Previously the left believed that Elon was going to save them from the existential threat of global warming, but they have apparently decided that the real existential threat is actually free speech.
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Elon went from Ice age to AGW within the same timeframe as climate did.
2014
“Elon is the messiah – save us from global warming”
2016
“Trump is Hitler”
2022
“Musk is helping the most godlike human being besides Musk to fight Russian Hitler in Ukraine with Starlink.
2025
“Trump is an almighty dictator”
2025, 2 days later
“Musk is in charge.Trump is his puppet”
2025 3 days later
“Musk is exposing deep state corruption and sending emails to employees.
He is the devil”
These are not thinking people … and the ones who can think usually are not honest about their motivations.
However, they can be violent … it might make more sense for Elon to step away from his position at Tesla and focus 100% on shutting down government programs. He can’t really do both jobs and Tesla shareholders and franchise dealers don’t deserve punishment for issues that are unrelated to the business.