Crazy amount of hate

I’m not particularly political and don’t watch the news much, but recently, I had a go in a Tesla model 3 long range and absolutely loved it. I am a techie at heart and just love all of the modern tech it has as well as the immediate power delivery. It’s like nothing else I’ve driven. I’ve since been looking at selling my old Jaguar and getting a used Model 3 as a replacement. However, I’m now really torn as to what to do as I can’t believe how much gate there is for these things. I can’t fathom it. I’ve literally lost a long term friend due to me saying how nice I thought it was to drive. He went spare at me at how dangerous they are and what an idiot Elon musk is. How I’m risking my kids lives if I buy one because of how dangerous batteries are. I’ve since spent a bit of time looking around and I’m seeing very similar opinions everywhere. If you have a Tesla you are therefore a nazi. I can’t get my hat on over it. One thing I’ve noticed is that a lot of the negative opinions on the brand /cars come from those who have never driven one. I’ve seen similar things before but there appears to be a very large group of people in the world who genuinely loathe anything to do with Tesla. Aside from the CEO that I don’t think is a very nice person, I can’t see anything else wrong with them. I was really looking forward to getting a used one in a few months, but I’m seriously considering just forgetting it now as I don’t want to be subject to a load of abuse or be dragged into a load of politics because I bought a car I like.