Musk is crying because "the left" are attacking his cars. Is it only the left?
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Don’t you suppose many people on both sides are affected by what he’s doing and angry about it?
Have you heard anything about attacks on Teslas and dealerships from people on the red-baseball-cap side of things?
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I’m sure it isn’t only the left. He’s not just screwing with people on the left. He’s screwing with Republicans as well. He’s destroying a lot of jobs and protections and funds that poor people rely on and most of those are in red states. They thought voting for Trump meant destroying dems only or immigrants. They are slowly learning a vote for Trump was for their demise as well, because billionaires hate the poor and see them as a tax drain. Less programs and government jobs to them means they can pay less taxes or take that money and get larger tax breaks. Americans earning less than 200 k are valueless to them.
This is being done because of Musk’s impact on people.
I can’t wait for the day we start hearing him cry because of his actions. Sadly, people like Musk will never show that and only blame others.
15 years ago when I lived in Tennessee, most of my Republican friends made fun of electrical cars and thought the whole idea was ridiculous and wouldn’t think of buying an electric car. I did have one Republican friend who was a car mechanic who was completely open to electric cars, and loved learning about anything that was greener for the environment. One.
Gavin Newsom only helped Republicans feel electric car mandates were stupid. California having purposeful blackouts, because the grid can’t handle the electrical burden and also pushing electric cars was a set up to be criticized.
My sense is that many Republicans probably still think electric cars aren’t practical, so in turn Tesla cars aren’t something they are very on board with.
I haven’t heard of Republicans doing anything like vandalism or protesting at Tesla dealerships or doing something to Tesla cars on the street.
I’d never consider doing vandalism against Musk products or dealerships. Those attacks are very likely exclusively perpetrated by people on the left.
Some of you know that I’m conservative and Republican. I’ve always considered Musk a kind of a nut. Why? Luxury electric cars including the CyberTruck, “We’re going to Mars”, and his Tesla Bot (that will likely never be more than a joke).
Speech is illegal in the US. Boycotting is illegal in the US. The only option people have is direct action. There is absolutely nothing wrong with making the selling and owning of Tesla cars challenging, embarrassing, and risky.
As far as the “left” label – anyone left of Goebbels is called “left” in the US. Even Democrats are labeled “left”. It is not an accident, and used to move everything to the right.
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