Elon

mqt said:
Sorry, that was an oversimplification. I do think the right course of action was to acknowledge that his gesture was essentially identical, express the lack of intention and apologize for the unexpected similarity. Instead we got the standard Washington DC bull**** where you just bitch about the people rightly suggesting it looked just like a damn Nazi salute.
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That's reasonable, but the latter part isn't correct. Musk is being labeled a Nazi by a big part of your party, and they're destroying private property based on that.
 
msstate7 said:
I think anyone that destroys other people's property should be tossed in jail for whatever the law says is applicable punishment. Anyone! Everyone! It's stupid behavior that shouldn't be excused
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glad to hear it

i take it that includes classified documents that properly belongs to the government of the country
 
msstate7 said:
That's reasonable, but the latter part isn't correct. Musk is being labeled a Nazi by a big part of your party, and they're destroying private property based on that.
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I think it’s very fair to question how far we extend fault for that, though. For every accusation being thrown at a Dem politician for demonizing Elon Musk or his companies, I could find just as many videos showing Trump and Musk themselves calling some leftist person/group deranged or an enemy of the people. It’s really not that long ago it was the left that was trying to capitalize on political violence to shift the blame toward the politicians rather than the actual perpetrators of violence.
 
sturg33 said:
The left is free to protest Elon by not buying his cars or encouraging others not to to.

But nah... they set his cars on fire. His charging stations on fire. They make peaceful innocent Tesla owners like chop have to think twice before driving his car to downtown Austin.

The left is always violent. And it's always excused away by leftists
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Question, how many instances of Tesla vandalism have there been? Lets say there's been 50 this year. that's still less than there's been death involved mass shootings.

Personally I wouldn't do it and don't condone it, but at the same point, I don't think it's worth my time to worry about it. Much bigger fish to fry in the world than worry about Tesla drivers.
 
nsacpi said:
glad to hear it

i take it that includes classified documents that properly belongs to the government of the country
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Is this some sort of a gotcha? I hate every politician. Lock up Trump for that if you want, but do the same to Hillary for destroying government records.
 
msstate7 said:
Is this some sort of a gotcha? I hate every politician. Lock up Trump for that if you want, but do the same to Hillary for destroying government records.
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Hey, now we’re getting somewhere. I feel like Team “All Government is Bad, Actually” used to be much larger.
 
mqt said:
Hey, now we’re getting somewhere. I feel like Team “All Government is Bad, Actually” used to be much larger.
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I don't want anarchy, but I do think 99% of politicians are in it to enrich themselves, not do what's best for the people they represent. I want term limits for all elected positions.
 
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msstate7 said:
I will admit I feel much more for private citizens than the government. Private citizens can't just print more money.
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eh...the taxypayers pay for that propery with their tax dollars

i guess not all property rights are fully to be respected
 
mqt said:
Name one comparable situation involving a company owned by a prominent Dem politician. Yes, the scrutiny of Elon is exceptionally strong and perhaps even overly so, but this is also the person claiming he’s rooting out trillions of dollars of fraud and waste to literally save America and western democracy. You don’t get to cosplay as America’s Only Hope then cry foul when people make you the news and react adversely (not the crimes, the protests and mean words) to your policies/proposals.
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It’s a gesture.

Your sides figures in government have done the same. Where’s their vilification?

That’s where it ends.

Nothing more nothing less. Stop being so dramatic ABOUT EVERYTHING
 
msstate7 said:
Sounds like you all about cutting waste. Elon is your man.
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Actually, I wouldn't read what he is doing as related to cutting waste. When all is said and done I suspect the bill from DOGE could well exceed what are turning out to be rather puny savings.

do not confuse the performative with the thang itselt
 
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He says, prior to going on stage to randomly give away $2 million to people who signed his petition and attended his political rally.
 
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