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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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    23 hours ago

    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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      23 hours ago

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

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        12 hours ago

        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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      20 hours ago

      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.