The Demographic Pattern Of Tesla Vandals Continues

Minnesota state employee Dylan Bryan Adams, 33, was allegedly caught on camera keying multiple Teslas.
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A week ago, I noted a pecullair demographic pattern among the great majority of perpetrators alleged to have damaged Tesla vehicles or sabotaged Tesla dealerships in protest of Elon Musk's involvement with the Trump administration, namely that they tend either to be members of the "bobo" managerial-professional class, or they tend to be transsexual or queer-identifying males.

In that post, I cited one member of the 500 Queer Scientists organization and three prosperous members of the bourgeois bohemian class. A month ago, on March 21, I cited four trans-identifying males charged with arson against Tesla dealerships in Oregon, Colorado, and South Carolina. The bobos consistently vandalize individual Tesla vehicles, while the trans guys consistently set dealerships on fire.

Three new cases last week oddly demonstrated this consistency in demographic makesup. On April 18, video was released of 33-year-old Dylan Bryan Adams, who was charged with doing $20,000 of damage to multiple Teslas, keying them while walking his dog. Adams is a fiscal amalyst for the State of Minnesota. According to this site, the salary range for a Fiscal Analyst I is $77,876 - $140,177 per year. The "ideal candidate" has a master’s degree in public policy or administration; experience with quantitative research and analysis, fiscal management practices, policy development, and program evaluation; familiarity with the legislative budget process; and knowledge of state government finance and policy issues.

On April 19, the New York Post reported that a Brooklyn psychologist and family therapist, Natasha Cohen, was "accused of leaving a brick scrawled with a swastika and the word “Nazi” on a parked Tesla".

Cohen, 46, has a private practice, working with children, adolescents and their families for more than two decades.

She has advanced training in maternal mental health, according to an online profile, and currently sells different therapy worksheets and resources online for parents of children with ADHD, body dysmorphia issues, and anxiety.

. . . Cohen, who also goes by Carrie, was spotted outside her luxury Kensington apartment building on Tuesday, wearing sunglasses and an oversized hoodie.

She tried ducking Post cameras as she and her teen son shuffled inside the building — where apartments are priced between $780,000 and $1.1 million and feature spacious patios and private backyards.

These two, given their advanced education and income levels, definitely qualify as bobos in the managerial-professional class. A third individual, who appears to be trans but isn't characterized as such in news reports, has been charged with throwing a Molotov cocktail at a Tesla dealership in Kansas City, Missouri. Owen McIntire was on spring break from UMass Boston, where he was arrested on Friday.

Two Cybertrucks and two charging stations were damaged by the fire. The FBI said that the trucks are valued at $105,485 and $107,485, and the charging stations at $550 each.

McIntire had flown home to Kansas City from Boston on March 16 and had returned to Boston on a flight on March 23. UMass Boston's spring break is from March 16 through the 23, according to the academic calendar on its website.

While the media reports of McIntire's arrest don't characterize him as trans, commenters on social media have been quick to suggest this is the case based on his appearance.

On one hand, there's apparent reason for trans people to resent Trump's policies, although Musk himself hasn't specifically associated himself with any such policy stances. According to Newsweek,

Immigration attorneys across the northern border are reporting an exodus of sorts of U.S. nationals seeking asylum in Canada, including a high number of transgender and non-binary Americans.

. . . A number of immigration attorneys in Canada are reporting being overloaded by U.S. nationals, including transgender individuals, who are seeking guidance on whether purported government persecution can be legally claimed as grounds for asylum.

. . . "The concerns I hear from transgender Americans include fear of being unable to access gender-affirming care; fear of being detained by immigration enforcement at the border due to the 'X' marker on their identity documents; increased violence stemming from rising transphobia; [and] anxiety that the U.S. may implement martial law, leading to further violations of their rights," [immigration attorney Yameena] Ansari said.

On the other hand, it's quite a step from being anxious about the potential effect of Trump trans policies to throwing Molotov cocktails at Tesla dealerships, especially when Musk himself seems to show no specific animosity toward trans people, and Tesla dealers still less. In fact, as businesspeople, their instinct would be to avoid unnecessary controversy. Why go out of your way to offend trans people, when one could walk into your dealership tomorrow wanting to buy a Cybertruck?

There's also the continuing conuncdrum that I've already pointed out. The bobos who are arrested for keying or otherwise vandalizing Tesla vehicles are high-income, often highly educated, presumably intelligent people, who must under ordinary circumstances be aware that their actions will be recorded on ubiquitous doorbell and security cameras, even if they aren't aware of the cameras on the Teslas themselves. Yet rhey recklessly expose themselves to potential felony charges that could end their jobs and careers.

In fact, it appears that every one of the Tesla vandals and dealership arsonists arrested up to now has been identified either by the cameras on board the cars or nearby security cameras. Yet the impulse to go on keying Teslas and firebombing dealerships continues unabated.

And the videos clearly identifying them committing these acts go viral: here's Dylan Bryan Adams of Minnesota keying multiple Teslas while walking his dog. There must be some powerful exhibitionistic impulse at work here that simply cancels out ordinary prudence. Deep down it seems as though all these people want to get caught and want to become household names, at least for 15 minutes. There's something deeply out of whack here -- but don't forget that one of these folks is a psychotherapist.

I'll bet she doesn't lose a single client, and in fact, even more will want to sign up with her now. Bobos in paradise.