"We realize that, of course, he can only be a flawed person like everyone else, but what Elon is doing is more important than other things."
Which other things? And more important for whom?
You realize Wernher von Braun also did important things for the space industry, and yet we do not unapologetically and unrepentantly praise him _without_ also clearly condemning his use of forced labor from concentration camps and ties to the Nazis.
"We realize that, of course, he can only be a flawed person like everyone else, but what Elon is doing is more important than other things."
Which other things? And more important for whom?
You realize Wernher von Braun also did important things for the space industry, and yet we do not unapologetically and unrepentantly praise him _without_ also clearly condemning his use of forced labor from concentration camps and ties to the Nazis.