...but people don't just hate Elon because he's petty? they hate him for the prejudiced BS and his actually harmful meddling in politics
I can't even remember the name of the eBay people in e.g. this without actively re-reading the story, though we all know it was Musk who reacted with petulance to being told his cave submarine wouldn't help: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay_stalking_scandal