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We cancelled ours when he tweeted and insinuated there were valid reasons for someone sneaking into the Pelosi house and hitting her husband in the head with a

We cancelled ours when he tweeted and insinuated there were valid reasons for someone sneaking into the Pelosi house and hitting her husband in the head with a hammer. It would have been our second Tesla purchase and now we have none. Could not imagine being associated with Elon in any way and certainly not in the car I drive around.

serial_dev 2y ago
The article is about European sales though. I know some European people are obsessed with American politics as if there was nothing worth discussing that's European, but the number of people who knows and cares about whatever happened at Nancy Pelosi's house, then knows what Elon had to say about that, then deciding it's so egregious that they can't buy a Tesla anymore it's probably single digits.
- socksy 2y ago
  Elon is not exactly beloved in Europe either, for all sorts of non Pelosi related reasons
- AnthonyMouse 2y ago
  > The article is about European sales though. Which is probably the main point. It's well known that American companies sell a higher proportion of their cars in America than in Europe and vice versa. That a foreign company was ever outselling domestic producers in a region with a large automotive industry is an unusual and generally short-lived phenomenon.
- makeitdouble 2y ago
  Musk's comments know no border, the EU also gets to enjoy his wisdom on highly sensitive subjects: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/elon-musk-wades-into-german-debate-over-migration-2023-09-29/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/elon-musk-wades-into-ge... Along with X's well adjusted moderation policies: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/elon-musk-gives-gold-checkmark-to-holocaust-denier/ar-BB1hj43y?ocid=BingNewsVerp https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/elon-musk-gives-gold-ch... I'm sure the Germans are thrilled with all of it.
blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
> We cancelled ours when he tweeted and insinuated there were valid reasons for someone sneaking into the Pelosi house and hitting her husband in the head with a hammer Actually it is you who is insinuating something, incorrectly. You’re suggesting that Musk said the attack was justified. He didn’t. He retweeted an article that suggested a connection between the attacker and Paul Pelosi, and Musk added, “There is a tiny possibility there might be more to this story than meets the eye.” Musk was careful to acknowledge that the chance that there was more to the story was low (“tiny possibility”). He also later deleted his own tweet within a few hours of it being posted. I don’t see a problem with people speculating about what may have happened. We know what happens when speculation is not allowed - you get situations like the lab leak theory being incorrectly suppressed until it is too late to investigate WIV or hold the CCP accountable. As for why people speculated anything in the Pelosi situation at all: the official recording of the police interaction in this incident has Paul Pelosi telling police that David was a “friend”. This caused people to search for reasons this friend would be visiting the home at odd hours.
- tbrownaw 2y ago
  > Musk was careful to acknowledge that the chance that there was more to the story was low (“tiny possibility”). These days I usually default to reading that sort of comment as saying the things with the tiny chance was likely, and the smaller the stated chance the higher the likelihood.
- aworks 2y ago
  Why would I want to know about Musk thinks in this situation? I don't particularly look to CEOs for guidance on political and societal issues.

serial_dev 2y ago

The article is about European sales though. I know some European people are obsessed with American politics as if there was nothing worth discussing that's European, but the number of people who knows and cares about whatever happened at Nancy Pelosi's house, then knows what Elon had to say about that, then deciding it's so egregious that they can't buy a Tesla anymore it's probably single digits.

socksy 2y ago
Elon is not exactly beloved in Europe either, for all sorts of non Pelosi related reasons
AnthonyMouse 2y ago
> The article is about European sales though. Which is probably the main point. It's well known that American companies sell a higher proportion of their cars in America than in Europe and vice versa. That a foreign company was ever outselling domestic producers in a region with a large automotive industry is an unusual and generally short-lived phenomenon.
makeitdouble 2y ago
Musk's comments know no border, the EU also gets to enjoy his wisdom on highly sensitive subjects: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/elon-musk-wades-into-german-debate-over-migration-2023-09-29/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/elon-musk-wades-into-ge... Along with X's well adjusted moderation policies: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/elon-musk-gives-gold-checkmark-to-holocaust-denier/ar-BB1hj43y?ocid=BingNewsVerp https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/elon-musk-gives-gold-ch... I'm sure the Germans are thrilled with all of it.

blackeyeblitzar 2y ago

> We cancelled ours when he tweeted and insinuated there were valid reasons for someone sneaking into the Pelosi house and hitting her husband in the head with a hammer Actually it is you who is insinuating something, incorrectly. You’re suggesting that Musk said the attack was justified. He didn’t. He retweeted an article that suggested a connection between the attacker and Paul Pelosi, and Musk added, “There is a tiny possibility there might be more to this story than meets the eye.” Musk was careful to acknowledge that the chance that there was more to the story was low (“tiny possibility”). He also later deleted his own tweet within a few hours of it being posted. I don’t see a problem with people speculating about what may have happened. We know what happens when speculation is not allowed - you get situations like the lab leak theory being incorrectly suppressed until it is too late to investigate WIV or hold the CCP accountable. As for why people speculated anything in the Pelosi situation at all: the official recording of the police interaction in this incident has Paul Pelosi telling police that David was a “friend”. This caused people to search for reasons this friend would be visiting the home at odd hours.

tbrownaw 2y ago
> Musk was careful to acknowledge that the chance that there was more to the story was low (“tiny possibility”). These days I usually default to reading that sort of comment as saying the things with the tiny chance was likely, and the smaller the stated chance the higher the likelihood.
aworks 2y ago
Why would I want to know about Musk thinks in this situation? I don't particularly look to CEOs for guidance on political and societal issues.