This is certainly a hazard. But is it such a big one that it overshadows every other cool aspect of the car? I am a Tesla fan, and hence may be biased. Tesla cars certifiably are one of the safest out there. This should have an OTA fix.
I bought a Tesla a few years ago. I get it, they're cool electric cars. Would I ever buy one again? No.
We don't need to defend every safety issue that Tesla creates. This is better than running FSD into children. But it's still a major safety issue. Tesla should apologize fix it, and then we can move on. We don't need to defend it. We also don't need to linger on it. It's not the most problematic thing Tesla is doing (please see FSD running into children).
Also, the car has more issues than this. This is just one of a bunch. (please see the 'rusting' comments in this article's threads.