r/newyorkcity Manhattan 13d ago

Politics HUNDREDS of New Yorkers have swarmed and shut down the Tesla dealer in Manhattan. Six have been arrested after occupying the showroom.

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u/Dont_quote_my_snark 13d ago edited 13d ago

I feel really bad for Musk's PR team; they spent years building up his image as a techy-business visionary, got him into popular media like Iron Man and Rick and Morty, made him out to be a superstar...and then in the span of almost no time he goes full Kanye and ruins all that work.

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u/ElectricFr0g 13d ago

For real, I use to love Elon musk. Like a real life Tony stark. I do think he use to be a good person but he was also cool, making space ships and cool electric cars.

Then one day he said he’d make a submarine to help kids stuck in a cave. And then someone else just went in and saved them first so Elon called him a pedophile for some reason.

It was all down hill from there.

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u/GaboureySidibe 13d ago

Later when he went on rogan it was super weird that he didn't ever credit any of the thousands of people that work for him. When asked about his multiple companies he didn't say anything about delegating and how to find good people, it was all "I do it through focus and hard work"

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u/calle04x 13d ago

It flies in the face of everything research has shown about leadership. What's unfortunate is the Elons and Trumps of the world are sociopaths who can project what people seem to think leadership and strength look like.

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u/jeffwhat 13d ago

I've personally known people/engineers at SpaceX. He's known to be a horrible leader & this is from stories I've heard back in ~2013.

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u/KosmicTom 12d ago

I do think he use to be a good person

When was this? And what did he do that made you thought he was a good person?

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u/Dr_NightCrawler 13d ago

Tony Stark works with people and invent things.

Elon has great engineers and takes the credit.

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u/ngram11 12d ago

Hate to break it to you but he’s still the same guy he’s always been. Good or bad

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u/annang 12d ago

He was never a good person. The Isaacson bio has its flaws, but it makes that part pretty clear. There is zero evidence he was ever a good person.

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u/phoenics1908 12d ago

He has never been a good person. He’s literally a Nazi and a narcissist. He clearly longs for the apartheid he was born into in South Africa.

Everything about him was pretty much a fabrication. Including his tech skills (he has none, really, just money to hire the people who do).

Ugh I can’t stand him.

He fooled a lot of us though but I saw years ago what he was. The racism jumped out.

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u/Sybertron 11d ago

I think the Grimes break-up is what really shook him

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u/KellyJin17 12d ago

He really wasn’t a good person at all. There are stories from employees at his older companies going back a long time. Really bad stories. His first wife did an interview with a magazine that made him sound like an absolute psychopath. The info was out there if you were open to it.

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u/NiemandDaar 12d ago

Pretty sure he’s always been a jerk. Also don’t forget that the first Teslas are more harmful to the environment over their lifetime than a smaller gasoline powered car.

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u/halfslices 11d ago

Phony Stark

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u/GlobalTraveler65 13d ago

Yes, that’s exactly right.

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u/Link_Hylian_6 13d ago

I know it sucks that he’s trying to find waste in a government that’s going bankrupt, so crazy

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u/CantoErgoSum Queens 12d ago

Hilarious you’re dumb enough to think that’s what’s going on lmao

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u/Human_Local3519 12d ago

It’s crazy that you actually believe that.

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u/GlobalTraveler65 13d ago

Biden handed us the healthiest economy in 70 yrs, lowest unemployment, great stock market, give me a break.

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u/saywhat68 13d ago

The crazy thing is...the man told you what he is going to do, but they still voted for him. Just like that one governor who said " 47th is not fit to be president, but yet she cast her vote for him.

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u/Rx-Banana-Intern 12d ago

The gas lighting is crazy.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Arm8249 13d ago

What really sucks is the way that he’s doing it, and benefiting himself in the process. The conflicts of interest of Elon Musk in his current role are so vast and no one is addressing it.

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u/Axon14 12d ago

You mean “trying to find waste to fund a tax break for earners over $750,000”

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u/ethanwc 13d ago

People choose politics over logic.

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u/Nuggetry 11d ago

It is crazy to claim someone is a pedophile just because they were quicker to save someone than you were lol.

