Well, as I said, it's a throwaway account, i.e., created for a single comment tree.
I won't be using it again (because it's a throwaway account) but not because I want to protect Peter Bannon.
Also, I disagree that it's unethical. Obviously you can't infer who's talking simply from the name of a Hacker News account. For example, if my account name was ElonMusk123, it would be naive to assume I was Elon Musk.
At the time I was not in a position to legally challenge Tesla. I realized I had been dealing with a bad company and took work elsewhere. But I will never forget what Tesla did to me.
I won't be using it again (because it's a throwaway account) but not because I want to protect Peter Bannon.
Also, I disagree that it's unethical. Obviously you can't infer who's talking simply from the name of a Hacker News account. For example, if my account name was ElonMusk123, it would be naive to assume I was Elon Musk.