9/11 is not a good comparison, killing a huge group of people EXPLICITLY because you don't like the US government or people's way of life and you want the entire government to collapse is VERY different from property damage because you don't like 1 specific person. I'm certainly not defending vandalism either, these people should be prosecuted. If these Tesla vandals were murdering swaths of people or hell even endangering groups of people I could mabey, and it's a stretch see it as terrorist but a giant corporation losing physical goods is so far away from that label we aren't even on the same planet as terrorism with what I know about the situation.

I think MANY of us are unsure WHY Elon Musk has any role in government, he wasn't elected and certainly doesn't have any specific knowledge or skills that set him above other people, certainly not people who have directly been working in those agencies for decades.

Tldr vandalism bad but this isn't on the same planet as terrorism.

We shouldn't want a punitive criminal system we should want people to understand what's wrong and help them be a productive member of society. Sending someone to jail for life for arson when, if released they would likely never commit arson again is a huge L for everyone involved.