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Summary

Elon Musk called for arrests after posting a video on X showing a confrontation between women and a Tesla Cybertruck driver.

In the video, a woman pointed at the vehicle, prompting the driver to yell threats while the crowd chanted "Shame!"

Another woman called the driver a Nazi.

Musk claimed the incident was part of broader attacks and urged authorities to arrest those funding such actions, saying targeting only “puppets and paid foot-soldiers” would not stop the violence.

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[–] [email protected] 189 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Never forget that Elon Musk has built his fortune on many many violations of the law, including SEC violations and breaking employment laws. This ghoul firmly believes that his is of a privileged class that is permitted to do this while you are not. He is a cancer in our society and deserves nothing but ridicule and punishment for the harm he feels entitled to inflict on the rest of us.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago

The treatment for cancer is not "ridicule," you know. Just sayin'.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This is incorrect.

A ghoul behaves independently unto itself and for its own needs and survival. (Think The Walking Dead, The Last of Us). They can be clever, and are typically depicted as adaptive.

I think the word you’re looking for is “zombie.” (Think necromancy, magically risen dead) They are essentially mindless controlled entities. Constructs. They cannot behave independently unto themselves or for their own needs.

Elon is owned. Just like the rest of them. Everything he does is for the benefit of whatever entity that happens to control the static between his ears.

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Well, if people are going to be arrested for just flipping off cybertrucks, then they might as well just go ahead and actually damage them.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He's just gearing up for the future assault on the left "funding" terrorism and an explanation for martial law when the unrest starts. Except you can't fucking normalize fascism buddy.

[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Because he’s funding fascism, he assumes anyone against his agenda must be “funded” by someone. He can’t comprehend that someone would be against living in a dystopian fascist hellhole without being paid.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's projection. It's always projection.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago (2 children)

When that bicycle rider flipped off Trump's motorcade during his first Badministration, the social media blowback got her fired from her job. She ran for Congress and won.

I hope this woman has a similar outcome.

Side query: I wonder if anyone in Child Protective Services is investigating Melon Husk's home environment for his kids. He's an resident alien who lied on his immigration paperwork and could be subject to deportation.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

He's also publicly abusing a child by using him as a human shield.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

All cars matter.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

urged authorities to arrest those funding such actions

Says the asshole trying to buy an election to rig a court ruling?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

It's always projection.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

That site demands you turn off ad blocker.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Imagine how CORRUPT this would be if Elon Musk had Control over our FBI, our President and our Military! That would be EXTREMELY CORRUPT! Fortunately that's NOT the case!

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"It is time to arrest those funding the attacks," he wrote. "Arresting their puppets and paid foot-soldiers won’t stop the violence."

How much funding does he think it takes to get people to protest against the world's most publicly obnoxious Nazi?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

Seems like something a person trying to buy votes would say.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

He's absolutely the kind of person who would think the only reason anyone would ever act like they hate him is because they're being paid to do so. He can't imagine anyone not really thinking he's as great as he thinks he is.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He also loves money and has no principles. People doing something because they have values is just not something he understands.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean, the pathology goes so much deeper.

Musk's family hates him. Like they actively go out of their way to speak against him. His father tweets shit about him, his grown children want nothing to do with him but will speak out against him, his ex... Well you could fill a book with that. His mother and his youngest child (who he uses like a prop) are the only ones that haven't publicly worked against him

What friends does he have? His billionaire buddies will make moves with him, but we've seen the text chains - it's all business. They barely react when he goes against his word... They congratulated him for buying Twitter himself after making plans to go into it together that he backed out of - no way that wasn't a backhanded compliment

Trump hates his guts... But sucks up to him. What friends does he have? He has sycophants, he has people eager to use him... But every relationship he has is based around the fact he's the richest billionaire. If he loses that, what does he have? Who does he have?

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[–] [email protected] 124 points 1 week ago (3 children)

You guys are so quick to judge Elon. It’s not fair.

He’s not a Nazi. He just likes Nazis.

Get a grip guys he’s not a Nazi. He just really likes everything they stood for.

Quit calling him a Nazi. He’s just a guy who really really likes Nazis and hitler and being a piece of shit.

He’s not a Nazi guys. He just likes Nazis. A lot.

He likes them as much as any Nazi would.

Can’t a guy just like Nazis and act like a Nazi and do Nazi things without being labeled a Nazi?

It’s unfair. Maybe you have too small a brain to understand the distinction.

Elon musk is not a Nazi.

He just really really wants to be one.

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[–] [email protected] 275 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Wait, you mean I’ve been flipping off cyber trucks for free?

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Given that it obviously won't happen, I have to wonder which particular thing he's trying to divert attention from.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

Given that it obviously won't happen,

I'll just put that on my overflowing inbox of things that obviously won't happen, which is right next to my overflowing outbox of things that obviously won't happen but did anyway.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 week ago

Well he's currently attempting to buy an election in Wisconsin, so you're spot on.

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