If one checks TikTok, Elon has a huge amount of support in the comments and I couldn't even get through all of them in one reading. A lot of people are saying they will buy a Tesla because of his views, not in spite of them. He's winning new fans and supporters even if it's no longer the same demographic. It's not simply a 'loss' based on anecdotes or the baying of a vocal minority.
I would also expect women to be more sensitive to Elon's red-pilled BroCEO musings than men. I know one woman who refuses to buy a Tesla, so she sticks with her Bolt, suffers range anxiety, and a relies on a sub-par charging network which could brick her car. She wouldn't even admit her disdain for Elon until I pressed her a bit about it because I was trying to convince her to buy a Tesla Model 3, for all of the obvious reasons. Her friend who slammed Elon feels the same way.
I've never been herd-minded, so I prefer to stick to first principles over groupthink. I'm glad Elon is the same way, but he's actually making big decisions that don't simply follow convention where it isn't already 'best practices'. Revolutionaries are often disagreeable in many respects, like Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Opinionated people with courage and tenacity are going to offend people, even if they try to sanitize their opinions for the masses.
Whilst celebrating his success after landing a probe on a comet, European Space Agency's Matt Taylor got raked over the coals simply for wearing a pin-up girl art shirt (on camera), which was created by a female artist friend. He made the mistake of tearfully apologizing, but Elon wouldn't do that. That's a key to his success. What people need to realize is that with the mob, there is no path to redemption. Hand-waving apologies aren't the way, and Elon knows this.
A lot of people simply believe the wildly biased media and repeat the noises their friends make, but Elon is so successful because he is not like that. He's a first-principles critical thinker, but most people aren't.
Another guy I know who dislikes Elon might be to the left of Ed Begley Jr. but he drives a Tesla anyway. Not everyone is offended by Elon, and some of us appreciate his honesty, candor, and humor. Many find his resistance to the 'woke mind virus' extremely refreshing. Elon's resistance to this perceived 'mind virus' is certainly a lone voice of dissent among CEOs, especially from someone with his social media reach.
Should a CEO not Tweet about politics or political views? Maybe, but that's not Elon, and Elon is a critical component to the existence and success of Tesla and SpaceX. Without Elon, neither would exist today as they do. Would people rather have someone like Mary Barra as Tesla's CEO?
Any revolution needs people like Elon who are more ambitious than agreeable, with a huge amount of courage and tolerance for risk. That is not going to be someone who wants to please everyone or offend nobody. People were also offended by the idea of anesthesia for surgery, powered-flight, or the idea that Earth was not the center of the Universe (Galileo). Every revolution has had its detractors, and it's the usual and expected noise against those who dare to change the world for the better.
The media is obviously biased in one direction. The FUD and hit pieces against Elon and Tesla are laughable. Either way, Tesla revolutionized EVs, SpaceX revolutionized space flight, Elon will Elon, and I am optimistic about the future.
TSLA is moon-bound.