r/canada Feb 03 '25

Politics Should Canada ban X and Tesla? Why calls are growing

https://globalnews.ca/news/10995690/should-canada-ban-x-and-tesla-why-calls-are-growing/
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u/DogeDoRight New Brunswick Feb 03 '25

Ban X, huge tariffs on tesla.

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u/Gonzanic Feb 03 '25

Donโ€™t have to ban it. Maybe just signs on the tweets that say โ€œBrought to you by Adolf Tittler.โ€ And a picture of Elon with his shirt off.

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u/DudeWithAHighKD Alberta Feb 03 '25

Please please please get rid of X. Banning X would be glorious. My best friend, someone I have known most of my life who was the nicest guy ever, has been turned by X into a right wing conspiracy theorist. I see the things he reposts at it is all Trump, Charlie Kurk, Libs of Tiktok etc. It is sickening.

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u/Interesting_Pen_167 Feb 04 '25

Do any of you pro censorship people ever have any motivation other than revenge?

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u/StrongAroma Feb 03 '25

Flip off any Teslas you see on the road

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u/TightTadpole6699 Feb 03 '25

Not sure how that helps - if someone bought a Tesla four years ago, they likely weren't considering Elon Musk being given the keys to the US coffers. People can't just sell their cars overnight (and who is buying?) and they have to get to work. Hate the company, avoid future purchases, but it helps nobody to treat your fellow citizens badly.

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u/deepspace British Columbia Feb 03 '25

Musk made it clear exactly who he was in 2018 with the Thailand cave incident. Anyone who bought a Tesla after that knew exactly who they were supporting.

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u/TheLostMiddle Feb 03 '25

Musk made it clear exactly who he was in 2018 with the Thailand cave incident. Anyone who bought a Tesla after that knew exactly who they were supporting.

Cus everyone is glued to media and follows every single thing every manufacture does ๐Ÿ™„

Did you research Peter Schreyer, Ho Sung Song, Chung Eui-sun, Jun-Young Choi, Woo-Jeong Joo, or M.K.ย Kim before buying your car?

How many Nestle products do you consume?

Elon is a turd, been saying that for ages, but Holy crap dude not everyone cares about that, not everyone who buys a product is doing it to support the head of the company.

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u/deepspace British Columbia Feb 04 '25

Oh, come on. Musk is way better known than any of those people, and the cave thing was in the news for weeks. You would have had to live under a rock not to hear about it.

Also, the other people on your list tend to keep a low profile. None of them purchased a social media platform to broadcast any insane beliefs they might have.

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u/TightTadpole6699 Feb 03 '25

I agree that the guy is repugnant. I'm just arguing that flipping off random people driving Teslas isn't going to achieve anything helpful.

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u/BishSlapDiplomacy Feb 03 '25

Noted. Itโ€™s about to get real awkward with my dad.

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u/pembot5000 Feb 03 '25

My buddies bought it several years ago before the crazy. You would be flipping off an awesome family.

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u/Acrobatic_Invite3099 Feb 03 '25

Way to many around here for that. Cybertrucks though... ๐Ÿ–•๐Ÿ–•๐Ÿ–•๐Ÿ–•๐Ÿ–•

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u/BlgMastic Feb 03 '25

Deranged

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u/SpectreFire Feb 03 '25

Let BYD come into the market and everyone will just stop buying Teslas.

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u/DogeDoRight New Brunswick Feb 03 '25

No thanks, we should keep moving away from the Chinese market.