But all these distractions and noise that's generated because of it only hurts those causes. There are many people who simply refuse to buy Tesla products because of Elon and while it may not matter now while demand out-strips supply, eventually it will make a difference.
For most of the last 10 years, many right wingers refused to look at buying a Tesla because of their ideology. They are now coming around, mostly because Elon is saying and doing things that align with their values. It is opening up a huge new market in the US. Meanwhile I doubt many left wingers will defect because of this, in the end "boycotts" never work very well when you are personally impacted, and buying a car is a very big decision.
Hmmm, maybe Elon really is an evil genius and he's pivoting his ideology at exactly the right time to juice up US sales