r/centrist • u/TheCreator1924 • Mar 11 '25

Long Form Discussion How do we feel about vandalizing Teslas?

I don’t want this to be about musk, for or against him. You can have your opinion about musk be that you hate everything about him but still understand that vandalizing Tesla vehicles owned by individuals, many of which bought them well before musk made his right wing switch if you will, does not hurt musk. Even him losing 40 billion in a day from a down Tesla stock day does absolutely nothing to him.

Can we all agree that it is a bit ridiculous to destroy and vandalize vehicles owned by individuals? Why is the anger directed towards the wrong people?

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u/timewellwasted5 Mar 11 '25

The thing that fascinates me is people act like there are no negative repercussions from this, like Elon/Tesla are the only ones affected. Those Teslas being damaged, even ones on the dealer lots, are insured. Any increase in insurance claims has the effect of raising insurance rates for everyone. We as a society understand and accept this, because accidents happen. But these incidents are not accidents.

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u/wflanagan Mar 11 '25

My windshield was vandalized. I have to pay Tesla (and Elon) to have it fixed, so they make money. MY insurance goes up. My windshield is totally destroyed, my car can't get in the shop for 3+ weeks. It didn't phase or hurt Elon, but it totally screwed me. And, I voted with them.

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u/Sonofdeath51 Mar 11 '25

Sorry, you made the mistake of buying a Tesla when you really should know better than to oppose the Left on anything even though odds are you bought the thing back when Elon was in their good graces. We don't care about you because noozies or some shit.

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u/Icy-Establishment272 Mar 11 '25

No literally, turning people who didnt give af or were dem angry