Cybertruck Owners Baffled After Months of Hate Aimed at Tesla Drivers: 'I Never Expected It to Turn People Against Me'
Cybertruck Owners Baffled After Months of Hate Aimed at Tesla Drivers: 'I Never Expected It to Turn People Against Me'
It was introduced as a "concept vehicle" in 2019. Musk was way deep into the Nazi khole by then.
You bought a Tesla before 2019? Fine, I'll give you a pass. You bought a Tesla after 2019? Hard fucking side eye. You bought a Cybertruck, which didn't actually start delivery until November 2023? Fuck you, fascist.
2019 Elon was an asshole who called people pedos, cared more about the aethetics of the factory floor than worker safety, manipulated stock value by blatantly lying, fought unionization, and attacked whistleblowers. His open right-wing political 'turn' didn't start until people told him he needed to follow the rules to prevent the spread of Covid.
It's so hard to believe that Cybertruck buyers are surprised that people hate them. They ignored all of these things about Elon and Tesla and then they bought the ugliest car ever made. They didn't hear a single thing about Elon in the last decade and then dropped $100k on a stainless steel death trap that is awful at doing actual truck things and is barely held together? Like how did they hear about the truck in the first place if they are so disconnected from the world?
Since I can never tell which Teslas are from when, my hatred is directed almost exclusively at swastikars (cybertrucks) because they're easily identifiable as supporting fascists. I hope they see every middle finger they get on the road - from me or anyone else.
Even through 2024, I was interested in buying a Model 3 but with a bit of hesitation about supporting Elon as the "free speech absolutist" predictably crushed free speech on Twitter. But this year, seeing Elon prove himself on stage to be a full blown Nazi was of course the end of that dream.
I think you grossly overestimate how concerned and informed people are about the billionaire CEO of any random corporation. Elon stands out above the rest as a more public figure, but even as aware of him as I already was, I never would have in 2019 called him a Nazi.
Try hard as they might, the irrefutable and impossible to miss proof is here now though - so I withhold judgement for anyone who buys in 2025, personally. A purchase previously was supporting a piece of shit. A purchase now is just straight up supporting a Nazi.
Even through 2024, I was interested in buying a Model 3
Why? My understanding is that there are better EVs for the same or less money available.
Back when Teslas boasted longer range and greater features than the limited other EVs on the market and were by far the more sporty option it kind of made sense.
Now it just seems like everything else is equal and when given the choice between a Ford and a Reichswagen it shouldn’t be hard to not pick the Reichswagen.
Edit: I’m aware of the irony using Ford in my example as the alternative.
“Many attendees insist their support of Tesla is about innovation, not politics.”
”The Confederate flag is about my heritage!”
- "I'm a centrist btw."
$100 says these "confused" Cybertrucks owners have said "go woke go broke" unironically when they see minority representation in media.
We all knew from the start that it was an ugly garbage car. So they either spent 80k+ to advertise their fascism or their own stupidity. There's no innocuous reason to own a cyber truck.
On a related note, in my redneck area, there was a recent sharp uptick in Teslas on the road, where previously it was mostly diesel trucks with illegal smokestacks and "Prius repellent" decals. All it took was a few sieg heils from Musk to convert the coal rollers to all electric. Like little nazi see'n'says.
Let’s just remove Elon from the conversation momentarily.
It’s still a poorly designed piece of garbage that costs about 5x what it’s worth, and can’t even do basic truck things as well as a piece of shit Chevy S10. I would still consider you an absolute maroon for buying it regardless.
"I think people are nuanced enough to figure out there's a difference between a CEO and a product," said Matt Holm, president of the Tesla Owners Club of Austin. Holm is a Democrat who thinks its unfair to target Tesla for Musk's politics. "Have you ever heard of a car company called Volkswagen? They are a car company commissioned by Hitler and designed to be the 'people's car' of Nazi Germany."
The nuance understander conveniently left out the nuance that their example is one company is from 80 years ago and the other one is right here. Also, saying hate the player not the game for Hitler is
Germany made amends. Volkswagen became independent of the government. VW's CEO is not actively campaigning against the world at large.
There's his nuance.
Be Nice. VW was a Nazi Company and people STILL Drive those around so its OK to Drive around Tesla's which According to His Analogy are ALSO a Nazi Company!
I used to live in Austin until four years ago. It used to be considered a blueberry in a bowl of tomato soup. A few weeks ago I made a pit stop there and I was shocked at the amount of Swastikars and IncEl Caminos on the road. I drive all across the country, including deep red states, and I have never seen such a concentration of Teslas ever in my life.
"In the early days of Tesla, these guys in big gas-guzzling trucks used to step on the gas and shoot exhaust at your car when you were driving behind them," Imanbaev said. "Now all these same guys are giving us thumbs up and honking their horns in support. It's hilarious."
Yeah I wonder why dumbass.
I assumed those people already hated themselves. I mean, I'd hate me too if I was dumb enough to buy one of those swastikars/ dumpstertrucks.
Many owners say they've been met with middle fingers, angry stares, and cold shoulders — a reaction they attribute not to the truck itself, but to Tesla CEO Elon Musk's increasingly controversial political presence.
Also the truck itself, but the Nazis thing is a bigger better reason.
I shook my head at the design of the fucking things as it was unveiled. It’s a stupid design with stupid features (bullet proof doors and glass were a douchbag selling point from the get go).