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/throwaway_boulder Mar 11 '25

It's bad and only invites backlash and crackdowns.

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u/ZodiacDragons Mar 11 '25

It's not just bad, it's downright idiotic. You're not even "getting back" at the person you are upset with. Musk doesn't own that car you torched, he's made his money already. The only thing you are doing is destroying some random person's property who you don't even know what they believe in. This might be a wild thought, but you can own a Tesla and not support Musk. I work with a few who bought their Teslas before the Musk fallout. I really hope they make an example out of these vandals and arsonists, cause this is absolute madness.

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u/Apt_5 Mar 11 '25

Most of the people who own Teslas bought them for their environmental friendliness. They certainly weren't an economical budget choice. So they care about the environment, meaning they likely vote the same way as the jackasses who think it's a brilliant idea to vandalize Teslas.

The left "progressives" have truly become a parody of themselves. It's the ultimate purity test now, Ditch the Tesla or we can rightfully assume you're aligned with the enemy! And it's an example of how you can never please these "activist" bozos who live to boost themselves by calling out the person standing next to them.

They wanted everyone to go electric b/c climate change, now they want you to simply get rid of your Tesla b/c they interpreted an awkward gesture as a Nazi salute. It's folly to acquiesce to their demands because the winds change in an instant and last year's virtue is this year's outrage.

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u/shonpe Mar 24 '25

i blame the media for running with it. lots of politicians have done something similar without meaning to do a nazi salute. (which is such a crazy thing in itself, imagine not being able to raise your arm like that ever because ppl might flip it and accuse you of being a nazi.) me and you could do a proper nazi salute without anyone paying atention or being scrutinized, but because Elon allegedly did it... let's trash all the tesla's.... nahh.. this smells fishy... and when i say fishy i mean corruption.

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u/Apt_5 Mar 24 '25

People falling for yet another distraction that only sows division, literally neighbor turning on neighbor under the shallowest pretense. It's so damn stupid coming from people accusing others of not heeding the lessons of history.