Should my Jewish and Tesla owner friends start carrying a gun?
Release Date: 04/02/2025
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So please give me just 15 minutes to challenge your thinking and perhaps see if I can help you do some things that will make things better for you...
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Should my Jewish and Tesla-Driving Friends Start Carrying a Gun?
By Stan the Radio Man
This isn’t a question I ever thought I’d ask out loud. But here we are.
April Fool’s Day isn’t hitting the same this year. Maybe because the joke’s on all of us. Or maybe because things have gotten so absurd, so twisted, that even asking “should my Jewish and Tesla-owning friends start carrying a gun?” doesn’t feel like satire anymore.
I’m not trying to be sensational. I’m trying to sort things out—just like I asked God in a recent prayer. Help me sort things out… and then sort me in. Show me where I belong in all this. Where we all belong.
Because 2025 isn’t just a year on the calendar—it’s a turning point. A time of turbulence, yes. But also a time of transition, and if we’re wise and brave, maybe even transformation. That’s the tension we’re living in. That’s what today’s “Interesting Ideas” is all about.
The Underlying Fear
Across campuses like Harvard and Columbia, reports are rolling in that Jewish students don’t feel safe. We’re seeing a rise in antisemitism, not whispered but shouted in the open. Vandalism of Tesla cars—just because they represent a certain class, or carry perceived political weight. And in the middle of it all are real people—your neighbors, your friends, your family—wondering, Am I next?
It makes you wonder: what would you do to protect yourself, your family, your peace?
One friend of mine—Jewish, peace-loving, and proud—told me recently, “I carry.” In Arizona, that’s legal. Open carry, just like the Old West. He’s got an ankle holster, ready if things go sideways. Not because he wants to use it. But because he doesn’t want to be caught unprepared.
The painful part is—this isn’t just paranoia. It’s remembering history.
Echoes from Amsterdam
Years ago, when I lived in Amsterdam, I often took visitors to the Anne Frank House. There was a quiet protest once by a Jewish group—not anti-Anne Frank, not anti-anything really. Just a plea: Let’s not let it happen again.
They pointed out something I’d never fully grasped: What if someone had been ready when the Gestapo came? What if resistance started sooner? Would it have changed anything?
Some argue yes. The Warsaw Ghetto uprising, for instance, proved that resistance can exact a cost—even when ultimately crushed. It was a declaration: We will not go quietly.
But is that where we are now? Back at the edge of the abyss?
Tesla, Symbols, and Targets
Teslas have become more than just electric cars. For some, they symbolize progress. For others, elitism. Either way, they’ve become targets—scratched, keyed, smashed. A strange sort of backlash. When objects become symbols, and people get targeted for owning them, we’re in dangerous territory.
When identities—Jewish, tech-forward, urban, progressive, whatever—are turned into excuses for violence, we all lose.
So the question I asked—about Jews and Tesla drivers carrying weapons—isn’t just about guns. It’s about fear. And choice. And where we go from here.
The Drip Effect
I’ve got a little background behind me when I broadcast, a reminder of what I call the “drip effect.” Sometimes it’s the little things, drop by drop, that wear us down. But it can also be the small efforts, one at a time, that make things better.
It’s not all doom and gloom. I believe in the drip of kindness, of community, of resilience. That’s the part we can’t lose.
Takeaways to Consider
- Fear is real. Dismissing it doesn’t help. Neither does giving in to it.
- History teaches—but we must listen. “Never again” means vigilance, not silence.
- Symbols matter. Cars, identities, beliefs—these can inspire or inflame. Be mindful.
- Protection is personal. The right to defend oneself is real, but so is the cost of living on edge.
- Connection is key. Talk to your neighbors. Know their stories. Build the kind of world where guns aren’t necessary.
Moving Forward, Together
These are turbulent times. Like that bumpy flight from Minneapolis to Phoenix—seatbelts fastened the whole way—we're riding through unknown skies. But turbulence doesn’t mean the plane will crash. It just means we need to hold on, be aware, and trust each other a little more.
So here’s the encouragement I leave you with: Choose to be one of the good drips. Be the one who checks on a friend. Who speaks up when something’s not right. Who listens deeply to the fear and the frustration—and then does something helpful, not harmful, in response.
We don’t all need to carry weapons. But we do need to carry each other.
Reach out to me. Share your story. Tell me what you’re seeing, what you’re feeling, what ideas you have for helping people through this. I’m at [email protected], and I mean it when I say—I want to hear from you.
Till next time,
I’m Stan the Radio Man
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