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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsApparently, Elon is upset that people have started calling Teslas swasticars.
https://bsky.app/profile/regcalgary.bsky.social/post/3lgo4hxgquk27Apparently, Elon is upset that people have started calling Teslas swasticars.

Kid Berwyn
(19,072 posts)Its catching, unfortunately.
Bobstandard
(1,799 posts)Kid Berwyn
(19,072 posts)Sounds accurate, like Accura.
Evolve Dammit
(19,878 posts)
Think. Again.
(21,382 posts)Kid Berwyn
(19,072 posts)
Think. Again.
(21,382 posts)Girard442
(6,505 posts)So, don't do it.
LauraInLA
(1,724 posts)though were trying to find options. And I hope people here dont approve of vandalism.
erronis
(17,665 posts)Assuming you are in LA you should be pretty safe from vandalism because of those stickers...
LauraInLA
(1,724 posts)Additionally, Id guess some people will assume Harris/Walz stickers are subterfuge to protect our MAGAmobile.
Scrivener7
(53,888 posts)the car itself has become a different kind of virtue signal.
The sticker's a good idea.
LauraInLA
(1,724 posts)erronis
(17,665 posts)LauraInLA
(1,724 posts)Bluetus
(575 posts)But I sympathize with Tesla owners who are financially trapped. We owned a couple of Priuses along the way. We never thought we were virtue signaling, but others may have thought so.
In our case, nobody at Toyota ever praised and encouraged Nazis, as far as I know.
LauraInLA
(1,724 posts)to support cleaner cars in California.
LauraInLA
(1,724 posts)orleans
(35,585 posts)is it a lease?
or don't they stick?
or he just doesn't want stickers on the car?
LauraInLA
(1,724 posts)Bluetus
(575 posts)More accurately, I had a pool car every day, but it wasn't always the same one. This was right after W and Cheney lied us into the Gulf war. So I made anti-war bomber stickers affixed to magnetic sheets. I could remove the sticker whenever I turned in the pool car.
This won't work if you have model S or X because they use aluminum panels, but it will work on the rest of them.
Bluetus
(575 posts)I was buying this car from a Nazi."
LauraInLA
(1,724 posts)CentralMass
(15,860 posts)LauraInLA
(1,724 posts)CentralMass
(15,860 posts)sdfernando
(5,530 posts)those cars have camera everywhere and they can record even when the car is parked and not being driven or occupied.
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Kid Berwyn
(19,072 posts)NAZI on the inside.
Labels should match contents.
LauraInLA
(1,724 posts)Kid Berwyn
(19,072 posts)Posted this just the other day...
Lemkin Institute Issues 'Red Flag Alert for Genocide' After Musk's Nazi Salutes
Achtung!
This guy making a NAZI Sieg Heil salute used his pocket change to buy the pee-residency for a puppet of Putin.
Lemkin Institute Issues 'Red Flag Alert for Genocide' After Musk's Nazi Salutes
"Trans people, refugees, and migrants are not the threats," the group said. "The billionaires with close ties to our new president who flash the Nazi salute and seek to replace the old elites with a new castethat is the real threat to America."
by Jake Johnson
Common Dreams, January 21, 2025
A group named after the Polish-born lawyer of Jewish descent who coined the term genocide issued a "red flag alert" for the United States on Monday after billionaire Elon Muska top ally of President Donald Trumptwice flashed what was widely seen as a Nazi salute during a post-inauguration event.
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Studies and Prevention said that "Musk's act is a frightening signal of things to come" and rejected the notion that the billionaire's gestures were unintentional.
"In light of Musk's important influence on the new administration," the group said in a statement, "the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention is issuing a Red Flag Alert for genocide in the United States."
The Lemkin Institute urged Americans to "respond with critical thinking" to any suggestion that Musk's salutes were merely awkward or odd-lookingbut ultimately benignexpressions of enthusiasm.
"Is it possible that any personespecially in South Africa (where support for Nazism was very strong) or the USA (where the History Channel has introduced almost all but the youngest generations to the Nazi salute)is unaware of this salute or what it means?" the group asked. "It is almost impossible that this was an unfortunate mistake. Finally, can we really believe that someone who is so often in the public eye would risk an arm gesturetwicethat looks almost exactly like the Nazi salute while he is supposedly celebrating Donald Trump's election to president? We strongly believe that Elon Musk's gesture was intentional. We will be happy to be proven wrong."
"Musk's Hitler salute cannot and must not be swept under the rug. The U.S. press, cowed as it has been under President Biden, cannot be trusted to cover the new president's administration with any backbone or honesty. It is up to the American people to defend the Constitution and this country's core values against all threats," the organization continued. "Trans people, refugees, and migrants are not the threats. The billionaires with close ties to our new president who flash the Nazi salute and seek to replace the old elites with a new castethat is the real threat to America."
