We shouldn’t make people scared for owning a Tesla, just embarrassed.
The Tesla protests are getting bigger — and rowdier
Submitted 1 month ago by chobeat@lemmy.ml to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/news/626851/tesla-takedown-protests-elon-musk
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sndmn@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
solsangraal@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
i’m gonna lean on the side of “fuck that shit” on this one. buying a tesla is a choice. maga are terrorizing people for things they didn’t choose like skin color, gender, sexual orientation, etc, and that list will only get longer
fuck tesla, and fuck tesla buyers. unlike their holy godman idol musk, i value empathy. but not for people who pridefully show none of it themselves
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
A lot of regular Tesla owners genuinely didn’t know a ton about the company and until the last few years Musk wasn’t quite so openly a Nazi.
I have zero sympathy for Cybertruck owners but I am going to wait to reserve judgement on average Teslas until I have proof it was bought recently and that they are okay with Musk as he is.
The reality is some people can’t just up and trade in the car as easily as they might want to, even if they hate Musk and all he stands for now.
DogEarBookmark@reddthat.com 1 month ago
What if I told you not everyone buying the car did so with daddy musk on the mind?
WeeSheep@lemmy.world 1 month ago
*swasticar
Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Yeah just like thousands of civil servants are “embarrased” of losing their jobs. Just like judges are “embarrased” that the executive branch is ignoring their rulings. Just like millions of Ukrainians are “embarrased” of losing their home. Get over your fucking self… we are at war.
PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Agreed they shouldn’t be scared for owning a Tesla. They should be made to live in fear.
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Isn’t driving around in one of those poorly-made death trap vehicles enough then?..
…Nah, probably not.
kat@orbi.camp 1 month ago
Nah, I got one and I support this. (geting rid of mine)
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I saw my first tesla a few weeks ago. I was walking in a target parking lot, and it passed by me to get to the other end of the parking lot, which is a strip mall.
I felt it was my civic duty to go laugh at what I THOUGHT was going to be a 50 year old white guy with a red hat. I was going to go walk up to him, point, and laugh. Calling him a pussy free loser for driving that car.
I was not prepared for what happened next. I see the car circling around, like it can’t find a spot, even though 90% of the strip mall was empty. Finally, he pulls up right next to the spot I was standing near. I was like “ooooooh, here we go!”
Door opens on the passenger, and 3 little Asian kids get out. Followed by an Asian woman in her 30s. Then the driver side opens. And a blind Asian man gets out.
Now what the fuck am I supposed to do??? I’m still trying to figure out if/how he was driving. I’m not saying being blind is a coverall for shitty behavior like driving a tesla…but I just couldn’t bring myself to call a blind guy a pussy free loser in front of his wife and kids.
NONE of it makes sense. And I feel dumber for having experienced my first tesla.
Seriously though, does ANYONE have any context for how a blind man with seeing stick can drive a car? It’s been driving me crazy, because I know what I saw…I just can’t explain what I saw.
ripcord@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Uh, OK.
AA5B@lemmy.world 1 month ago
NOt entirely blind so a stick helps with curbs and stuff. No one took away his license when they should have, and full self driving helps him appear to function
graycube@lemmy.world 1 month ago
If those guys are supposed to be in uniform - no two are dressed the same. One guy didn’t tie his shoes, another’s jacket doesn’t fit. It is very sloppy and unprofessional looking.
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Fits in perfectly with the Tesla brand then, doesn’t it.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I can’t even get passed how gross it is to see this many cops standing in front of a business where there is no visible evidence of violent activity where people might be harmed. It just looks like a statement saying this is our priority - corporate welfare for the Uber rich and worst possible human specimens at the cost of taxpayer dollars. It’s so gross I can’t even work my way to the nuances of how these slobs are dressed.
db2@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Better have him taken out back and shot, right? 🙄
realharo@lemm.ee 1 month ago
youtu.be/aP5pt1bvutQ
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Ironic that he referenced Carnegie. Carnegie and Rockefeller were so terrified of the public that Rockefeller refused to leave his mansion for years at a time, and Carnegie fled to England, where he publicly supported Unions, but privately told Frick to squash the strikers. That blew up in his face, and he had to capitulate to all the demands the workers had.