We have been covering reports of Teslas and their owners being targeted in “protests,” which involve vandalizing the cars and intimidating the owners.
In late February, an Oregon dealership was hit by gunfire. And protesters who look like aging hipsters from the 1960s have been protesting at dealerships, urging potential buyers not to buy a “swasticar” because it will make Musk, who they say is a coup-staging “Nazi,” richer and more powerful.
Now the karma cycle is beginning to play out. For starters, a man set fire to himself as well as three Tesla charging stations in a parking lot near an outlet mall in North Charleston, South Carolina.
Before setting the fire, the man spray-painted the phrase “long live the Ukraine” along with profanity directed at President Donald Trump on pavement near the chargers. He then ignited Molotov cocktails and threw them at the charging stations.
Then, karma came.
While doing so he caught the clothes on his back on fire, then ran from the parking lot, witnesses told police.No arrests have been made, North Charleston Police spokesperson Harve Jacobs said Tuesday. The agency turned the investigation over to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.Investigators collected the beer bottles while firefighters cut the power to the chargers and put out the blaze.
Meanwhile, “Just Stop Oil” is back in the news. This time, they are dumping orange latex paint on an Optimus robot in a Tesla showroom in London. They shouted about swasti-cars, too.
The protesters poured liquid latex over an Optimus robot at the Westfield Tesla store on Wednesday, demanding the UK government phase out fossil fuel burning by 2030, the protest group said.Retired teacher Catherine Rennie Nash, 74, and retired tax advisor Nigel Fleming, 63, climbed onto a podium at around 10.15am and poured the liquid over the life-sized robot.In a clip shared by Just Stop Oil Mr Fleming is heard saying: “While the rich dream of Nazi robots and swasti-cars, what the the rest of us need is warm housing, clean affordable energy and cheap public transport. Shut down the fascists.”
I will simply point out that aging hippies may now be the only protesters available, as the funding has been cut off that would provide for younger and more attractive paid protesters.
In response to the continuing attacks in this country, Trump has declared that the vandalism and violence will be deemed “domestic terrorism“.
Domestic terrorism is what President Trump now says he will label violence against Tesla dealerships or any others.In a show of support, the president bought a red Tesla while standing by the CEO and Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk.The move comes after Tesla’s plummeting stock prices and blowback from “Tesla Takedown” protests across the country calling out mass layoffs and spending cuts.
MSNBC was unhappy with Trump using the FBI’s definition of “domestic terrorism” against the Tesla vandals and violence-mongers, and decided to reclassify them as “protests”. They were mocked.
And, as a reminder, torching cars and shooting at dealerships does meet the definition of domestic terrorism, per the Patriot Act.
The final karma update: There is a surge in people seeking to buy Teslas. While I had not planned to, and likely won’t, many Americans are showing their support for Tesla’s Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency team.
The best part: This is likely to be the start of the karmic cycle for what was done to Americans during the last 4 years by government officials, bureaucrats, NGOs, and climate cultists.
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