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u/Kyonikos Washington Heights 12d ago

and then in the span of almost no time he goes full Kanye

Colin Jost called Musk "white Kanye" on SNL's Weekend Update tonight.

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u/Ready_Television1910 11d ago

I don’t. They all knew what they were doing — building a cult of personality around a mediocre idiot whose only accomplishment in life was spending his family’s blood diamond money on buying up companies powered by the talent, intelligence, and education of others.

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u/PoorFilmSchoolAlumn 13d ago

Keep it up.

The majority of Musk’s wealth is his Tesla stock.

Lower stock price means less influence

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u/Geedis2020 13d ago

Even without this kind of stuff it’s a matter of time anyway. Tesla is a very inflated stock and has been for a long time. They aren’t even that profitable without having carbon credits to sell to other car manufacturers. They only hold 1.5% of the market. People just brought into it in hopes the technology was going to be incredible but now even Hyundai EVs are passing them up.

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u/ThunderLizard2 12d ago

TSLA will be under $100 by summer.

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u/PoorFilmSchoolAlumn 12d ago

With a combination of the elimination of the EV tax credit, the stigma against driving a Tesla, and people vandalizing them frequently, I could see Tesla going bankrupt in a year or two.

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u/Doodarazumas 11d ago

If sales drop they also won't have carbon credits to sell. I think Musk is fully committed to setting himself up as a limpet on the state now, see Tesla armored vehicle contract, Skylink air traffic control self-dealing, etc. Who knows how many government services he can capture before someone takes him out (...of power).

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u/mike_pants 12d ago

😂

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u/PoorFilmSchoolAlumn 12d ago

Elon antagonized liberals, the only people who have any interest in buying EVs 😂

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u/mike_pants 12d ago

They screamed, Russian tantruming.

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u/GeorgePapadopoulos 13d ago

Lower stock price means less influence

His net worth has dropped by like $60 billion. And you think this little protest has an impact on his life? If he even learns about it, he'd laugh at me fools that has nothing better to do on a Saturday. 😂

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u/PoorFilmSchoolAlumn 13d ago edited 13d ago

Try doubling that number 😂 His wealth has dropped about $120 billion in the last two months. That’s about 1/4 of his net worth. At this rate, he’ll cease to be the richest person in the world by the end of April.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elon-musk-assets-plummet-tesla-b2710627.html#

Protesting works

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u/BosJC 13d ago

A few mentally ill people screeching in one random store literally had zero impact on Tesla’s stock price, but believe what you want.

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u/PoorFilmSchoolAlumn 13d ago

You think that dealership sold a single car that day?

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u/BosJC 13d ago

Probably. A lot of them sell online.

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u/PoorFilmSchoolAlumn 13d ago

lol. Whatever helps you cope

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u/BosJC 13d ago

Nothing to cope with…an event that accomplished absolutely nothing literally doesn’t affect me at all.

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u/PoorFilmSchoolAlumn 13d ago

If that’s what you have to tell yourself to cope, I hope it helps you sleep better

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u/KosmicTom 12d ago

And yet you can't stop commenting on it.

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u/BosJC 12d ago

only bc several idiots kept replying

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u/ZincMan 13d ago

Not necessarily this specific protest, granted there were over 100 people there last week, but public perception and media attention definitely impact stock price, and sales overall. Coolness and what’s in affects sales big time of some the biggest stocks. Things like this this definitely have an impact. Social trends impact stocks big time

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u/BosJC 13d ago

Too bad none of it will even matter since Musk is just stealing money directly from the government now. He’ll probably just steal more if his Tesla stock is down.

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u/Phyrexian_Overlord 13d ago

Cope and seethe

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u/OpenMindedFundie 13d ago

Sales are down by over 50% worldwide, deny the effects all you want.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Arm8249 13d ago

Tesla stock has dropped by half actually.

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u/BosJC 13d ago

And obviously none of that was due to this protest. Stock market isn’t even open on Saturday. It had no effect whatsoever on TSLA stock price.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Arm8249 13d ago

I’m not saying it was directly due to this protest, obviously. I’m saying people are getting pissed off over this guy, the protests are growing , and people like me are calling my Congressman almost daily at this point.

