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A man drove his car into protesters outside a Tesla dealership in Palm Beach County, Florida, but did not injure any of those who had gathered to demonstrate against billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump over the weekend, according to law enforcement.

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[–] Zink@programming.dev 68 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Searching article for the word terrorism… Nope, even just “terr” only points me to “interrupted.”

Funny how they missed that. “Terrorism” around teslas is such popular news these days!

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Didn't Florida make it so that you can run over people if you feel threatened and are a white person? If this person feels threatened vicariously through elon I'm sure the courts will say it's A-OK

[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago

I thought that was North Dakota during the pipeline protests by Native Americans when they were shutting down highways.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Even if they wanted to claim this, can it really extend to driving up in the sidewalk to get them? There must be some limit, right?

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Before November id have said yes

[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago

If the crowd had lynched the perp, you better believe it would have been terrorism.

[–] weed_scientist@mander.xyz 30 points 6 days ago

Free speech when?

Trump/Elon Infatuation Syndrome (TIS)?

[–] shekau@lemmy.today 6 points 6 days ago

Trump will free him and find him a job

[–] Waldowal@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago
[–] Drusas@fedia.io 243 points 1 week ago (28 children)

He drove at low speed, so he was clearly aiming more for intimidation than injury. Sounds kind of like terrorism, but he's right wing, so the only charge is assault.

[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

He is MAGA and the two tier justice system will rule it self defense.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 91 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't know about that. I bet they say the protestors were assaulting and terrorizing the poor car by getting in its way

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[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 107 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

I think it says everything that needs to be said that the left's reaction to disputes is to protest and maybe set some cars on fire, and the right's reaction is to (try to) kill people.

[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Possible people responsible for setting cars on fire.

  • Protesters that got carried away.
  • Bugaloo Bois, or other right-wing militia groups, trying to frame peaceful protesters as violent and/or just stir shit up, as is part of their M.O.
  • Trump administration lackies trying to frame peaceful protesters as violent to justify police crackdowns.
  • Tesla employees committing insurance fraud whilst trying to frame peaceful protesters as violent.

Also keep in mind it doesn't have to be just one. With multiple events of cars on fire, all of these (and more) could be true at the same time.

The insurance fraud due to the vehicles declining value almost seems like something elon would order done. Lol

[–] Guns0rWeD13@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

ask yourself which is more effective. the right is currently winning. maybe we should adopt different strategies.

[–] misteloct@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Hey that is a violent thing to say, you should be ashamed of yourself. It's only ok to be violent if you're a white male Republican. Get back in the crowd, they're not done running you over yet.

[–] Guns0rWeD13@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

i appreciate the sentiment, but we need to stop thinking we're doing anything by highlighting their hypocrisy

[–] misteloct@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Not everything I do has to be doing anything. Sometimes I'm just trying to vent. But also expressing the sentiment matters, even if it's small. Protests usually start with venting.

[–] Guns0rWeD13@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

protests usually accomplish nothing also.

[–] misteloct@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Only if they're peaceful 🍴

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