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Summary

Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers are pushing to classify vandalism against Tesla as domestic terrorism.

Trump declared that those damaging Tesla dealerships would face terrorism charges, calling the company “a great American company.”

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene and others urged the FBI and Attorney General to investigate alleged Democrat-linked NGOs behind Tesla attacks, though no evidence was provided.

Greene may have violated House ethics rules by advocating for Tesla while owning its stock.

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[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Great. Now I wake up a domestic terrorist and I didn't even do anything...

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 13 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

"terrorist" has been so overused it no longer means much of anything. Like so many other words.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

never did. it was always a word to justify state violence.

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 6 points 14 hours ago

🌎🧑‍🚀🔫🧑‍🚀

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 12 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Good to know that all that "George Soros interfering with muh freedums" was bullshit projection.

[–] Saint_La_Croix_Crosse@midwest.social 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Who could have known? These goddamn tankies, telling us not to immediately blame the Jews?!

[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

“Who is behind it? Who is funding it? Is there a link with Democrat-leaning NGOs [non-governmental organizations]?” Greene wrote Wednesday on X, hinting at some kind of nefarious conspiracy.

Have you considering the 2 million or so federal workers who were fired thanks to DOGE with Musks face plastered all over it? Pretty big axe to grind there.

Fucking jackasses.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 31 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I say we declare the GOP a terrorist group.

[–] TylerBourbon@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

They did declare themselves that at one of the CPACs, so only seems fair to make it official.

[–] RabbitBBQ@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Is it still terrorism if you destroy a Tesla on January 6th at the U.S. Capitol?

[–] Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 24 points 1 day ago

"We Are All Domestic Terrorists."

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago

You hate him. Good. Then the time has come for you to take the last step. You must love Big Brother. It is not enough to obey him: you must love him.

[–] rippermonty@feddit.uk 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

That makes me an international terrorist, i guess 😂

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 18 hours ago

Me too, you wanna hijack a plane? /s

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

There is a lot of shit people aren't doing because they don't want to cross the line and become domestic terrorists. You do NOT want to move that line over them.

[–] xenomor@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Serious question: Historically, has a fascist movement ever been put down without the use of violence?

[–] Doctor_Satan@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

Not once the ball gets rolling, no. Plenty of Fascism has been averted through preemptive nonviolent action though. In fact, that's basically how Democracy works; Constant nonviolent vigilance keeping Fascism at bay. But once Fascism gains traction, the only thing that works to get rid of it is violence. More people need to understand this. It's like that Kyle Reese speech in the first Terminator movie.

"It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop... ever, until you are dead!"

[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 26 points 1 day ago

It always ends in violence. The kind of person that creates these racist movements simply does not operate with a human mentality. They wake up in the morning and their first conscious thought is to benefit themselves, the second one is hurting others to benefit themselves. They are pure evil.

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[–] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 23 hours ago

I think those Teslas spontaneously incinerated themselves out of embarassment.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 8 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Trying to pin it on Democrats who supposedly funded it is pretty far out. Come on. How much funding does someone really need to make a fire?

[–] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 4 points 17 hours ago

Dude I want to live in this world where the Democratic party is so far left that they're burning Teslas and talking about seizing the means of production from Elons factories. I really wish the Democrats were HALF as radical as these idiots on the right pretend they are.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 11 points 1 day ago

Well then I guess I'll see y'all at gitmo.

[–] stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Quick history moment:

The US government has always treated politically motivated vandalism as domestic terrorism.

The FBI defined Earth First!, Earth Liberation Front, and similar radical environmental groups as terrorist organizations decades ago, because they spiked trees and burnt subdivisions and SUV dealerships.

The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act makes it an act of terrorism to vandalize a factory farm or animal research lab - even nonviolent protest that "intimidates" employees is illegal.

Some of y'all are acting like burning car dealerships was protected speech before Trump. Come on.

[–] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

It's not that. The law will be written vaguely enough to apply to people keying cars or slapping a sticker on them. You should probably start paying more attention. Fascism loves to creep like this.

This coupled with the Laken Reilly act will be used to disappear people. They'll continue writing even more vague laws to classify people as terrorists. And the whole time half this country will just nod their heads and say "yea, makes sense to me. Those guys are bad guys". At least until they come for them or someone they know personally.

If they revoke your greencard then they'll use the same logic to revoke citizenship for immigrants. Then they'll start revoking citizenship for children of immigrants born here. Then anyone that is a "terrorist threat".

Your history is correct. But this is not the same. Don't fall for the reasoning given by fascist for why they want to implement new laws. Ask yourself: if the laws are already on the books to allow these acts of violence to be classified as domestic terrorism then why do they need a new law?

It's because that new law is gonna give them much more power while needing far less (or no) evidence.

[–] Doctor_Satan@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

This goes a bit further than that. They are trying to make spray-painting "ASSHOLE" on a Tesla an act of terrorism akin to burning down a Tesla factory. The two are not the same. This kind of law would make every graffiti artist a terrorist. That's not what anti-terrorism laws should be used for.

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[–] Zerberr@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago

OK, I'm going to commit international terrorism: fuck muskrat! muskdie!

[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

That dude is EMBEDDED.

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What a bunch of snowflakes. What's wrong? Are we hurting his feelings? The richest douchebag, who doesn't know what he's doing, with his head is so far up his own ass I'm sure he can taste it, doesn't like being called what he is? 🎻

Fuck him. I have no pity for fascists. 🖕🏾

[–] CherryBullets@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago
[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Bruh...

I emigrated from a country that makes it illegal to criticize leaders

only to end up in a country that is also about to make criticizing leaders illegal.

Just... wow

(from PRC to USA)

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