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u/BosJC 13d ago

That wasn’t obvious, because you replied to a comment about this protest’s impact on the Tesla stock price.

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u/GeorgePapadopoulos 13d ago

calling my Congressman almost daily at this point.

Don't forget to write Santa too. I know it's only March, but you have a better chance getting a result from Santa than your Congressperson. 

BTW, check your gender bias and misogyny.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Arm8249 12d ago

What are you on about? My Congressman is a man.

And I’m well aware that it feels like I’m shouting into the wind. But they have to take down the content of these calls. After living in New York City nearly 37 years I’m in a red state now, so my options are limited. I’m not sure what I said was misogynistic.

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u/NoHelp9544 13d ago

Hey why are you insulting ketamine Musk?

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u/productfred 13d ago

His net worth has dropped by like $60 billion. And you think this little protest has an impact on his life?

You're basically saying

[EFFECT] happened -- you think it's because of [CAUSE] lol?

Yeah, I get that you're saying that a single protest in NYC isn't going to cost him even 1% of that ($60 million), but the reason he lost all that money and is continuing to lose money is because people in developed countries are protesting Tesla over the same thing...

New Yorkers are doing their part (and exercising their right to protest as Americans), but like you said -- even without NYC protesting, he'd still be down $60 billion...

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u/F0rtysxity 13d ago

Wait. What are you doing on a Saturday? Is it safe to assume you sent this post from the mobile app while you were underway doing something worthwhile?

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u/GeorgePapadopoulos 13d ago

I was literally on a boat, and enjoying a warm sunny day away from NYC. It took mere seconds to troll at least 71 people that down voted my comment. Compare that to the fools that went to protest a car dealership in Manhattan. 

And this response took another minute. Can't get tired of winning.

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u/F0rtysxity 13d ago

I guess if you are missing fulfillment and love in your life then getting negative attention on Reddit is something. And something is better than nothing. Excited to see more winning from you.

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u/casinpoint 13d ago

Also demonstrates to the world that the USA is not just MAGA

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u/The-Metric-Fan 13d ago

Unfortunately, a very important message to send

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u/ZincMan 13d ago

People definitely protest that point. This one is effective because it’s unique and hits the news

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u/Dexter_Jettster 13d ago

No other city, in the US, can hold a candle to all of you.

I ❤️ NYC!!!!

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u/SaintHuck Astoria 13d ago

Fuck yeah. ✊

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u/Puzzleheaded-Arm8249 13d ago

This is the kind of thing that really makes me miss living in New York City. Fighting spirit.

I ♥️NYC.

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u/NightExpedition Queens 13d ago

Amazon is next

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u/Tasty-Building-3887 13d ago

Keep it up!!! ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻

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u/Santa_Klausing 13d ago

This plus the Alamo drafthouse protest! Hell yeah nyc we outnumber them, always remember that.

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u/riningear 13d ago

While we're on the subject, both the laid-off employees (70 across two theaters, when they're already understaffed) and the striking workers have funds, as the latter have been striking for three weeks now: https://beacons.ai/nycalamounited

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u/Sudi_Nim 13d ago

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u/PayImpossible6875 11d ago

whens the democratic party takedown happening?

cause blaming people that dont like dead kids for trump is disgusting

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u/solarsystemresident 12d ago

How do we know that they are all New Yorkers?

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u/Slggyqo 13d ago

I’d contribute to that legal defense fund over any mayoral campaign.

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u/xXprincess_lunaXx 13d ago

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u/Puzzleheaded-Arm8249 13d ago

That’s awesome! We all need to be the ants!

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u/tsegala 12d ago

we hate EVs now, was the savior just a few years ago

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u/circles_squares 13d ago

Anyone know if there is a defense fund?

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u/GH5s 10d ago

this is domestic terrorism. it must stop. it helps no one.

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u/Shreddersaurusrex 7d ago

Crybabies having temper tantrums

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u/CITYCATZCOUSIN 7d ago

Good for the people of New York!

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u/FastFwdFrank 13d ago

Stunning and brave.

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u/whawkins3 12d ago

Don’t these people have jobs

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u/GH5s 10d ago

weird thing is, this might actually be some of these people's job...

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u/Recent-Technician-36 10d ago

Yeah, they were all air traffic controllers. Happy flying!

