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A 9-foot-tall statue depicting a bust of tech billionaire Elon Musk has been vandalized in South Texas.

A photograph showing two areas where it appears a top layer of material has been stripped from the statue, revealing a white or pale gray layer underneath. A tattered ribbon of the top layer material hangs raggedly from the chin of the Musk sculpture.

The vandalism of the Musk sculpture joins a pattern of vandalization of property and vehicles associated with Musk, whose appointment as a top Trump adviser and head of the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has drawn ire nationwide.

The Rio Grande Valley hasn’t been spared from that trend.

In February, a mural of Musk located in downtown Brownsville was defaced by graffiti that read “Deny Defend Depose,” along with an anarchy symbol that was scrawled in black spray paint over one of Musk’s cheeks.

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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

ordered a statue of himself for those who still doubt he's narcissistic, no clearer proof

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[–] proper@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

a little outer layer (paint?) is peeling in 2 spots. hardly “vandalized” imo.

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[–] Punchshark@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Never let that POS have a moment of peace in his life again!

[–] griff@lemmings.world 5 points 1 month ago

bankrupt the mofo then deport him to Mars

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 39 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why does this fuckhead have a statue? What is wrong with him?

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

And apparently a mural... which was vandalized in February

[–] jared@mander.xyz 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Could you imagine the actual diagnoses.

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

The words “Sociopathic Narcissist” would probably play into it.

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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 70 points 1 month ago (2 children)

There's a long history of people pulling down authoritarian monuments.

Not in the US. Yet.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 47 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Could’ve sworn the US had started pulling down those stupid confederate monuments. Doesn’t that count?

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[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

we got a bunch of civil war monuments removed, we are on the way

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Sanctioned removal of monuments is one thing. Angry people throwing chains over them and pulling down with trucks is another.

[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

There was that Christopher Columbus statue in Baltimore that got the Boston tea party treatment.

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[–] belathus@bookwormstory.social 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'd be impressed if that statue remains un-vandalized for long without significant security.

[–] griff@lemmings.world 9 points 1 month ago

Save government money by destroying it now

[–] einlander@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Sledge Hammer would be faster.

[–] Botanicals@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago
[–] lupusblackfur@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

That is one fucking ugly statue to begin with...

But then, look what the artist had to work with. 🤷‍♂️

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's fiberglass with a coating over it. It's a fake bronze statue like those animals in the play area at amusement parks.

Hmmm, trump uses fake bronzer and elon makes a fake bronze statue. Coincidence?

[–] griff@lemmings.world 8 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Intellectually in the Bronze Age as well

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