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by rootusrootus 1052 days ago
> Tesla is surrounded by a cult of personality

At the risk of going off on a tangent, this is not at all unique to Tesla nor fans of the company. This happens to Apple fans, Google fans, etc. Someone likes something a lot, someone else comes along and is offended by the blind support and decides that they have to hate it in order to bring balance to the world. Ta-da! Now we have two vitriolic groups of people calling the other side a cult or bunch of haters.

Tesla stans are for sure annoying as hell. So are the haters, though. Equally bad, as far as I'm concerned, since neither side has any appreciation for nuance.

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I think that begs the question. Tesla fans are far more intense and aggressive IME. The difference in degree is everything.
>IME

Have you ever been to Reddit? I think you’ll find a whole new world (or landfill?) there.

This is how a lot of religions work, too.