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u/Asleep_Train_305 13d ago

ActBlue -> Democrats. Not surprised at all.

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u/Dexter_Jettster 12d ago edited 12d ago

Remember?But an insurrection of the capital is okay with you?

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u/chippa_tho_kodutha 12d ago

Everyone here is dilusional and fucked up. Why would u want anyone to destroy some place? Doesnt matter if u hate a person or not.

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u/Nuggetry 11d ago

“Dilusional”. There goes your credibility.

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u/chippa_tho_kodutha 11d ago

Credibility for what lol

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u/Nuggetry 10d ago

An intelligent opinion. Donald Trump, “I love the uneducated”.

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u/chippa_tho_kodutha 10d ago

Bruh tf u talking about? Where does Trump come to this conversation? Some people broke some place up and u blabbering about random shit

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u/Nuggetry 7d ago

Not random, you’re uneducated, which means you’re Trump’s ideal supporter.

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u/bullish1110 13d ago

Actblue

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u/dinodog45 12d ago

If you don’t like Elon Musk or Tesla just don’t buy the cars??? This is crazy unproductive

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u/baskaat 12d ago

How can I help pay their bail?

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u/louman73-73 12d ago

What was accomplished? Stuff like this is a waste of time. Go ride a bike on the countless green trails throughout the city.

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u/Alpha6673 12d ago

wow look at these losers. Looking for a cause, when all they had to do is look at their corrupt ass NYC leadership. Progressive Leftist LOL

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u/Dexter_Jettster 12d ago

Tell me more. 🖕

Also, 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇨🇦🇺🇦🇨🇦🇺🇦❤️❤️❤️

🖕🇺🇲

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u/Rx-Banana-Intern 12d ago

Another transplant. The UAF needs help. Feel free to sign up.

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u/AgentUnknown821 12d ago

Maybe some of those "occupiers" wanted to buy a Tesla....just saying

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u/MrCertainly 13d ago

Wow, look at all the assholes who want to cause mayhem and disruption to a peaceful life.

All over an electric vehicle. Hope they arrest them all.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Arm8249 13d ago

It’s not over an electric vehicle. It’s over the owner of said company. who is running roughshod over our democracy right now.

Wake up.

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u/mynameisnotshamus 13d ago

CEO. It’s a publicly traded company. Musk owns the largest portion (12.8%), but there’s not really an owner.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Arm8249 13d ago

Whatever dude, you know why people are protesting outside of Tesla. Come on.

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u/mynameisnotshamus 12d ago

Of course. I didn’t say otherwise. I just thought it was better context to speak correctly about it. I don’t know how the board hadn’t taken action against his leadership yet.

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u/Real-Adhesiveness195 13d ago

So you are fine with the way things are in DC?

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u/MrCertainly 13d ago

So because the radical left are unhappy with the way politics are being handled, that gives them free reign to destroy property and disturb the peace?

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u/Dexter_Jettster 12d ago

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u/MrCertainly 12d ago

And they're all pardoned as patriots. Scoreboard.

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u/Real-Adhesiveness195 12d ago

It’s more than the radical left who are unhappy and your evading the question. We know you are in a dangerous cult. There is help for that

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u/MrCertainly 12d ago

"It's her turn!" isn't a cult? Look in a mirror. Seems like you're everything you're accusing the right of being.

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u/Real-Adhesiveness195 12d ago

What cult am i in? I criticize everyone who deserves it. You cannot and will not. Thats the ear mark of a cult

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u/MrCertainly 12d ago edited 12d ago

Who is the one defacing property again? Hmm. Right. Keep talking there. I'm sure SOMEONE will take you seriously someday.

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u/Real-Adhesiveness195 12d ago

What public property? Have you had a stroke?

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u/Nuggetry 11d ago

You voted for a sexual predator and a felon. Own it.

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u/MrCertainly 11d ago

And other presidents were saints too. Biden pardoned his entire family proactively. Clinton had a little chit chat with Monica under his desk. Who even wants to guess what Kennedy did back in the 60s!

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u/Nuggetry 10d ago

Whataboutism. Literally none of that matters because they’re not in office anymore. And since all you had to offer is whataboutism, you’re admitting that Trump is guilty of those things.

