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[–] 18_24_61_b_17_17_4@lemmy.world 151 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Tesla is a protected class?

[–] jasoman@lemmy.world 96 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That is what is happening. Tesla> Children

[–] modus@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Someone please think of the Teslas!

[–] HessiaNerd@lemmy.world 38 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The upper class. The rest of us are just plebs.

[–] mean_bean279@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Teslas are not upper class. They’re cheap, shitty cars. The handful of people driving Cybertrucks are paying 100k, but that’s not because they’re upper class, they’re just financially irresponsible.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 10 points 3 days ago

Maybe you should slow down on the hate speech, pal. You're getting awful crimey with that talk.

[–] HessiaNerd@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

Musk is the upper class being hurt by the Tesla hate.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 13 points 3 days ago

Fascists are super thin-skinned whiny babies.

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 118 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If simple vandalism is punished so harshly, may as well go all in and torch the fucking things. There's really no reason to stop at keying or painting anymore. Cosmetic damage is being punished as though they're being rendered completely useless.

And edgelord baby billionaire should be happy since people will have to buy new cars, and surely his cars are gonna be their first choice, right?

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 78 points 3 days ago (2 children)

If vandalism carries a harsher penalty than storming the Capital, well...

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 days ago

Might as well storm the capitol AND blow up some Teslas.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

I'm sure many would like to drive a tesla into the Capitol, except they wouldn't want to suffer the indignation of being seen driving one.

[–] DarkGamer@fedia.io 62 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Between this and using wartime powers to deport people during peacetime, they're just abusing all the laws.

[–] FoolishAchilles@lemm.ee 17 points 3 days ago

Aye, fascism doesn’t believe in law or justice. Just power.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 days ago

"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

[–] HeadfullofSoup@kbin.earth 15 points 3 days ago

No one doing shit to stop them so why would they not ? They have no moral or empathy of anykind

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago

Snowflakes are now a protected class.

[–] fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 3 days ago

So what you're saying is, destroy all the evidence, yes?

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 34 points 3 days ago (2 children)

What crimes, other than storming the Capital during an official government proceeding and injuring over 150 police officers, are done out of love?

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)
  • Hiding migrants
  • Feeding the poor
  • Kicking the police off someone they're choking out
[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 days ago
  • shooting CEO's
[–] MBech@feddit.dk 7 points 3 days ago

I can think of a few I'm not allowed to write.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 23 points 3 days ago

This will 1000% lead to some horrible bullshit when fsd inevitably plows into something it failed to see and a subsequent lawsuit against the victim…

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago

Excellent job, dumbfuck MAGA shitheads.

Kudos to the non-voting lefties for the assist!

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago

Sounds woke

[–] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It’s not vandalizing, it’s simply making people see it in a new light.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago

The light of a Molotov Cocktail.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Just wait outside the jurisdiction limits and vandalize them as they enter and leave DC. 😏

[–] nothingcorporate@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Well, I hate it!

--Michael Scott