There’s a degree the place each one that is a fan of Kanye West’s music has to come back to phrases with recognizing that dude’s a Nazi. For some it was when Alex Jones of all folks had to tell him to chill out on the “Hitler had redeemable qualities” claims. For others it was the monitor HH — these two Hs stand for precisely what you suppose they do. Enjoying something that Ye has not too long ago put out will get you side-eyed for a lot of issues, one in all them possible being his Nazi sympathizing. You might play one thing from Commencement and earlier, however you’ll nonetheless get side-eyed.
Which brings us to Elon Musk. There’s a degree the place each individual that owns a Tesla has to come back to phrases with recognizing that Elon may be very comfy with Nazis. For some it was when he cozied up with the AfD or when he sieg-gave-his-heart-out shortly after Donald Trump’s re-election. Driving round in a Tesla after all the pieces Musk has achieved will get you side-eyed:
Confronted with this actuality, what do you do? It’s a little bit more durable to vary out your automotive than to take Youngsters See Ghosts out of the rotation. Some persons are rebranding their Teslas:
Some individuals who purchased a Tesla earlier than Elon Musk began duck strolling on the podium are having their property broken:
The reputational harm Musk has been doing isn’t simply an American phenom. Tesla homeowners in France are getting their reputations harm by Musk’s actions and so they need to sue Tesla over it. Reuters has protection:
“Tesla autos have grow to be highly effective political symbols and are actually perceived as true far-right ‘totems,’ a lot to the dismay of those that bought them solely as revolutionary and eco-friendly autos”, the plaintiffs’ attorneys Patrick Klugman and Ivan Terel at legislation agency GKA mentioned in an announcement.
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The group is searching for to terminate their lease contracts and recuperate authorized prices on the Paris Business Courtroom, citing the “direct and concrete” hurt brought on by Musk’s public behaviour after he rallied in help of Donald Trump’s presidential bid and Germany’s far-right AfD social gathering.
There ought to be a threshold query: what mannequin of Tesla are these litigants driving? There may be some credence in the event that they’re lamenting the social worth of their Mannequin T going to shit, however any plaintiff making this argument with a Cyber Truck must get slapped with a abstract judgment. Cyber Truck is to Alt-Proper grifter as Subaru Outback is to shared homeowners that historians will describe as “good friends.”
Umm, no you did not. That Kenmore fridge monstrosity you are driving wasn’t launched till after Elon went full nazi pic.twitter.com/twgLMVKVc7
— Liam Nissan™ (@theliamnissan) March 27, 2025
Up to now 10 Tesla leaseholders are in on the swimsuit. Gotta bump these numbers up! Within the meantime, right here’s an image to drive the Elon Musk and Kanye West are doing the identical dumb shit level dwelling:
Twitter crop is gone so right here is Kanye West and Elon Musk in Yeezys pic.twitter.com/W4UP0ulz3P
— ye4us (@ye4us) May 5, 2021
Whereas I commend the swimsuit, they need to have seen the reputational prices coming from miles away.
Some French Tesla Drivers File Lawsuit Over Harm Allegedly Caused By Musk’s Behaviour [Reuters]
Chris Williams turned a social media supervisor and assistant editor for Above the Legislation in June 2021. Previous to becoming a member of the workers, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ within the Fb group Legislation Faculty Memes for Edgy T14s . He endured Missouri lengthy sufficient to graduate from Washington College in St. Louis Faculty of Legislation. He’s a former boatbuilder who’s studying to swim, is enthusiastic about essential race concept, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for biking that often annoys his friends. You may attain him by electronic mail at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.
