I don’t think describing another fiasco related to musk is flamebait any more than criticizing any celebrity with a hardcore fan base to be flamebait. Fans have parasocial relationships with their celebrity in question so they will flame at any negativity, warranted or otherwise. I don’t think “Taylor swifts new album has some slow points, just like her other albums” is flame bait just because she has rabid fans.
The light-gray rendering of this comment is some pretty strong support for its central thesis.