That's an empty argument. I think people hate musk, if they do, for the things he does and has done. It's not the other way around. Judging people for their actions is a fair way to look at it.
No, they hate Musk for the things he says and has said (And things he allows other people to say on his platform).
Some people treat actions more seriously than words. Others choose to treat words more seriously than actions.
But on the other hand, regimes that crack down aggressively on speech don't tend to end up on the 'right side of history' either.
Trump fired the person investigating him, now Musk got to do the same. It's a Republican right of passage.
First it was destroying Twitter, which was something I rather enjoyed using.
Then, far worse, it was pouring vast resources into getting a terrible person elected.