Summary
Elon Musk blamed trans people for recent Tesla attacks after his daughter, Vivian Jenna Wilson, called him a “pathetic man-child.”
Musk shared false data on trans violence and claimed hormone therapy causes volatility. He linked trans identity to attacks on Tesla cars and dealerships, citing unverified reports of trans suspects.
Musk’s comments followed Wilson’s interview where she condemned his far-right shift and disavowed responsibility for his views.
Critics accused Musk of scapegoating trans people amid Tesla’s financial decline and political controversies.
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If i burnt down your house, with malicious intent, would that count as terrorism?
It’s arson, plain and simple.
You could argue it was “done for political reasons” but if i did the same thing, because i disagree with your political views, and think you’re a bad person, it’s still not terrorism.
If i were to let’s say, go bomb a planned parenthood, that might count as domestic terrorism. If it were a government building, that would most certainly be domestic terrorism.
Terrorism is the act of using violence or intimidation for political gain/control.
Hasn’t the Trump administration repeatedly said that Musk has no official political role? Then how could an attack on Musk’s property be violence or intimidation for political gain?
it isn’t and can’t be, tesla isn’t a government agency. Even if musk was this is still equating tesla to be a government agency, or at least under the purview of it, in terms of security for some reason.
That’s exactly what their motivation is.
a lot of people kill people for political reasons, doesn’t make that terrorism. There’s a specific branch of intentionally inciting terror with the use of violence FOR political means, that’s actually defined as terrorism.
Burning teslas at dealerships probably doesn’t count. Extorting people and threatening to kill them, might count.
The violence wasn’t simply for political reasons, as you suggest. It is to accomplish political goals by causing fear and terror in people associated with that brand. That seems like terrorism to me.
what’s the political goal? Making tesla less popular? That doesn’t sound very political to me.
If I have to explain that to you then we’ve got bigger problems than I thought.
wdym? The only reason people would do that is because they’re unhappy with tesla, and how it’s operating as a company. Given that musk is a figurehead in company, he’s the only reason it’s political.
Musk is just a shitty person, people don’t like that, and are retaliating as they see fit.
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Musk is a government employee and spends much of his time with the most powerful political figure in this hemisphere.
Attacking him and his property is an inherently political act.
and tesla is a private company that he owns? Elon in the government, and elon that runs tesla are two unrelated things.
Sure people are motivated against elon due to his political advancements, specifically those made INTO government.
But tesla is STILL a private company, that isn’t even under the ownership of musk, it’s a board of directors. At best this is property destruction and arson.
Otherwise you’re arguing very quickly that ANY private entity is immediately therefore a protected subspecies of the US federal government, and any action taken against it, is by definition, terrorism.