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no_hypocrisy

(54,278 posts)
Sat Mar 29, 2025, 04:46 AM Mar 2025

Some good tidings to share with you: [View all]

I joined a group of 10 on the highway in front of a Tesla dealership in Paramus, NJ during rush hour yesterday. Maybe eight signs between us. Stuff like (F)Elon, Resist, etc. And four lanes of highway traffic were loaded with cars and trucks.

And we waved at the traffic, smiling.

And I'm reporting that (estimating) 60-70% of the cars honked, gave us a reciprocal wave, thumbs up, big smiles, etc. The best response was from the big rig trucks that blew their horns long and loud.

Oh yeah, there were a nominal number of cars that gave us the finger/the bird or a thumbs-down, and swore at us. Some were MAGAs I would imagine. A lot of them seemed like young punks who have no idea what's going on, but they like to be punks.

And TESLA employees had their camera-phones out, but I don't know why. They could only get the back of our heads.

We WERE going to protest today, but we got a heads-up that a PRO-TESLA group was coming at our usual time today, and we didn't want to distract from our message.

My message to you is there are a LOT OF folks who agree with us, to protest TSF and Musk. They may not be on DU. They may not show up to protest. But trust me, they are with us.

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Some good tidings to share with you: [View all] no_hypocrisy Mar 2025 OP
I love your report stollen Mar 2025 #1
Awesome! Chi67 Mar 2025 #2
Thank you both for protesting and for reporting. Bumbles Mar 2025 #3
Y'know, it's the message, not the small number of people protesting. no_hypocrisy Mar 2025 #4
Positive energy. Way to go. twodogsbarking Mar 2025 #5
Thank You. Magoo48 Mar 2025 #6
K & R malaise Mar 2025 #7
keep it up!!!! Celerity Mar 2025 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author vapor2 Mar 2025 #9
TY you and your fellow protestors! electric_blue68 Mar 2025 #10
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