🚨THREAD: Paul Hyon Kim, 36, has been arrested for torching a row of Teslas with Molotov cocktails and spray-painting "RESIST" across the entrance of the Tesla service center in Las Vegas.
The legacy media radicalized this Democrat.
Here are his social media posts.👇
1/ On his IG, Kim links to his website (paulhyonkimdotcom) alongside a "Donations to Palestine" link.
His website identifies him as a cinematographer who relocated from the Pacific Northwest to Las Vegas.
On Vimeo, he lists his pronouns as he/him.
2/ His recent IG story labels @hasanthehun a "sellout" for gifting items to AOC and Bernie Sanders during a recent interview.
The post criticizes Hasan for not interviewing Jill Stein and for not challenging AOC and Bernie on "their support for Zionism and Iron Dome funding."
3/ One recent IG post highlights women in response to "the day Roe v. Wade was overturned."
4/ Kim's FB page is filled with left-wing and legacy media political narratives.
He follows a few hundred accounts, almost entirely left-wing politicians and media outlets, including:
Anti-Capitalist League, Axios, ACLU, SPLC, The Atlantic, Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Robert Reich, Media Matters, Daily Beast, Cenk Uygur, Jill Stein, Elizabeth Warren, Occupy Democrats, the NYT, PBS, and NPR.
5/ Kim was likely a Bernie Sanders supporter in 2016.
6/ He celebrated Trump's impeachment in 2019, posting "Hell yeah."
7/ His political posting intensified in 2020, centered around COVID-19 with ridiculous legacy media takes like:
"Lockdown is a privilege... Social Distancing is a privilege..."
8/ Throughout 2020, Kim posted extensively about BLM, white supremacy, defunding the police, and other progressive media narratives, like:
"Amidst the George Floyd protests... Police are more like attack dogs on a leash... [Asians] aligned ourselves with white supremacist ideals in the oppression of black people... We owe them a debt in blood."
9/ He shared a list of bail funds during the BLM/Antifa riots, encouraging donations:
"A list of organizations you can donate your money to help the cause."
He shared a Slate article titled:
"The Fight for Civil Rights is Never Nonviolent."
10/ Kim praised efforts to defund police, posting about Minneapolis council plans to disband their police, commenting, "Protesting works. It has always worked," and showing support for BLM protestors' blocking highways.
11/ He shared a meme titled "Recognize Racism," classifying subtle racism as:
"Calling Police on POC"
"White silence"
"Denial of White Privilege"
"Anti-Immigration Policies"
And labeling the phrases below as racist:
"I don't see color"
"MAGA"
"All lives matter"
"You're so articulate"
12/ He posted legacy media articles dehumanizing half the country, like this Newsweek article titled:
"Narcissists and psychopaths are more likely to refuse to wear masks"
And this Vice article titled:
"Anti-Maskers Might be Sociopaths, Says Study"
13/ He apparently doxxed Derek Chauvin's home address, and shortly after the January 6th riot, shared:
"A list of the identity of the traitors at the attempted coup."
14/ What drives someone with mainstream left-leaning beliefs to violence against Tesla?
Paul Hyon Kim likely once admired @elonmusk and @Tesla—after all, who has done more for climate change, electric vehicles, and renewable energy?
But when Musk backed Trump in 2024, the legacy media narrative Kim trusted transformed Musk overnight into a "fascist," "authoritarian," and "Nazi."
Relentless media propaganda branding Trump and Musk as evil has predictably radicalized some Democrats, pushing individuals like Kim to firebomb Tesla dealerships and vandalize electric vehicles.
Legacy media’s persistent demonization of Musk, Trump, and their supporters as Nazis, narcissists, psychopaths, and sociopaths fuels escalating division and political violence.
They want more assassination attempts, chaos, and hate.
Fortunately, Democrats like Paul Hyon Kim represent an ever-shrinking minority who still trust the legacy media's narrative.
But these Americans are increasingly conditioned to view their fellow citizens not just as political opponents, but as existential threats.
When MAGA gets labeled Nazis, neighbors become enemies, and society cracks.
Democrats lost the popular vote, the electoral college, and now some are losing their grip on reality.
Legacy media is pushing them into domestic terrorism, with people like Kim torching fellow Democrats’ Teslas while screaming about "ending the use of fossil fuels."
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