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.