[vorpalhex]

I don't think anyone is defending the culture, just saying that this letter is not about workplace conditions and is not protected, no matter how much you wish it was.

[Aeolun]

Hmm, I think that’s at the very least debatable. If we had a liberal court I can see how they’d go for that. Right now? Not so sure.

[vorpalhex]

No. Elon Musks tweets are not workplace conditions anymore than your choice of owning a cat or dog is workplace conditions.

You can dislike something and also not think it's illegal.

[omniglottal]

His tweets are official company communications. They are every bit as relevant to workplace conditions as would be owning a cat or dog inside your office.

[_ea1k]

They have said that official company communications can come from his Twitter account. They have not made the claim that all communications from his Twitter account constitute official company communications.

[vorpalhex]

You, a stranger and not an employee of SpaceX or Tesla, come across Elon Musk on the street while walking to get a chili dog. He looks at you and goes "That is the most hideous shirt I have ever seen" and walks off.

Is that workplace conditions?

Also, oddly enough, "official company communications" is not workplace conditions. You do not have a legal right to discuss company communications!