Lawmakers in New York state are moving to shut down Elon Musk’s Tesla dealerships in yet another blow to the billionaire CEO.
New York State Sen. Patricia Fahy and other lawmakers are fighting to remove a waiver that allows Tesla to operate five in-person dealerships in New York, instead forcing the company to sell their vehicles through dealer franchises, The New York Times reported Sunday.
“No matter what we do, we’ve got to take this from Elon Musk,” Fahy said in March when she first introduced the bill against Tesla. “He’s part of an effort to go backwards.”
She wants the company to relinquish its 5 licenses and instead distribute them to other EV manufacturers, such as Rivian, Scout Motors, and Lucid.
Because that is not a legally protected reason like religious beliefs. He hasn’t been convicted of a crime, he hasn’t taken an explicitly anti-religious stance, etc.
Again, they should say “due to the growing concern of Tesla’s alleged fraudulent behavior with EV tax incentives/government subsidies both domestically and abroad, we are reassessing the status of currently operating Tesla dealerships” (or something to that effect). That is related to Tesla. It’s way more legitimate than a vague gesture to “he’s a piece of shit.” You can’t refuse to let people do business because they’re bigoted assholes. That’s the sad reality.
You and I completely agree, it seems.
Love it when it happens! Been getting harassed by hexbear/lemmygrad fuckwits lately
I think you’re trapped by the Paradox of tolerance.
I know what that is and it’s not relevant. I’m not preaching tolerance. I’m talking strategy. I even provided what i believe to be a way better strategy using the same channels to get the same result.
How am I being tolerant of muskrat?
I disagree and think that it is. By explicitly stating that they are targeting Tesla within New York because of Elon Musk and his connection to the company there is a statement being made that they will no longer tolerate that behavior and the attempts to harm the country and the democracy by Elon Musk and that they will defend against his intolerance with whatever means they can.
When you’ve tried to use reason, when you’ve tried to work within the systems that are in place to deal with a bully and those systems have failed you and the bully is refusing to listen to reason then you reach a point where you just have to punch them in the nose.
You’re conflating ethics and legal issues. Ethically I say do whatever he’s got it coming. Legally it won’t stick if it’s flimsy. I want the same result, I disagree with the efficacy of the method and fear retaliation in kind. Weed legalization at the state level ignoring federal law created all kind of gaps for conservatives to get their shit through at the state level in flagrant defiance of federal law. We’ve seen this time and time again.
That is not tolerance of Musk and insisting I am tolerant of him won’t make it true. I am not.
No, I’m not. The article is about state lawmakers. Senators. The same people who gave Tesla a special exemption to sell directly to consumers rather than going through third party dealerships. If the bill passes and the Governor signs it then it becomes law. They gave Tesla a waiver, they can take it away.
I at no point insisted you were tolerant of Musk and if that was your takeaway then I’d suggest re-reading my comment or work on your reading comprehension. I stated that you seem to be stuck in the paradox of tolerance, it seems like you expect the state of New York to meet Musk, and more specifically Tesla, with tolerance to their intolerance.
Sorry but this just isn’t productive anymore, agree to disagree. Have a good one man
Capitulating to fascists usually isn’t productive.
I really don’t understand how you keep ignoring my desire to see the same exact result they’re going for here. It’s willful at this point. I can’t see any other explanation. Too invested in your mental image of me.
We could tolerate everything except intolerance itself.
Yes, that’s what the paradox of intolerance is all about.
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