TBH I think it was always clear that he was going to be at least somewhat right-coded given that he was so competent with firearms.
I personally don’t care what he thinks about pronouns or whatever, unlike Rittenhouse or that subway guy he actually went after one of America’s true villains. The right wing violence in this country finally found a legitimate target.
I’m guessing that hyper-defensiveness is probably a survival tactic at Tesla.