Problem with setting Teslas on fire is we can't know if it's an act of protest or if they just did that on their own.
this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2025
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The incident in Kansas City genuinely does sound like one just caught itself on fire.
In Kansas City, Police Captain Jacob Becchina said in a statement that an officer first observed smoke coming from a Cybertruck parked in a Tesla parking lot. “The officer used his fire extinguisher, however, KCFD was still needed as he could not put the fire out,” Becchina said. “The fire spread to a second Cybertruck parked next to the original burning one. The circumstances are under investigation, but preliminarily, the fire is being investigated for the potential of being an Arson.”
Could be insurance fraud too.
Probably a lot of the time it is. Nows a great time to do it if you're gonna.
Saw a post earlier where a guy was 42,000$ underwater on his and wanted to offload it at that big of a loss before his insurance dropped it entirely.
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I was JUST about to say; how do we know they didn't just do that? or that this wasn't a buggy firmware update that just did that? or a malicious firmware update that did this?
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In posts on X following the incident, Tesla CEO Elon Musk called the incidents “terrorism” and said the company “just makes electric cars and has done nothing to deserve these evil attacks.”
OK buddy.
The cars suck, but he's right that the company hasn't done anything to deserve this. He's the one who chose to make himself the face of Tesla, though, so however people feel about him, they'll feel about any business he owns.
Terrorism, though? Hardly. It's protest. He's the one doing terrorism by dismantling the government.
The cars are poorly designed to the point of being dangerous. They deserve it a little.
Terrorism, though? Hardly.
Pretty much the definition of terrorism. Doesn't necessarily make it wrong.
That's what was so terrifying about the Patriot Act for so long.
Violent, criminal acts
Property damage is not violence and nonviolent protests are not terrorism. They will claim it is. They are lying.
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Yes, but that definition also defines... basically all the most heinous things that Trump and those around him have done in the last... 5 years, lets say? ... as terrorism.
Remember CPAC, 2022?
... kinda speaks for itself.
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It’s not terrorism. They were just peacefully touring the dealerships. Just like January 6. Peacefully touring.
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Been thinking about this a lot. They can say it’s terrorism. History is written by the winners.
But…
Rebellion is constitutional, but not legal. If you rebel, you die a terrorist or live a hero. Not much middle ground.
Jan 6ers were pardoned, so by this logic all the car vandalisms are legal too.
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Some advice for demonstrations (including propaganda of the deed):
- Wear a ski mask. Wear rubber gloves.
- Wear anonymous clothing.
- Don't trust phones. Don't use them to plan, and leave them turned on at home.
- Use a cell structure to organize, and share info on a need-to-know basis only.
- Assume there are not only cameras but microphones.
- Don't drive anywhere near the location of the demo. Ride-haining services are even worse. Don't even cycle in unless you can go off-road.
- Distinguish individuals' property from corporate property.
- The goal is to live to fight another day. A fair fight is one in which you don't get hurt.
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if you know anything about who did it no you don't
It's obviously the MAGA crowd. They've spent years complaining about electric vehicles. They've just escalated that to burning them out. The police need to go have a nice chat with the rolling coal types.
Probably god's will or something. What's the pont of investigating.
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We know that Teslas sometimes just catch fire on their own.
We also know that sometimes Tesla drivers will set their cars on fire themselves on purpose. Because of that...
We also know that Elon has a backdoor into all Teslas.
Now ask yourself which is more likely, the woke liberal crybabies actually causing violence or a drug addled and politically embattled CEO of a company that lost 50% of its value in the past 3 months creating a false flag to villainize the left and get insurance to cover damage to the vehicles he can't sell?
/s (kind of)
Didnt the Nazi party burn down the Reichstag and blame it on the other party?
They blamed it on the communist party, yes. There were 8 parties represented in the Reichstag at the time though.
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If unsold teslas catch fire, i'm convinced it's some insurance scam. A car sold and a car gone that they can't fix anyway
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Oh no! they should be dismantled instead of burned. Some of those electric motors could be put into better use.
"Trump administration looking to categorize Tesla vandalism as domestic terrorism" Because Republicans are cowards without principles who can never even think of opposing him.
Oh no. Anyways.
Oh no!
Anyway...
Oh no. Anyway..
Keep it up!
Ohhhhhh nooooooooooo! Let me grab my very tiny violin.
I have never, and will never, see anyone vandalize a Tesla. 🙈
Stick to the showrooms and dealers. The victims in Las Vegas was just owners who brought their cars in to be fixed.
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Spontaneous combustion
I didn't see nuffin
I have zero evidence Musk ordered the Tesla vandalism. Which, coincidentally, is exactly how surprised I'd be to find out he had.
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