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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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[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

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.

Dude just cut lifesaving money for starving children a week ago.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 22 points 1 day ago

Psychopath playing the victim.

[–] F_OFF_Reddit@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago
[–] febra@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] ragingdachshund@lemm.ee 20 points 1 day ago

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

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

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

[–] Doctor_Satan@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago

"iVe nEver dOnE aNytHiNg hArMFuL"

[–] Guns0rWeD13@lemmy.world 84 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

The rich deserve daisies.

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[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

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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[–] blady_blah@lemmy.world 57 points 2 days ago (4 children)

"I'm not bad. I just tell people to do bad things and they do it. Why are you mad at me?"

I know this guy is a bit autistic, but he can't be that dumb.

[–] BlackSheep@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago

Who cares if he’s autistic?? I only know 2 autistic people. They are the gentlest people I know. They are the least likely to display a Nazi salute, they don’t assume control of governments, and they aren’t involved in cutting off people’s much needed funding. I’m so tired of hearing “Elon" and “autistic" in the same breath. If conservatives really believe the shit he does should be excused because he’s “autistic”, then he isn’t competent FULL STOP

[–] C45513@lemm.ee 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

he's not even autistic, just a sociopathic nepo baby piece of shit

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[–] Pegajace@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

“I was just giving orders.”

[–] PeteZa@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago

Textbook example of narcissism.

[–] drhodl@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Elmo and VonShitznpants.....

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[–] lostoncalantha@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I specifically remember the bud light and trans controversy where they were boycotting bud light. Elon seemed to support that. Now that people are trading in their teslas and boycotting all of a sudden it’s not good.

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[–] WhatSay@slrpnk.net 36 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 days ago (2 children)

His ex-wife and several of his children claim otherwise.

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[–] Smokeless7048@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"i made me and my businesses political, and im shocked to find there are political ramifications of this!

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

"I made me and my businesses vaguely political in one direction then went all the way into the other direction very explicitly and I don't get why my former customers are pissed"

[–] GalactiCat@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago (2 children)

fires thousands of people in violation of the law why do you hate me???

[–] pachrist@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Elon Musk is 3 beers away from cornering his most attractive niece at Thanksgiving and lecturing her for 38 minutes about how Lincoln started the "War of Northern Aggression."

[–] wampus@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Well, I guess that's still a step 'up' from his dad, with the 40 year age gap between him and his baby mamma/former step daughter, saying "Show me the rules that say I can't groom/fuck/marry my former step daughter. Show me the rules."

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[–] Ilixtze@lemm.ee 20 points 2 days ago

"I am just a poor smol bean uwu nazi"

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 119 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Sig Heil Musk

Get fucked you Hitler saluting fascist.

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 205 points 2 days ago (12 children)

This is coming from the guy who literately waved a fucking chainsaw up at CPAC.

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 98 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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.

[–] Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 91 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

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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[–] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 66 points 2 days ago (9 children)

The worst part is, he probably fucking believes that.

That's how out of touch he is

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[–] drascus@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 days ago

Hope he doesn't want us to feel empathy for him because according to him that is a bug and weakness.

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Tesla, famous for using fairly mined lithium, not abusing migrants on work visas and encouraging unionization.

[–] circuitloss@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Elon Musk: "Hitler didn't kill millions of people."

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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 134 points 2 days ago (6 children)

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.

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 91 points 2 days ago

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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[–] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 60 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He's an actual sociopath

I'm not being hyperbolic, he's an actual clinically sociopathic person, of course he thinks he hasn't done harm.

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[–] ThisSeriesIsFalse@lemmy.ca 45 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Holy shit, I actually laughed out loud at this. "Never done anything harmful", lmfao. Get the fuck outta here.

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[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 46 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You don't get to be the richest man in the world without crushing those under you. Fucking liar.

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