To the editor: Absolutely it occurred to Elon Musk that there could be some blowback from his being the face of the firings of American staff (“Tesla attacks mark troubling twist in political violence as Musk divides America,” March 21). Did Musk not anticipate the anger and harm of hundreds of women and men shedding their skill to offer for themselves and their households whereas he gleefully jumped round on stage celebrating their distress? What precisely did he count on to occur? People are hopping mad and have hit again at the obvious goal.
Patricia Jacobs, Westlake Village
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To the editor: This text is nothing greater than fanning the hearth of home terrorism. Name it what it’s, “Tesla assaults mark troubling twist in political violence as Musk saves America.” Tolerating any exercise that threatens individuals or property shouldn’t be inspired. Your article does simply that. Phrases matter.
Steve Huard, Everett, Wash.
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To the editor: Tesla homeowners against insurance policies promulgated by Elon Musk aren’t the primary people to ditch their vehicles or refuse to contemplate buying a specific model as a result of politics. From the Nineteen Twenties to the late Forties, many Jews averted Ford Motor Co. merchandise due to founder Henry Ford’s avowed antisemitism. Ford’s Dearborn Impartial newspaper printed an notorious front-page antisemitic tract, “The International Jew: The World’s Problem,” based mostly on a hoax of czarist Russian origin, “Protocols of the Elders of Zion.”
Ford was sued for libel in 1927 however earlier than he was to testify, he closed the Dearborn Impartial, issued an apology and reached an out-of-court settlement with the plaintiff, a Jewish San Francisco lawyer named Aaron Sapiro, whom Ford had accused of exploiting farm cooperatives. The Jewish boycott of Ford merchandise largely continued till Henry Ford’s demise in April 1947.
Harold N. Bass, Porter Ranch
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To the editor: We purchased our first Tesla Mannequin S in 2013 and a Mannequin Y when it got here out. We bought them as a result of we felt we have been serving to the setting. My son, daughter, son-in-law and two grandsons all have Teslas. Once more, to assist the setting. All of our vehicles have been bought earlier than Musk went loopy.
I’m now embarrassed to be driving a Tesla, however nonetheless like my automotive and don’t intend to dump it. I’m simply hoping that folks perceive that almost all of Teslas on the street have been bought with good intentions and to not assist a person who has utterly modified his ideology and is engaged on dismantling the federal government.
Melanie Roschko, Westlake Village
