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applegrove

(125,750 posts) Mon Mar 31, 2025, 06:45 PM Mar 31

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Who showed up to defend Tesla? The Proud Boys, armed militias, and at one event in Idaho, and a guy dressed as Hitler.

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Guess who showed up to defend Tesla? The Proud Boys, armed militias, and at one event in Idaho, and a guy dressed as Hitler.

More on the "Tesla Takedown" protests here:

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Who showed up to defend Tesla? The Proud Boys, armed militias, and at one event in Idaho, and a guy dressed as Hitler. (Original Post) applegrove Mar 31 OP

Well, if you are looking for a community w/citizens likely to have Hitler costumes on hand . . Maru Kitteh Mar 31 #1

Tesla brand is trash newdeal2 Mar 31 #2

Civil war is coming...the attacks on Tesla were orchestrated by musk, obviously Eliot Rosewater Mar 31 #3

I am concerned that instigators are in place to promote civil war. yellow dahlia Mar 31 #5

I'm sure the Proud Boys drove there in their Teslers. dem4decades Mar 31 #4

The irony, right? OldBaldy1701E Mar 31 #11

And would never drive even if they could afford them PatSeg Mar 31 #12

K&R UTUSN Mar 31 #6

I don't see a bunch of gun toting nazis as being conducive to selling cars. flvegan Mar 31 #7

Come now. People need to stop looking down on Nazis. This is why Democrats lose. AStern Mar 31 #8

They're going to have to sell a lot of meth central scrutinizer Mar 31 #9

A bunch of armed people at a protest really brought in the business... Nt Gore1FL Mar 31 #10

Why don't they actually buy them ? JI7 Mar 31 #13

You can't roll coal in those things jmowreader Apr 1 #28

Oh goody. You just know these fools have been all dressed up and waiting Marie Marie Mar 31 #14

It is the proud boys that will eventually louis-t Mar 31 #15

He can pardon them orangecrush Mar 31 #18

Shoot back. hadEnuf Mar 31 #19

Corporate bootlicking is so edgy n/t hibbing Mar 31 #16

IOW, the usual suspects Skittles Mar 31 #17

SA ILikePie92 Mar 31 #20

If one of those fucks get shot, BidenRocks Mar 31 #21

He says the uneducated and billionaires are his base. multigraincracker Mar 31 #22

'Memba them? This was from a few years ago ... before all the arrests & convictions... FakeNoose Mar 31 #23

Actually, compared to most MAGAts, those are their geniuses. FoxNewsSucks Mar 31 #24

Buffoon's battered booties. Brilliant!!! oasis Mar 31 #25

Where's the birdshot? dchill Mar 31 #26

Rock salt. CentralMass Apr 1 #27

Maru Kitteh

(30,091 posts)

1. Well, if you are looking for a community w/citizens likely to have Hitler costumes on hand . .

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 06:47 PM

Mar 31

Idaho is a pretty good place to start.

newdeal2

(2,332 posts)

2. Tesla brand is trash

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 06:48 PM

Mar 31

If you walk into a Tesla dealership now, you know exactly who you’re supporting.

Eliot Rosewater

(32,843 posts)

3. Civil war is coming...the attacks on Tesla were orchestrated by musk, obviously

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 06:49 PM

Mar 31

yellow dahlia

(2,274 posts)

5. I am concerned that instigators are in place to promote civil war.

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 06:52 PM

Mar 31

dem4decades

(12,669 posts)

4. I'm sure the Proud Boys drove there in their Teslers.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 06:51 PM

Mar 31

OldBaldy1701E

(7,691 posts)

11. The irony, right?

Reply to dem4decades (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 08:01 PM

Mar 31

Defending a billionaire who makes cars that they will never be able to afford.

(Idiots.)

PatSeg

(50,098 posts)

12. And would never drive even if they could afford them

Reply to OldBaldy1701E (Reply #11)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 08:10 PM

Mar 31

They're just hankering for a fight and usually they don't even care what they're fighting about.

