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Count how many things you bought Made in China over the years, purchases that have been directly funding the CCP to commit actual genocide and crimes against humanity for years, then apply your anti-Tesla-owner logic to that fact, then look at the clown you see in the mirror because that's what you are with that logic when you apply it to yourself.

And with that egg on your face, hypocrites like you dare lecture people for buying a car brand, just because the company's owner raised his right arm. Two-faced cherry-picking hypocrites. You have no logical arguments, just cheap appeals to emotional manipulation. It's best to be quiet and let people assume you're stupid than talk and remove all doubt.

BTW, did you know VW, BMW, Mercedes and Porsche used slave labor in WW2? What do you say about the owners of those brands? Why don't you all hate those users too using the same logic?




> You have no logical arguments, just cheap appeals to emotional manipulation

What? i mean, people who argue for "voting with their wallet" and then crying when people do just that are not hypocritical?

It seem very factual to me, where is the appeal to emotion? Is it on the "people who can't see how hypocritical it is are idiots" ? Where is the manipulation? I truly think that, i don't see a flaw in my logic there

> BTW, did you know VW, BMW, Mercedes and Porsche used slave labor in WW2? What do you say about the owners of those brands?

Yes, as did Renault, and i own one (well, i share the ownership of one). Honestly i don't care (like i don't care about people buying Tesla or not), i don't think people should vote with their wallet, i'd rather have people go out and protest or organize, because action is better than passivity. I was never in the "consumer made their choice"/"vote with your wallet" crowd, i always tought it was a discussion closer that people used to avoid thinking about issues. I'm quite happy however than a part of that crowd show how hypocritical they are, and i try to make them remember that.

My comment wasn't aimed at you, i couldn't have known you ever said "vote with your wallet", but i make it my duty to remind people who say that they should then shut up about boycotts.

But i guess you will probably avoid responding to that comment now that you understand how wrong you are (THIS is emotional manipulation, or a bad attempt at it :D)




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