• OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world
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    “Fire it at the Tesla in front of me…” The animosity toward Tesla owners (or Prius or any other EV/Hybrid owner) is stupid. Why hate them?

    Because the CEO of Tesla is a massive bastard? That’s not their fault. They may not have even known what a fuckhead he was when they bought it, nor should his behavior influence their car ownership. Plenty of good people work for Tesla too.

    Or because they don’t support the gas/oil industry? That’s moronic. As much of a shit goblin Musk is, he holds no candle to the collective evil of the fossil fuel lobby.

    Don’t hate someone for their taste in consumer goods. They’re just trying to get through life, same as you.

    Now, if you wanna launch that snow drift at a “coal rolling” diesel pickup truck who is intentionally destroying the environment, that’s a different thing altogether.

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      Teslas are some of the most clueless drivers on the road, especially model Ys and model 3s. They’ve surpassed BMW/Mercedes as the not paying attention stereotype.

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        I’m not defending “corpos,” far from it (I even pointed out that Musk & other CEOs are shit). I’m just defending every day people who drive cars and just want to get to & from wherever without being harassed/attacked.

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            A lot of people didn’t pay attention to Musk’s heel turn, although I think that’s about to change.

            If I were a Tesla owner I’d get one of those stickers that say I got this before Musk went insane or whatever.

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      People like being in the in group, and hating tesla and musk is in. If you offer anything to the contrary you get dog piled. Arent humans cool?

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        Elon Musk is literally the oligarch of America and, I don’t think this needs to be said, but that is awful and should never have been allowed. So yeah. It’s “in”, for very good reasons.

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          Yeah but jumping down anyone’s throat who even dare bring up nuance is so tiring lmao