Punatang - Thanks Durian Fiend for being the adult in the room. I'm disappointed that the wink wink nod nod support for domestic terrorism has been allowed to stand in this thread.
Not sure why you think there is any "wink wink nod nod" involved - every major social movement tends to have a radical wing that makes the moderate calls for reform more palatable. For every Frederick Douglass there is a John Brown, for Kue Petitions a Wilcox Rebellion, for Thoreau a Goldman, for MLK Jr a Malcolm X. Seems somewhat immature to not recognize this trend, maybe as naive as to deny that when you send chickens out in the Puna morning air from your coop, those chickens return that evening to your coop, not your neighbor's coop, and that never makes one sad, only glad (see fellow kids, that is how you wink and nod ;)
Durian Fiend - I'm also disappointed in a certain, fairly prominent politician sharing his glee publicly regarding Tesla's tanking stock value. Many people are glad to see it, including me, but in his position this sentiment is best kept private IMO.
But divestment is about making any association with or support for the target issue publicly undesirable. As Alex Winter has said, Tesla's investors could address this and pressure Musk to step down but the brand's value is closely tied to Musk's rep and hype (e.g. fully self-driving cars only months away for the last several years) so they may be tied to a sinking ship. Combine this public disdain for Musk with insurance costs for Teslas going up, some difficulties and cost with large repairs (even moreso with the cost of newly tariffed replacement parts) especially locally (car sent back to Oahu), and it's not a surprise that lots of people are publicly parting ways like Sheryl Crow.
Obie - Why do you keep popping up with the latest news from MSNBC national news
??? Must have missed Maddow - did she get a quote from Ron Vera? Maybe some coverage for Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz announcing he’s expanding his holds on White House nominees to include more names? Seems like a reasonable and very grown up form of protest, leaving the wrenching to the good and always curious monkeys.
Not sure why you think there is any "wink wink nod nod" involved - every major social movement tends to have a radical wing that makes the moderate calls for reform more palatable. For every Frederick Douglass there is a John Brown, for Kue Petitions a Wilcox Rebellion, for Thoreau a Goldman, for MLK Jr a Malcolm X. Seems somewhat immature to not recognize this trend, maybe as naive as to deny that when you send chickens out in the Puna morning air from your coop, those chickens return that evening to your coop, not your neighbor's coop, and that never makes one sad, only glad (see fellow kids, that is how you wink and nod ;)
Durian Fiend - I'm also disappointed in a certain, fairly prominent politician sharing his glee publicly regarding Tesla's tanking stock value. Many people are glad to see it, including me, but in his position this sentiment is best kept private IMO.
But divestment is about making any association with or support for the target issue publicly undesirable. As Alex Winter has said, Tesla's investors could address this and pressure Musk to step down but the brand's value is closely tied to Musk's rep and hype (e.g. fully self-driving cars only months away for the last several years) so they may be tied to a sinking ship. Combine this public disdain for Musk with insurance costs for Teslas going up, some difficulties and cost with large repairs (even moreso with the cost of newly tariffed replacement parts) especially locally (car sent back to Oahu), and it's not a surprise that lots of people are publicly parting ways like Sheryl Crow.
Obie - Why do you keep popping up with the latest news from MSNBC national news
??? Must have missed Maddow - did she get a quote from Ron Vera? Maybe some coverage for Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz announcing he’s expanding his holds on White House nominees to include more names? Seems like a reasonable and very grown up form of protest, leaving the wrenching to the good and always curious monkeys.