UTUSN

(73,898 posts)

6. K&R

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 06:52 PM

Mar 31

flvegan

(64,908 posts)

7. I don't see a bunch of gun toting nazis as being conducive to selling cars.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 07:07 PM

Mar 31

Lord Wankpanzer, I don't think this is the look you really wanted here.

Shitty CEO of a shitty car company defended by a bunch of otherwise shitty people. Sounds about right.

AStern

(211 posts)

8. Come now. People need to stop looking down on Nazis. This is why Democrats lose.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 07:09 PM

Mar 31

central scrutinizer

(12,561 posts)

9. They're going to have to sell a lot of meth

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 07:14 PM

Mar 31

To buy one of those cyber-dumpsters.

Gore1FL

(22,411 posts)

10. A bunch of armed people at a protest really brought in the business... Nt

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 07:19 PM

Mar 31

JI7

(91,779 posts)

13. Why don't they actually buy them ?

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 08:11 PM

Mar 31

jmowreader

(52,159 posts)

28. You can't roll coal in those things

Reply to JI7 (Reply #13)

Tue Apr 1, 2025, 07:20 AM

Apr 1

Marie Marie

(10,153 posts)

14. Oh goody. You just know these fools have been all dressed up and waiting

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 08:20 PM

Mar 31

to show up and play tough guys somewhere - anywhere .Now they can scrape their pennies from Mom's sofa cushions together, buy a Cybertruck and pretend that they own an actual armored tank - until the exterior panels start flying off.

louis-t

(24,263 posts)

15. It is the proud boys that will eventually

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 08:28 PM

Mar 31

shoot protesters in the legs. If they are arrested at all, tsf will pardon them. It's getting really scary.

orangecrush

(24,285 posts)

18. He can pardon them

Reply to louis-t (Reply #15)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 08:45 PM

Mar 31

But he can't protect them if they start shooting people.

They can bet their candy little asses on that.

hadEnuf

(3,120 posts)

19. Shoot back.

Reply to louis-t (Reply #15)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 08:47 PM

Mar 31

hibbing

(10,420 posts)

16. Corporate bootlicking is so edgy n/t

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 08:37 PM

Mar 31

Skittles

(163,554 posts)

17. IOW, the usual suspects

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 08:40 PM

Mar 31

ILikePie92

(67 posts)

20. SA

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 08:53 PM

Mar 31

The proud boys, militias, etc....are Trumps modern version of Hitlers' Sturm Abeilung or SA......the brown shirts. They're the violence distributing arm of the MAGAs.

BidenRocks

(1,346 posts)

21. If one of those fucks get shot,

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 08:53 PM

Mar 31

the rest will run!
Think Ashley Babbit. FAFO!
A dead coward. She never would have been there if not for chumps bullshit!

multigraincracker

(35,466 posts)

22. He says the uneducated and billionaires are his base.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 08:55 PM

Mar 31

They don’t look like billionaires.

FakeNoose

(37,192 posts)

23. 'Memba them? This was from a few years ago ... before all the arrests & convictions...

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 09:18 PM

Mar 31

Their fannies spell out "F-U-C-K--A-N-T-I-F-A"

Clever guys, huh?

FoxNewsSucks

(11,120 posts)

24. Actually, compared to most MAGAts, those are their geniuses.

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #23)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 09:36 PM

Mar 31

oasis

(52,225 posts)

25. Buffoon's battered booties. Brilliant!!!

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #23)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 09:47 PM

Mar 31

dchill

(42,080 posts)

26. Where's the birdshot?

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #23)

Mon Mar 31, 2025, 10:37 PM

Mar 31

CentralMass

(16,092 posts)

27. Rock salt.

Reply to dchill (Reply #26)

Tue Apr 1, 2025, 02:24 AM

Apr 1

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