Summary

Republicans’ efforts to portray Elon Musk as a MAGA martyr are failing, as his victim narrative struggles to resonate with conservative audiences.

Musk’s controversial statements and perceived elitism, including his complaints of being targeted by Democrats, have alienated even right-wing supporters.

Protests and vandalism against Tesla have damaged the brand, and Musk’s ties to Trump have hurt the Trump’s approval ratings, especially on economic issues.

Attempts to rally sympathy for Musk, including his emotional Fox News appearance, have largely backfired.

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    I don’t want Elon dead, I want him to go bankrupt, fail at creating some NRx corporate dictatorship so hard that he brings about a socialist utopia, and then end up getting the drug and mental health treatment he so badly needs for free, eventually issuing an apology for becoming such an asshole and proceeding to live out the rest of his days giving Ted talks around the theme of how being the richest person on earth was the most miserable time of his life.

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    Ahhh…diddums lose a few billion dollars in notional worth? Are those bad bullies boycotting little Muskie’s terrible cars?

    Ahhh… That’s so saaad…

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    Oligarchs deserve what’s coming. The Oligarchs are trying to convince the people they don’t have rights. At first the people will peacefully demand the restoration of the constitutional order. When the oligarchs refuse, the people will fight back, taking the fight to the doorstep of the oligarchs. If fighting starts, it will be too late for the oligarchs - the people are well armed.

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    Why would any person want to kill Muskrat? I can’t even think of 10,000 reasons. I certainly don’t think the world would be a better place if he was feeding worms in a shallow grave.

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    If he would drop his doge bullshit the hate would fade almost overnight even with the Nazi salute shit

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    Protests and vandalism against Tesla have damaged the brand

    This is the narrative Musk and Republicans want.

    The protests and vandalism aren’t hurting his brand.

    They’re another consequence of him openly being a fucking Nazi, which is what’s hurting his brand.

    It’s not that complicated, but a shit ton of people keep missing the point

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      So help crash his tesla stock so that the bank collects on his loan stock collateral, which will force him to to pay tax, too.

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    I don’t want to kill Musk, but I’m not going to shed any tears about anything bad that happens to him or any other racist, fascist piece of shit.

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      Clarence Darrow wrote: “All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike some one they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.”

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      Don’t kill him. Just tax him like they would with a normal working person. That would throw him into a world of sufferung.

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      Just every day some little misfortune to balance out karma like wet sleeves after washing hands, occasionally stepping into dog crap, marmalade toast falling on the floor upside down, a few paper cuts, stepping onto lego barefoot, mobile phone falling into toilet bowl and so on.

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    People cheer at the news that Tesla dealerships are burning. That isn’t because they hate Tesla, it’s because Musk is an insufferable piece of shit. He solidified his legacy of trash when he went alt-right. He’s now the villain and always will be

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      And the fucker revels being a villain. CPAC appearance on stage with a chainsaw, telling Bob Iger to go fuck himself, Nazi salutes, the list goes on… His brain is obviously mush, but I kinda wonder how he thought this was going to play out for his companies any other way than it has.

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    Basically?

    No, motherfucker. Literally.

    And every article I see posted about Elons lame sorry ass further secures the aggressive positions I have taken against TSLA in the stock market.

    Suffer, you petulant wealth goblin.

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    Imagine saying “They basically want me dead.” and then wearing your child as a human shield. Father of the year.

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    They say things like this because their base wants to kill people they dislike. Most people don’t want to kill people they dislike, they want them to win three Guinness World Records for longest lasting, least operable, and largest hemorrhoids.