Summary

Elon Musk called for arrests after posting a video on X showing a confrontation between women and a Tesla Cybertruck driver.

In the video, a woman pointed at the vehicle, prompting the driver to yell threats while the crowd chanted “Shame!”

Another woman called the driver a Nazi.

Musk claimed the incident was part of broader attacks and urged authorities to arrest those funding such actions, saying targeting only “puppets and paid foot-soldiers” would not stop the violence.

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arrest those funding such actions

Wait, we can get paid to laugh at cybertrucks? And here I am doing it for free like a sucker.

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21 points

It’s always projection with those assholes.

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I am still waiting on my soros bux for hating on trump in 2016

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That’s right. Setting fire to Teslas is OK so long as you do it for free!

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Idk about you, but I had the best first IRL interaction. I love an a small town and had one pull up to me at a stop light. I immediately started belly laughing, and my shit carries even when I don’t intend it. Heard some sort of quick beep almost immediately when I started. I hope I see myself online someday.

Edit: https://youtu.be/fmLx5S5GUJc

Good job editing the part of your comment where you called me a liar.

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What kind of lameass story is that?

Quit screwing around and flip them off like a proper adult.

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Naw this actually happened I assure you. Pretty sure I still got the dash cam footage, but you’re just going to hear the laughter and beep.

But you know, good job sounding like a dick. You must be a blast at social gatherings.

Edit for the cynics https://youtu.be/fmLx5S5GUJc

Why would I lie about something like this?

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36 points

Why not just ban Tesla and cyber trucks since they are offensive to people eyes, are linked to a Nazism and provoke violence.

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The Cybertruck would be done for in the blink of an eye If the NHTSA had balls and treated it fairly in response to its disastrous statistics.

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Wait, you mean I’ve been flipping off cyber trucks for free?

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You mean you did not fill out the forms at culturalmarxism.com beforehand? 🤦

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You can just write to Soros and he will pay for the arrears.

/s for any right wing nutjobs reading this

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culturalmarxism.com

I get all my socialist yoghurt from there!

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Musk has a point, though. The Cybertruck is extremely fragile, so pointing at it with your finger poses a significant risk and could even set it on fire.

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But first it will lock the doors.

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Underrated comment 😅

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It DOES have a higher fire fatality statistic than the Ford Pinto so…

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However bad you think that is, it’s almost definitely worse.

TL;DR: The CyberTruck is 17 times more likely to have a fire fatality than a Ford Pinto, a car endlessly memed on by an entire generation for its flammability.

You should go read that article, because it’s short, but just look at this chart I pulled from it.

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Panels fall off at the slightest mention of it

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Never forget that Elon Musk has built his fortune on many many violations of the law, including SEC violations and breaking employment laws. This ghoul firmly believes that his is of a privileged class that is permitted to do this while you are not. He is a cancer in our society and deserves nothing but ridicule and punishment for the harm he feels entitled to inflict on the rest of us.

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He doesn’t even have to believe it, it’s been proven time and time again that he is part of a privileged class.

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The treatment for cancer is not “ridicule,” you know. Just sayin’.

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This is incorrect.

A ghoul behaves independently unto itself and for its own needs and survival. (Think The Walking Dead, The Last of Us). They can be clever, and are typically depicted as adaptive.

I think the word you’re looking for is “zombie.” (Think necromancy, magically risen dead) They are essentially mindless controlled entities. Constructs. They cannot behave independently unto themselves or for their own needs.

Elon is owned. Just like the rest of them. Everything he does is for the benefit of whatever entity that happens to control the static between his ears.

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It’s social Darwinism and tyrannical oligarchy repackaged as some new tech bro philosophy

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