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[UPDATE: fake] They made his car "cease & desist"
(lemmus.org)
UPDATE: Busted by the Verge, sorry everybody. Fuck.
*Original Post*
Article: Tesla Allegedly Disables Rapper’s Cybertruck After Song Critique.
Normally I would care that it's a fake story but in this case I don't mind spreading it. That guy needs to pay for what he has done to our country.
The reason to care is that when Tesla does pull shenanigans with their cars, now everyone's going to just call it "fake news". This incident has just bought them all the cover in the world to be assholes.
No, when you spread disparaging lies about someone it only makes their critics look less trustworthy in the future. It's like the boy who cried wolf.
Fake news is the tool of the enemy. You don't need it when there is plenty of truth available as ammunition.
The worst part is, I don't think you're even joking
You know I might be just crazy enough to have even upvoted the original post.
Seems unfair for only one side to have weaponized fake news
That's always the justification isn't it?
See all this does is mislead people who might otherwise talk about legitimate grievances about Tesla. Now they have easily disproved bullshit to spew and will look like idiots who are trapped in liberal media bubbles if they try to talk about this with anyone who's paying attention.
The only advantage we have is the truth, don't let that go.
And I am ready to look the other way, because why should I care about Musk when he hates me? There are other priorities.
Actually, I will begin by not even fact-checking the original post. That's right. I will vibe-comment (I hope I'm using this at least somewhat right. I'm very old in internet years, I'm so sorry).