He makes a lot of people mad but that doesn’t make him an idiot. It just makes him genuine. Everybody else who looks polished is hiding secrets behind excellent PR.
For example, someone who manipulates a lot of people with misinformation might manifest anger in many. In that hypothetical scenario, I wouldn't think that the anger is because the target's an honest, forthright, genuine straight-shooter.
Furthermore, most people are genuinely kind and compassionate towards others. For those people, mass anger is not their genuine goal, or a likely consequence of them being genuine.
"They did not fire the entire Supercharger team. They mostly fired site acquisition, project management, marketing and some other things."
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1785406795814510785
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/tesla-superchargers-really-open-o...