Declaring a boycott as illegal is itself illegal and a violation of the 1st Amendment 🌷🌈🖕
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The republican controlled congress will impeach any minute now...
Any. minute. Now.
Maybe Trump doesn’t know what the word “illegal” means 
Oh, he knows. It’s his middle name.
Bad news, there's precedent for making boycotts illegal, though that's based on a deliberate misreading of hate speech laws
I was actually reading this wikipedia page earlier after posting and it seemed like these Anti-BDS laws only apply to government offices and government contractors
Most anti-BDS laws have taken one of two forms: contract-focused laws requiring government contractors to promise that they are not boycotting Israel; and investment-focused laws, mandating public investment funds to avoid entities boycotting Israel.
A broad law mandating that the public at large can't not buy certain products, or can't ask others to do the same would be unenforceable I would think -- though I'm not going to doubt the Roberts Court ability to find some way to make something that absurd law if asked by their king...
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I don't even understand how a boycott would be illegal. It's illegal to not buy products from a certain company? How can you tell if a person is not buying because they're boycotting or because they never had the intention of buying in the first place?
Everyone's actually required to buy a Tesla now or else they're gonna be in really big trouble
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However, the billionaire's increasing government influence has aligned with a global decline in Tesla sales, leading some to believe his political moves are damaging the company's brand.
For me, the Tesla brand is permanently damaged. I will never buy a Tesla. I don't care if they're good EVs, I don't care if they're the best EVs, I will never buy one.
The thing is they aren’t even good EVs.
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What is this article? "critics said resembled a Nazi salute"? Fuck off, Nazi apologists. He did a Nazi salute. It happened.
Nowadays we're all under Leon's watchful eye. He'll call out billionaires and straight-up fabricate shit about them. He knows no one is gonna come at him in any meaningful way. If anyone should manage to get on his radar (camera, whatever lol... Had to throw in a stupid Tesla joke) they will be thrust into the public eye where he's comfortable and in control of the narrative enough to intimidate most into submission. He is big brother now, and it couldn't be stupider
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The hit dog yelps. The boycotts are working.
What's Musky gonna do? Sue everyone who doesn't buy a swastika like he's trying to do to advertisers who left Twitter?
Yeah I just dead-named that bitch
I like the combination Xitter, pronounced "shitter"
what does that mean lol is everyone required by law to buy a tesla
It means Trump doesn't like it. And Trump can go fuck himself with a chainsaw. Despite his delusions, his word isn't law. It's just a flood of lies, threats and bullshit.
this guy wouldnt know 'illegal' if he grabbed it by the pussy
Are you suggesting that convicted felon Donald Trump lacks respect for the law?
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Fellas, is it illegal to have no money to buy something?
oh wait
read news article about a homeless man getting shot 50 times
👀
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tHe mArKeT WiLl ReGuLaTe ItSeLf!
Like I get it, kind of, the need to call him stupid. But we need to move past this and start calling it what it is. Power consolidation, violations of the constitution, a fucking coup. Him and his handlers know exactly what they’re doing.
So, what I’m interested in here is: what the fuck are you gonna do about it, orangeboi? Bitch and moan? What’s the punishment for boycotting the brand? Spell it out for me. I want you, or eel-on-musk, to explain what you’re going to do to directly counter this “illegal boycott” - putting aside the fact that that combination of words makes about as much sense as “aerodynamic bedsheet”.
"Free" market
"Free" "market"
Fixed that for you.
Trump just has the strategy to give media 3 topics which make good headlines every day. Then he can do the "important" stuff unbothered. Soo, this ist the kind of stuff we hear about. But, what about the rest?
Exactly, it's all just smoke and mirrors.
"Hey, look over there while I do something under the table“
Aww cry harder trump
"we believe in the free market"
"NO NOT LIKE THAT"
which critics said resembled a Nazi salute.
There's journalists right now getting murdered for standing up to tyranny and this spineless ass-kissing ball-gargling excuse of a tabloid writer is excusing Nazis.
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Oh I guess the orange con man is also gonna tell us what kind of underwear we're allowed to buy now.
Would be nice if someone hacked a fleet of teslas to full-self-drive straight to the landfill.
To Agent Orange, "illegal" means "me no like."
So, do I turn myself in, or just wait for someone to call the authorities?
I think I’ll wait.
And not a single journalist will ask him what law he claims has been broken.
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Suck my balls. The US constitution says differently, little piss baby.
It's illegal to not buy one? Does that mean we all have to buy one now? Lol
Is it a boycott if I was never going to buy that piece of crap in the first place?
From the guy who knows all about illegal.
Based on his past behavior, I think we can all agree that of all the things this dumbass doesn't know, what's legal or illegal is definitely top of that list.
OPEC is not gonna like Krasnov pushing EV's
"Well, maybe it's not illegal yet, but it will be soon."
-Republicans, probably.
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