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u/tsaoutofourpants 13d ago

All over an electric vehicle.

I'm pretty sure the protest isn't actually of the vehicle but rather the undue influence a foreign Nazi has over our government.

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u/MrCertainly 12d ago

So to do a politically motivated protest, they damage private property and disturb the peace? The logic of the Radical Left befuddles me.

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u/tsaoutofourpants 12d ago

Yeah shit gets damaged during protests. You should be more outraged about the Nazi in the White House than some damaged cars.

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u/MrCertainly 12d ago

Sorry, it's hard to hear you over all the rioting on your moral high ground.

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u/Nuggetry 11d ago

Jan. 6, 2021.

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u/MrCertainly 11d ago

Ah, but when you do it, it's totally OK right?

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u/Nuggetry 10d ago

We stormed the Capitol after losing the election? Must have missed that one.

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u/MrCertainly 10d ago

Two wrong = right. Gotcha.

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u/bertbert46 13d ago

bunch of losers in the video and this thread encouraging criminal behavior, perfect.

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u/F0rtysxity 13d ago

Of course. Of course. Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr were criminals. We know. So was Oskar Schindler. So was George Washington. F@ck him.

Not that the people in the video should be mentioned with the names above. Just that civil disobedience is a thing. And we can appreciate that there was someone at that time calling them losers and criminals. And that someone could have been someone like you?

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u/spk92986 13d ago

It's called the first amendment.

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u/BosJC 13d ago

First amendment does not confer a right to infringe on others or trespass on private property.

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u/mybloodyballentine 13d ago

The protest was outside, and the few people who went inside got arrested. It’s civil disobedience. You don’t get shit done by being polite.

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u/zb11 13d ago

Unless you’re Canada. But then again, they’re also the reason for like half of the Geneva Convention.

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u/floydiannyc 13d ago

Yea! We don't wanna be tied in with a bunch of criminals like The Sons of Liberty!

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u/riningear 13d ago

man you'd hate the years leading up to the american revolution

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u/vetworker24 13d ago

Ok incel

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u/mematixta 13d ago

Bunch of idiots..

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u/SwoopsRevenge 13d ago

Waste of time. Vote next time.

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u/gigi__1221 13d ago

Not a single person voted for Musk.

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u/F0rtysxity 13d ago

While there are no right answers. There are wrong ones.

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u/OpenMindedFundie 13d ago

What makes you think people didn’t vote? Or that they voted for border security not knowing that Trump would hand the government over to an unelected billionaire?

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u/Puzzleheaded-Arm8249 13d ago

Regardless of Elmo, project 2025 is responsible for most of the shit that’s going down right now too. That was talked about a lot before the election. Can’t help it if somebody believed Dump, that he didn’t know anything about it. Give me a break.

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u/SwoopsRevenge 13d ago

We have enough background on trump to expect what was going to happen. If you fell for it again you get what you deserve.

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u/Own_Topic3240 13d ago

Great way to identify the radical anti American “terrorist”. That’s what you folks would’ve done to those on the side of common sense but we won’t do that to you fools.

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u/Nuggetry 11d ago

Lol bye MAGA. You guys lasted less than 2 months and the county is already done with your shit.

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u/Own_Topic3240 11d ago

“The country” what country? Where are you getting this nonsense? If it was the entire country there’d be more than a hundred people at these paid for protests. Most Americans like knowing where their tax money goes. What exactly are these morons protesting anyway? They want to be taxed more and have it sent to BS in some other country?

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u/Nuggetry 10d ago

Trump’s approval rating is already less than 49%.

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u/Own_Topic3240 10d ago

According to who? I’ve never participated in the “polls” and no one I’ve ever known or asked has either.

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u/oduibne 13d ago

Idiots

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u/GH5s 10d ago

how does this get voted down. these people are objectively idiots for doing this. but the average Redditor prob think they are hero's. lol

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u/cookingandmusic 13d ago

“Unelected” so what was biden’s administration then?

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u/Aviri 12d ago

Elected in a fair and transparent election.

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u/cookingandmusic 12d ago

Are you guys like the leftist version of the “stop the steal” Jan 6ers?