Continues...
https://www.commondreams.org/news/lemkin-institute-musk-salute
Learn about the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security: https://www.lemkininstitute.com/
Original DU post: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219928411
ETA: Above all, I meant no disrespect to you or most anyone who owns an electric vehicle.
LauraInLA
(1,724 posts)Ray Bruns
(4,937 posts)🤣🤣🤣
Kid Berwyn
(19,072 posts)The worlds richest NAZI mighta been surprised to discover
The Flocken Elektrowagen, ja!
Perfect for that nazi. Space should be space nazis
Kid Berwyn
(19,072 posts)Following NASA as a young kid, I got to know Werner von Braun as the "Father of the Saturn V moon rocket." So, von Braun was a boyhood hero of mine. When I found out what he did in the war later, as an adult, von Braun, Oberth and all the NAZI scientists -- and a large number of spies recruited and welcomed by CIA -- who came to the USA after World War II became evil NAZI turds to me.
Imagine how different the world would be if all the resources devoted to killing one another were turned to making life better for all on earth? That was why JFK wanted the space program to be led, like the US military, by civilians. JFK "set aside" von Braun's NAZI past in order to beat the Russians to the moon. As the President lost his big brother Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., in World War 2 fighting the NAZIs, JFK would've tossed Musk -- a neo-NAZI if ever there was one -- out on his ear.
DENVERPOPS
(10,699 posts)Kid Berwyn
(19,072 posts)With all due respect to Mel Brooks and the talents behind the above, I understand the power of humor, but evil turds like Stephen Miller and Sebastian Gorka stretch it into a recruiting tool. May they rot in hell with all NAZIs.
DENVERPOPS
(10,699 posts)It is awesome, and right on target............
I love, that a week into Trump's term, his Trumphumpers are already bitching all over the country about getting screwed already by his actions........In office a week, and already taking time to go to one of his golf courses. His backtracking on all his outrageous campaign promises, is already becoming legendary and flying in the faces of all that swallowed his crap and believed him........
Ocelot II
(122,842 posts)
TheBlackAdder
(29,219 posts)Just as we walked past it, after a few failed backup and pull forward attempts while we had to stand there, the car stopped and the doors opened. As we walked, my daughter said at regular speaking level, "Nazi car." We continued in without event.
vapor2
(1,764 posts)Think. Again.
(21,382 posts)Hugin
(35,444 posts)Swasticars is closer to the mark.
rampartd
(1,458 posts)johnnyfins
(1,680 posts)Because it looks like a delorean.
hlthe2b
(107,760 posts)ificandream
(11,011 posts)Bluetus
(575 posts)If I don't forget..
Norrrm
(322 posts)VGNonly
(7,925 posts)Ilsa
(62,475 posts)I need to find that movie.
Magoo48
(5,864 posts)Hekate
(96,068 posts)
Ford_Prefect
(8,264 posts)Orrex
(64,650 posts)Because that's helpful.
txwhitedove
(4,053 posts)He thought it was funny, but said he's not a Nazi. Now I have to compile articles to send him. Sad that I read more than anyone in my family.
dalton99a
(86,245 posts)StarryNite
(11,235 posts)Oh wait, it might inhibit sales.
moniss
(6,479 posts)using the navigation system it now says "Thank you Mein Fuhrer".
liberalgunwilltravel
(651 posts)Some of the most loyal EV lovers.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nearly-third-elon-musk-ev-101700706.html
Aussie105
(6,691 posts)For a supposed genius, he is sorely lacking in insight and social skills.
They say the line between genius and madness is a thin one.
waterwatcher123
(300 posts)"One in four automotive consumers today say, They wont ever buy a Tesla because of Elon Musk. They come in a flash and then slowly fade away. In 1909, Ransom E. Olds had it going on. He had sold 10,000 of his curved dash Oldsmobiles and was the number one car company in America. He then sold out to Billy Durant and later made a fortune building R.E.O. speed wagons. (trucks) They come, and they go, LaSalle, Hudson, Nash, Packard, Tucker, DeLorean and Desoto. Tell em Groucho sent you! Or Ask the man who owns one!
Elons most likely headed for two in five consumers before long, then headed out the door. The board would like to take this opportunity to suggest you take a long, long, very private vacation. Where you say nothing to anyone about anything for a very long, long time. Or the board will be forced to take immediate legal action against you. YOUR mouth is costing US money! YOUR mouth is damaging OUR interests! We spend millions of dollars each year trying to entice customers and your antics alienate them from us. Its like a Ronald McDonald standing in front of the restaurant flipping people off in the drive thru.
