to hated target of protests, violence, fires
"They're feral Jim," Bones explained.
Posted on 03/17/2025 12:32:46 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
They say they’ve been flipped off in traffic, called Nazis and even punched in the face.
Charging stations have been defaced and burned too, and local Tesla dealerships have been picketed, including this weekend in Burbank.
A disgusted singer Sheryl Crow said she sold her Tesla and donated the money to National Public Radio.
“There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with,” she wrote on Instagram. “So long Tesla.”
Tesla owners in California and beyond have become targets of an unusual form of resistance to the second Trump administration and Telsa owner Elon Musk, whose so-called Department of Government Efficiency is slashing federal jobs and stirring controversy.
It’s a strange twist for Tesla, which pioneered electric cars and until recently was considered a crucial company in the effort to reduce carbon emissions and reverse climate change. Teslas are very popular in green California, with the Model 3 and Model Y the bestselling automobiles in recent years.
But Musk’s hard-right turn and his central role in the Trump administration appear to have muddied the brand, especially among some liberal activists who have made it a target. It has not helped that Musk has become a leading critic of California and its liberal policies and moved many of his businesses to Texas.
“His vehicles have strong brand association with the CEO, Elon Musk, and his personal brand,” according to Billur Akdeniz Talay, professor of marketing at the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire.
Recently, authorities arrested a women in Loveland, Colo., on suspicion of vandalizing a Tesla dealership with spray paint and Molotov....
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Note to hollywood’s best: fame is fleeting.
it was never about climate, it was about control.
Tesla in CA?
Well, Elon Musk took almost all of his companies out of CA. And moved them to Texas.
I am not sure what he still has in CA, if anything. But he is incorporated in Texas.
I assume they are using fossil fuels to burn the electric car charging stations.
The Justice Department is going to have to start prosecuting the largess uncovered by DOGE. If reasonable people can see Elons actions were altruistic, then moderate leftists could make violence and vandalism more popularly abhorrent.
Because the left stands for NOTHING..this is what they do, they pretend to like you when you support their agenda, the second they say something they dont agree with BAM guess what, they are no longer your friend, meaning, they never liked you in the first place
It was just 12 years ago when Democrat “future President” and leftist darling in NY Governor Andrew Cuomo, gifted Elon Musk a state-funded $900 million solar panel factory in Buffalo NY.
He and Elon were awesome environmentalists who were going to create the new green economy
Now in 2025, Cuomo was forced out of his party as a sex-pest, Leftists call Musk a “Nazi” and that plant in Buffalo NY is mostly empty.
LESSON - don’t EVER get sucked in by Democrat/Leftist propaganda. Its as Orwell said - you’ll be forced to believe 2+2=5
Damned hypocrites.
Yes
Ahhhhhahahahahahahahahahahaha! Hopefully, soon, money down the drain!
As for Sheryl Crow, she should have invested in more toilet paper!
That’s because the left lacks integrity and is hopelessly corrupt.
LOL Sheryl, All I Wanna Do Is Virtue Signal, Crow.
Imbeciles. EV fires cause more damage to the ‘climate’ than internal combustion engine emissions.
Senator Kelly from Arizona got rid of his Tesla, and got a Chevy Tahoe .
What about saving the planet from evil fossil fuel vehicles?
There are other electric cars besides Tesla. If Kelly wanted to make a political statement, he would have acquired a different brand of electric car.
Now that a Tesla is longer a status symbol for the Left, perhaps we will see the real “market” for all EVs.
Hmmmmmmm.....
Along with TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome), do we now have EDS (Elon Derangement Syndrome)?
Of course, for the Left, EDS also stands for Erectile Dysfunction Syndrome. I believe the Left has had the Erectile Dysfunction for quite some time.
She’d fit right in with the Prozac Ladies of NPR.
This puts a spotlight on it…. A perfect shining example of the fleeting principles of liberals.
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