MicroWaveFeb 15, 2025

Sheryl Crow says “so long Tesla,” donates money to NPR: “Under threat by President Musk”

https://lemmy.world/post/25624199

Sheryl Crow says goodbye to her Tesla and donates to NPR: 'You have to decide who you are willing to align with' - Lemmy.World

Summary Singer Sheryl Crow announced she is selling her Tesla and donating the proceeds to NPR, citing concerns over Elon Musk and his role in Trump’s administration. She criticized Musk’s DOGE, which is aggressively cutting federal agencies. Trump has also escalated attacks on NPR and PBS, with FCC chairman Brendan Carr launching an investigation into their broadcasts.

Show threadTiefling IRLFeb 15, 2025
More Tesla owners need to follow suit. Get rid of those Swasticars.
Show threadinclementimmigrantFeb 16, 2025

Are you going to help me and others pay for a new vehicle them?

Nice to say but not all of us have the cash to just buy a new vehicle for political protest.

Show threadnickwitha_k (he/him)Feb 16, 2025

political protest.

You say potato, I say “not visually signaling support for a guy who gives nazi salutes, provides monetary aid to literal nazis, and is currently engaged in an active attempt to permanently end democracy in the US”.

Show threadinclementimmigrantFeb 16, 2025
Spoken like a Internet blowhard.
Show threadnickwitha_k (he/him)
How long ago did you buy? Still enough Musk fanboys that either don’t care that he is a Nazi or support it. Likely able to sell it and buy an objectively better vehicle, if it is an actual concern.
Feb 16, 2025 at 6:14amWeb
Show threadinclementimmigrantFeb 16, 2025

I bought mine 2018 but I’m not going to be selling a perfectly working car, putting my family into more unnecessary debt right when inflation and stupid tariffs are knocking on our doors just to do absolutely nothing but some performative protest to appease a bunch of people on the Internet.

I bet most families that have bought Teslas are going to be doing the same, average people aren’t going to be just selling their cars for a protest, putting themselves into more financial strain.

But you do you Internet, I do wonder how many of those will actually put their money where their fingertips are, especially with all of these other companies who are kowtowing to this fascist administration.

Show threadnickwitha_k (he/him)Feb 17, 2025
Fair enough. That’s long enough of ownership that resale would likely be impacted. Getting into debt at this juncture would indeed not be recommended.