Summary

Elon Musk condemned rising vandalism against Tesla, blaming the political left and suggesting a conspiracy against him.

He cited incidents of arson, gunfire, and property destruction at Tesla dealerships, linking them to protests against his work with DOGE.

Trump and the DOJ have labeled the attacks “domestic terrorism,” vowing arrests.

Some Tesla owners are selling their vehicles or adding bumper stickers distancing themselves from Musk, who defended Tesla as a “peaceful company,” saying “I’ve never done anything harmful.”

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    “I’m not bad. I just tell people to do bad things and they do it. Why are you mad at me?”

    I know this guy is a bit autistic, but he can’t be that dumb.

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      16 hours ago

      Who cares if he’s autistic?? I only know 2 autistic people. They are the gentlest people I know. They are the least likely to display a Nazi salute, they don’t assume control of governments, and they aren’t involved in cutting off people’s much needed funding. I’m so tired of hearing “Elon" and “autistic" in the same breath. If conservatives really believe the shit he does should be excused because he’s “autistic”, then he isn’t competent FULL STOP

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        Yup he’s one of those people. I have 2 kids on the ASD spectrum. The Internet is full of asshats who self diagnose with that and ADD (of which I and my 2 boys have been diagnosed).

        Although I commend them on the positive aspects of getting to know yourself better and maybe you don’t have the means to get a formal diagnosis, without it anything you spout is easy to dismiss.

        Also to Elmo being autistic. I tell both my boys “Just because you have autism it doesn’t entitle you to be an asshole”. I wish Errol and his wife ingrained that in their kids but clearly they didn’t and from what I see the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

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        to clarify, one can absolutely determine themselves to have autism, but the reason most people go that route is because they can’t afford or haven’t got access to resources for an official diagnosis…

        …of which he has plenty. he’s not autistic; he’s a sociopathic piece of shit who thinks branding himself as autistic will earn him sympathy points, like keeping a child wrapped around his shoulders will keep him from being luigi’d.

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          honestly as somone who has autism, most people who diagnose themselves don’t have it

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            There are just a ton of online tests now. Every time my wife and I take one, it says I’m definitely not on the spectrum but it tells my wife something along the lines of “you might want to get checked”. We don’t take that as a diagnosis though. I feel like this could possibly be another example of how we started seeing more left handed people in society after it was no longer stigmatized.

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            22 hours ago

            I mean I’m no expert and I’m not going to paint in as big of brushstrokes, but after being diagnosed myself and after reading Unmasking Autism I feel more comfortable in discerning who does and doesn’t have it, and I don’t think he has it. I think he’s just lacking empathy.

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          Yeah, I’m not saying you can’t self diagnose (you probably shouldn’t, but that’s a different issue), just that he has no official diagnosis and is clearly lying about having autism.

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      he’s not even autistic, just a sociopathic nepo baby piece of shit