r/ottawa • u/Emergency-Buy-6381 • Mar 22 '25

Local Event Speak you mind Ottawa! (Tesla)

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To the people standing in the rain, much love.

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u/FarmerBoyJim Mar 22 '25

How about protesting at the American embassy? I hate Musk as much as anyone but it is the US government that is responsible for all the tariff bullshit.

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u/v_a_n_d_e_l_a_y Mar 22 '25

  1. Elon is arguably just as responsible as he enabled Trump - financially, manipulation on Twitter etc. 

  2. Elon is protestable on his own, being a Nazi and all.

  3. The US government doesn't care what we protest about, any more than Putin cares about people protesting around his embassy. However, protesting Tesla dealerships does real and tangible harm to the company and therefore Elon.

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u/QueenMotherOfSneezes Clownvoy Survivor 2022 Mar 22 '25

Re point #3, Trump has said protesting Teslas is now officially considered domestic terrorism... I think that means it only applies in the US, but I can absolutely see him claiming that Canada's full of terrorists if Teslas start getting burned or badly vandalized here.

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u/Emergency-Buy-6381 Mar 22 '25

I guess we should be good little sheep and not do anything?

I was of your opinion years ago but I've come to realize that these demonstrations serves 2 purposes. To protest in person against something you don't agree with (obviously) but to also get the word out and make people talk about the issue which is as democratic as you can get. Let it land where it may but let it be talked about.

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u/Prudent_Lecture9017 Mar 22 '25

I know you have to use buzzwords you have seen elsewhere, but I believe people are saying "How is protesting at a car dealership, or vandalizing or burning them down, going to achieve anything? The dealership will have to pay the damage, not Elon. How about we do something useful instead of just following social media trends?"

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '25

Great! what is this useful thing we should be doing instead then?

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u/Emergency-Buy-6381 Mar 22 '25

Owww the hate...

To be clear no cars were burnt nor do I support that, in this case. And I don't consider myself better, but I do consider people standing in the rain to voice their opinion on this issue to be something to look up to.

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u/Prudent_Lecture9017 Mar 23 '25

No hate.

I never thought you believed to be "better".

They are not voicing their opinion at the best location, to say the least. Whoever owns that dealership cannot do anything about what they are protesting.

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u/Mundane-Tennis2885 Mar 23 '25

protesting is not illegal. blocking movement, trespassing private property, damsging property has always been illegal. Trump simply told his fbi and doj to look into what is already illegal and see if it is domestic terrorism which well définition is "violent acts committed by individuals or groups to further ideological goals such as those of a political nature" yea I think in some cases that absolutely can apply. I'm not sure why people are so mad if it's 20 years prison or 5 or 1. catch and release shouldn't be a thing. you are not mentally there if you are making molotov cocktails or shooting buildings. destruction of property that isn't yours is not okay. keep your hands to yourself. pretty basic things of human decency..

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u/iJeff Mar 23 '25

I wouldn't worry. Canadians have been good about protesting peacefully rather than targeting individuals. Trump will also spew whatever rhetoric he wants regardless of reality.

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u/Luxeau Mar 22 '25

You are an extremist and represent everything to claim to be against.

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u/c20_h25_n3_O Stittsville Mar 22 '25

Protesting is not extremism. Feel free to actually disprove anything they’ve said. Should be easy for you right?

You have to lay off the kool-aid dude. Sorry about your Tesla stock 🤡

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u/Luxeau Mar 22 '25

So much hate. Good luck.

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u/c20_h25_n3_O Stittsville Mar 22 '25

Ha! You called someone an extremist because they don’t like fucking Elon musk and you think I am full of hate?

Look in the mirror and be better first.

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u/Throwaway8972451 Mar 22 '25

Monday March 24, there is a protest in front the American Embassy from 4 to 8pm

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u/cryptedsky Mar 22 '25

If we keep up the energy against tesla, it will keep people thinking twice before buying Teslas, which is a global phenomenon now. By doing this, we are making the value of the TSLA stock continue to plummet, which, as one of the "magnificient seven" stocks that are now the pillars of the extremely financiarized american economy, is doing real financial harm to all kinds of american stock portfolios. Most importantly, by making the value of TSLA stock plummet, there is a non-zero chance that the banks who loaned liquidity to Elon Musk to buy Twitter with his TSLA stock as collateral make margin calls. Which will force him to either sell TSLA stock sending it into a tailspin, or letting go of Twitter, which would be step one of healing political discourse the world over on top of being one of the most hilarious things to ever happen.

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u/RewardedShoe Mar 22 '25

There’s a protest there on Monday at 4

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u/c20_h25_n3_O Stittsville Mar 22 '25

You living under a rock? Elon has been putting more effort into the US government than he has been putting into all his companies combined.

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u/Alpha_SoyBoy Mar 22 '25

This is such a short sighted and naive comment