the detriment of the people.

    Other than that, yeah, he hasn’t done anything harmful.

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    You’re a fucking neo-nazi who ruined the livelyhood of tens of thousands of people, many of them veterans who had served the county and became wounded in the process. All so you could set aside more of the US budget for kick backs to yourself and cronies.

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    Pro tip:

    Don’t let narcissists become CEO, president, or anything with a remote inch of power. They’ll rob you blind, let you die and then turn around and say “I was such a good guy, wasn’t I? Now kiss my ring to show how you feel about me” and then be all screeching if you bite his finger off

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      Yep. Fuck this fucking fucker.

      Though I think it is important to add that he has also illegally broken into many different government organizations without access or permission. Causing them to be unable to do their job serving the American public. He’s hurt thousands if not millions of people already.

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      He’s a sociopath, and like a good sociopath, he’s trying to elicit empathy in others for personal gain. He’s even said empathy is a weakness of Western civilization that can be exploited, and that’s exactly what these crocodile tears are designed to do. He’s even has an army of PR people he normally would ignore if his Tesla stock wasn’t tanking.

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      And did a Nazi salute, and literally fired tens of thousands of people for no fucking reason. I hope he’s just pretending to be surprised and not actually this dense.

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    he said. “We’ve never done anything harmful.”

    He’s personally seen to the loss of tens of thousands (hundreds now perhaps) of jobs has no signs of stopping, stopping nutritional aid to those that need it most, and has even made comments about going after Social Security which serves our societies most vulnerable. Elon, how on Earth are you so clueless to see that all this hate is directly from your actions.

    I’d even argue people may not have cared for Tesla, but the fact that Musk directly benefits monetarily makes Tesla a target.

    A perfect example: Musk also was partial creator of Paypal even though he sold his interest in it a long time ago and has no association with it now. While lots of folks don’t like Paypal for a number of reasons, I don’t hear one peep of people ditching paypal because Musk had a hand in its creation.

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      Dude literally harassed and tried to ruin the life of a guy who saved a bunch of trapped kids in a cave. Never did anything harmful my ass.

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      Elon, how on Earth are you so clueless to see that all this hate is directly from your actions.

      Such is life when you are empathy free…

      And, likely, a sociopath to boot.

      🤦‍♀️ 🤷‍♂️ 🙄 🖕 🖕

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        He’s not clueless, he’s using this as an opportunity to play the victim and paint “the left” as the real problem. It’s all for Fox news viewers and the ignorant and it’s going to work. These people are masters at propaganda and manipulation. It’s disgusting how effective they’ve been

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          Sure it’s going to work. The American right is a lost cause of lead-huffing morons. They’d open up wide if Musk said he was going to shit in their mouths and chugged a milkshake made of Taco Bell and Diablo sauce on the way to do it.

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      Listened to a bit of a recent Joe Rogan visit he had. He plays it like the attacks are coming from the deep state hidden in bureaucracy as if those programs had no positive impact on people’s lives