No? You're confusing short-term stock price fluctuations vs brand value and future sales.

Almost no one is picking a non-Tesla car because of the CEOs unrelated tweets.

> Almost no one is picking a non-Tesla car because of the CEOs unrelated tweets.

I did

The musk factor is starting to hurt them. I have friends who have told me they'd like a tesla but won't buy one because of Musk. I don't think they can name the CEO or senior leadership of another car brand.

I do expect my next car to be electric but I have no interest in a Tesla. My distrust of Musk and the culture he appears to create at companies he runs is a big factor in that view.

That he doesn't hold stock in Tesla or other Musk companies and doesn't want to be associated with Musk because of his opinions?

Yep, they're normal.

Yes it says they are probably good people.

All we know is this: They virtue signal that they want a product but don’t buy it because they’ve been conditioned to dislike the company’s CEO. It’s likely that their tribe has all been conditioned in this way so the virtue signaling would be well received and elicit social approval.

I don’t think that makes them good or bad people, per se. I’m not here to lay down a judgement. It is what it is.

> because they’ve been conditioned to dislike the company’s CEO

You're rather taking the agency out of these folks' hands, are you not? It seems entirely likely that they could have independently came to the conclusion to dislike the company's CEO without the need to be "conditioned" by some external narrative.

According to you, when are they allowed to want an electric vehicle but not want a Tesla? Do they have to buy a Tesla no matter how much they dislike the thought of giving their money to someone they dislike?

> I’m not here to lay down a judgement.

It's disingenuous to lay down a judgement, then follow up with this. It is what it is.

Almost everyone does that level of virtue signalling, so it really says very little about their friends.

My next vehicle will be an EV it will NOT be a Tesla! I will not financially support Elon Musk when it comes to my personal income.