[pwinnski]

Perhaps it's less about the judgement of other people, and more about not wanting to contribute to someone they believe to be a bad actor.

At my age, I don't give a wet slap about how people view me, but I have never considered buying a Tesla, and am taking delivery of my second non-Tesla EV this Saturday. It has nothing to do with how people judge me. I mean, I drive a Fiat 500e, people undoubtedly judge me negatively based on that. :-)

[nightski]

There's something near 100,000 employees in multiple continents at Tesla. That's a lot of diverse opinions and social views. Elon Musk is just one person in that sea of people.

[pwinnski]

And every individual is complex, with many opinions on many issues, including some that are probably contradictory. Still, call one national hero a pedophile, and most of your other opinions are suddenly irrelevant, aren't they?

[freejazz]

Elon is the face of the company