Chances are, if consumers feel that way today. They will feel that way in the next five or ten years. Chances are, even if dear Elon were pushing up daises today, they would never ever buy a Tesla. Chances are, they will raise their children to not buy Teslas. Invite everyone to your pool party and then piss in the pool. Elon thinks he is inviolate because of his wealth. Billy Durant founded General Motors made what it was. Got pushed out and impoverished by bankers and ended up running a bowling alley. They cant do that to me!
Tesla Motors got a head start in the electric car market and did well. The name became synonymous with electric vehicles. Now, all the manufactures offer electric vehicles. Tesla is no longer unique or special in the market anymore. That curved dash Olds was a nice car in 1909. The Model T left the Olds in the dust by 1914 with the best feature ever developed. The Ford was cheap and getting cheaper."
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/25/2299119/-Elon-and-the-Electric-Edsel?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web
marble falls
(63,093 posts)InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,780 posts)Rebl2
(15,525 posts)Go back to South Africa you snowflake
AllaN01Bear
(23,851 posts)
AllaN01Bear
(23,851 posts)Bluethroughu
(6,781 posts)Reich kinda car for the Right kinda maga.
Free Elon Hitler wave sticker on every bumper.
BattleRow
(1,367 posts)
Bluethroughu
(6,781 posts)BattleRow
(1,367 posts)Bluethroughu
(6,781 posts)BattleRow
(1,367 posts)A touch of Musk...hey,Trump can grift that as scent "Project 2025."
NBachers
(18,287 posts)The Tesla truck would make a perfect Nazi staff car.
OverBurn
(1,132 posts)Exp
(122 posts)Paladin
(29,357 posts)PennRalphie
(386 posts)I remember reading that. She owned one but Im pretty sure she sold it.
usonian
(15,760 posts)
What is it with some automakers?


The golden Maltese cross, surrounded by four small swastikas, was presented to Ford in Ford Motors Dearborn offices by Fritz Haller, the German vice consul in Detroit.
From: https://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/21513/100_years_later_dearborn_confronts_the_hate_of_hometown_hero_henry_ford
chowmama
(603 posts)and people just go crazy in the head. That is Not! Fair!
Actually, Apartheid Clyde, it's perfectly fair. You're not being cancelled. Cancelled would mean you were fined or jailed for doing it. You can go on doing it all you like, and I've no doubt that you will.
However, we have the same right to our publicly expressed opinion, and you can't cancel us, either. Swasticar, swasticar, swasticar! it will be called forevermore. I already laugh and point every time I see one.
And being neurodivergent does not give you a free ticket to be a fucking asshole. We're going to express our opinion publicly on that as well. To your face, if I ever get a chance; you and the Terracotta Toddler. What a pair of losers.
kimbutgar
(24,114 posts)Swede
(35,277 posts)
Greybnk48
(10,471 posts)Tesla stock is tanking. Karmas a bitch Eloon.
et tu
(1,925 posts)elon's electric edsel [cyber whatevs]
raising2moredems
(732 posts)What did apartheid boy think was going to happen?
brush
(58,736 posts)That crap doesn't work here.
Klarkashton
(2,818 posts)If it meant my life.
samsingh
(17,965 posts)CentralMass
(15,860 posts)sakabatou
(43,924 posts)IzzaNuDay
(846 posts)Or should I send it to the White house for President Musk?
Aussie105
(6,691 posts)Could Elon be having his 'Spruce Goose' moment - or was that the Cybertruck?
Anyhow, most (all) car makers don't go out of their way to alienate potential future customers or infuriate current owners.
Besides, the Chinese EVs are coming . . . Tesla doesn't have the playing field all to itself.
Passages
(1,796 posts)berksdem
(769 posts)jerkyEd
(11 posts)Cancel Edolph Shitler's Twitter-X and switch to Bluesky.
cstanleytech
(27,341 posts)3auld6phart
(1,399 posts)Edolfh Musk, send the himparasite back to Boer country, South Africa whence t he Mongrel came from.
calimary
(85,153 posts)Thats Absolutely-Positively-Utterly FABULOUS! I hadnt heard that one til now. Sheesh - whereve I been?
Conjuay
(2,274 posts)JPK
(718 posts)It's a Chevy Volt. Love the car and it's not a swastikar.
Zambero
(9,798 posts)TommieMommy
(1,455 posts)Dem4life1234
(2,410 posts)All that money and still not satisfied to make other people miserable.
It's a loop now, he should have shut his mouth and maybe his cars and merch would continue to make money.
LetMyPeopleVote
(157,931 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(157,931 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(157,931 posts)
hurl
(1,013 posts)By the time they arrived, we pretty much all knew. But earlier Tesla models, not so much. I think a lot of good lefties bought Teslas before his pathology was on full display, so I try to reduce the broadness of my brush.