Corporate Resistance Thread - Boycott on February 28

[Victoria Raverna]

Tesla and Musk are synonymous.

But two years ago or more, that wasn't analogous to evil. Or even slighty awful. He didn't fully join the Nationalist Front until last year.

I think it was obvious that he is awful at least since 2018 when he did this:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ ... do-twitter

Elon Musk came under fire on Sunday after launching an extraordinary attack on a British diver who helped rescue the boys trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand, baselessly calling him a “pedo” on Twitter and then doubling down.

[LordMortis]

That was in 2018? Wow. I thought that was after his 2020 public slide. He hinted awful even before then. I guess I was still in the forgiving him his trespasses at that time, probably because the news wasn't a daily Leon saturation then.

[Max Peck]

One thing that makes me feel a twinge of savage delight is the belief that his standing in the world hopefully now means his access to money hungry actresses and young female pop singers has been limited because they're more afraid of being shunned by the entertainment industry than they love his bank account.

Yes, I'm that awful.

I thought his thing was career advancing women within his companies.

This all began because Grimes kicked his ass to the curb. That's what started him down the path of becoming The World's Most Divorced Man.

[LordMortis]

I guess I stand majorly corrected and goes back a very long way.

https://www.aol.com/news/elon-musk-dati ... 52684.html

[hepcat]

This all began because Grimes kicked his ass to the curb. That's what started him down the path of becoming The World's Most Divorced Man.

Grimes was like third or more down the line in the rotation. I think it began well before her.

Trump and Musk share a love of trophy wives/girlfriends/bragging rights.

[Kurth]

To be clear, I'm not saying anything goes for everyone just because it's crazy time in America. I'm saying we shouldn't be surprised by much, and certainly not by some (potentially misplaced) anger expressed as name calling. The idea that people directing their anger at an icon that literally represents the target of their anger, is somehow 100% part of the problem, is ludicrous.

Tesla and Musk are synonymous.

But sure, supporting the dismantling of the American government and giving the finger to car owners is 100% part of the same problem.

Lu. Di. Crous.

I think less time needs to be spent explaining Kurth's position to us, which we fully understand, and more time spent explaining to Kurth just how anger works and why finger flippers are angry and why they are targeting Tesla owners.

Kurth is the one having difficulty understanding human nature.

This isn't even close to correct. I understand human nature. I'm just disappointed in it, as I'd be disappointed to learn that OOers here "understand," as in sympathize with, assholes giving Tesla owners the bird.

In all your smugness GreenGoo, have you thought much about the extent to which misplaced anger led us to the state we're in right now? What pisses me off most about people giving the finger to Tesla owners is that it's a mirror to some of the misplaced anger that MAGAts exhibited resulting in the election of Trump not once but twice. It's fine to be angry. But it's not fine - it's not understandable - to direct that anger at people or things or programs that are not deserving of it. That's stupidity. It's also incredibly counter-productive, as you risk losing people who very well may be aligned with your cause and would support your anger if directed at the right target and not misdirected at them.

I stand by my opinion that someone who hates Musk/Trump flipping off some random person driving a Tesla is 100% part of the problem that has led us to Trump. If you don't understand that, I think you're probably part of the problem as well.