A man drove his car into protesters outside a Tesla dealership in Palm Beach County, Florida, but did not injure any of those who had gathered to demonstrate against billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump over the weekend, according to law enforcement.

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    Searching article for the word terrorism… Nope, even just “terr” only points me to “interrupted.”

    Funny how they missed that. “Terrorism” around teslas is such popular news these days!

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      Didn’t Florida make it so that you can run over people if you feel threatened and are a white person? If this person feels threatened vicariously through elon I’m sure the courts will say it’s A-OK

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        I thought that was North Dakota during the pipeline protests by Native Americans when they were shutting down highways.

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        Even if they wanted to claim this, can it really extend to driving up in the sidewalk to get them? There must be some limit, right?

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    …I don’t think it says what the driver was driving, and somehow that’s driving me crazy. I thought to look it up because I figured it’s gotta be a Tesla, but “a car” could mean any brand and another source suggests it’s a fucking Nissan Pathfinder!

    Reminds me that conservative fucks don’t even drive EVs, it’s really fucking funny to me that even this guy is driving a Japanese SUV instead of a Tesler.

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      At our local Tesler protests, I’ve seen very little correlation between driver’s responses and what they were driving. The vast majority were honking in support, waving, and throwing 👍, including from a couple Teslers.

      Most swasticar drivers just stared straight ahead looking embarrassed. Very very few negative reactions, but they were from every kind of vehicle imaginable.

      The funniest (to me) reactions were the drivers with their mouths agape and eyes wide in utter astonishment, like they had absolutely no clue what was going on. How out of touch with current events can a person be?

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    A peaceful group exercising their freedom of speech and assembly were met with an act of terror. Let’s see how the freedumb lovers respond!

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      You politely break the dumbass’s windows, the mob yanks him out of the car and press his face into the concrete until the police arrive to save him arrest him.

      These jackasses think they’re immune to consequences, and that libruls snowflakes are push overs. They’ve been right.

      If we don’t defend ourselves, nobody else will. Not the police, not the courts, not the politicians.

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        thank you. they call us soy boys and it’s beginning to look like they’re right.

        intimidation has been winning america’s culture war. i think it’s time we started fighting back for real.

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    “Nobody was injured,” said a spokesperson, “thank God they were driving a Cybertruck and not something with some actual power and ruggedness.”

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      Cybertrucks are actually more dangerous to pedestrians in a collision due to their high, blunt hood and sharp corners.

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      I know you are just making a joke, but Cybertrucks have way too much actual power. They have between 600 and 850 horsepower and a 0-60 time of 2.6 seconds. The problem is they weigh 11,000 pounds, so it’s hard to stop or turn them once they get going.

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    Ah…Florida. Understood. Go on. How many crocks did he have in the trunk? Did he claim them as his children on his taxes? Was there one in the driver’s seat eating a cigar? Well there’s your problem right there! I’ve never seen any crock driving straight while smoking a cigar, much less eating one!