# Why the hate for Elon Musk?

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**Created:** [March 14, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hate-for-elon-musk/961053 "2022-03-14T21:22:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hate-for-elon-musk/961053/18 "2022-03-15T00:56:52Z")

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> [@nate](#):
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> they’ll always find something to exaggerate to make him seem like an asshole.

He does just fine on his own.

> **[Black Workers Say Racism Is Rampant Inside Tesla. Now California Is Suing.](https://money.yahoo.com/black-workers-racism-rampant-inside-210227709.html)**
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> Tesla employees have filed lawsuits over alleged harassment inside factories—and California regulators are bringing a civil-rights complaint against the company.

> **[Elon Musk Fans Furious That He Posted Antivax Meme](https://futurism.com/neoscope/elon-musk-antivax-meme)**
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> Tesla's mercurial, meme-loving CEO Elon Musk angered a ton of the automaker's fans when he tweeted an anti-vaxxer meme early Thursday morning.

> **[Elon Musk revealed as one of the largest donors for a House Republican PAC](https://www.salon.com/2018/07/14/elon-musk-revealed-as-one-of-the-largest-donors-for-a-house-republican-pac/)**
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> The tech entrepreneur gave a hefty check to a PAC dedicated to maintaining Republican control of Congress

> **[Elon Musk claimed Tesla stock was priced 'too high,' causing shares to fall...](https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-coronavirus-comments-timeline-stay-at-home-rules-fascist-2020-5)**
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> Elon Musk has been outspoken about the coronavirus crisis since early March, when he first tweeted that panic over the virus was "dumb."

> **[Elon Musk is dangerously wrong about the novel coronavirus](https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/29/21241180/elon-musk-coronavirus-conspiracy-misinformation-tesla)**
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> “The coronavirus panic is dumb”

[https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/29/tech/elon-musk-twitter-coronavirus/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/29/tech/elon-musk-twitter-coronavirus/index.html)

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