Under that theory, being a normal guy would be bad for business in some places (and probably excellent for business in other places). Guess what? This is normal for business, not just tech. For some reason we're past "big business", "conglomerates", "industrialists", etc as the boogeyman archetype and now it's "tech".
This seems like a bad take for Musk specifically.
He's going out of his way to vocally court the MAGA-right, it's not like he's just living his life and suddenly people are mad.
Dislikes can be pretty weak, but still should be observed by operators of commercial spaces. Monks in robes passing out flowers might be pretty innocuous, except for the whole religious cult thing, but if you're a store owner you don't want them in the mall. Brown shirts are a lot worse.
Michael Jordan was careful and successful in not having social/political stuff affect his business. But he was in a more underdog class. Musk is already an overdog.