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Tesla have benefitted for years from their association with Musk. Deliberately so, their marketing has never been afraid to associate the two very closely when
by afavour 2y ago
Tesla have benefitted for years from their association with Musk. Deliberately so, their marketing has never been afraid to associate the two very closely when he’s perceived as a genius inventor, the real life Tony Stark, yadda yadda. It’s just come back to bite them. Specifically drawing a circle around “politics” seems like a very convenient opt-out clause.
> We need to change the law to treat political views as a protected trait
Just as soon as someone can define what “political views” are and aren’t, I guess? To choose an extreme example: if I’m a racist that’s bad but if I believe in the political concept of a whites-only ethnostate is that protected?
It’s very, very difficult to define where “politics” starts and stops.
- kbelder 2y ago> if I’m a racist that’s bad but if I believe in the political concept of a whites-only ethnostate is that protected? Bad views are protected. That's the point of it. Not difficult.
- afavour 2y agoSo racists are a protected class in this world? I’m alright without, thanks.
- kbelder 2y agoThose professing unpopular beliefs and belonging to unpopular religions were the very first 'protected class' listed in the constitution. Not really a 'class' though, since the protection applies to everybody.
- afavour 2y agoSo racism is just an “unpopular belief” now? Got it, got it. Still a no from me though, thanks.