My personal sense is that both Elon and Sia appear "controversial" because of how some people and the media love to twist the narrative, to falsely interpret what is said and done. Most of the good things that they do never make the newsfeeds because, well, the media is all about negativity, not positivity. The majority of the time, these stories are just that, stories, twisted narratives, to get views and clicks. The sad part is, some people actually believe the lies. Anyone who is famous is used to this, but with someone with an ASD, being in the spotlight can significantly amplify all the things, we, as autistics, tend to dislike about people, in general. Sia is quite talented, had her time in the spotlight, but for the most part, appears to value her privacy like we do. She's got her stage persona, her mask. Elon just buries himself in his work, and likes to use his Twitter feed, much to some people's disliking and misinterpretation of his sense of humor. It is interesting that the people closest to Elon, the people who really know him, love and respect what he is doing, and can see a higher purpose in it all,...even the list of ex-wives and girlfriends, the mothers of his children,...consistently,...when asked, see him as a "singularity", a gift to the world. They had a sense that they had to "give him up" for a higher purpose. They maintain their relationship and have nothing bad to say about him. Most divorced couples hate each other, not so with Elon and the women in his life. So, I might put more stock in
that than all the people who don't know him at all, that simply want to pick away at every little word he says or thing he does that seemingly, doesn't meet their values. Keep in mind, Elon has his vision 5, 10, 20 years into the future with a plan and goals, whereas, most of us might not know what we are doing tomorrow. So, it is understood that many in the judgmental mainstream and social media spheres have no idea how to interpret what he is doing, and why, and then assume the worst and create negative rumors in an attempt to destroy his reputation. People are actually pissed off at him for things that aren't even true, for Pete's sake.
As autistics, we know darn well what it's like to be marginalized, picked on, misinterpreted, left out, falsely judged, lied about, reputation destruction, etc. This forum is packed full of such threads and posts. Just because some of us are famous, talented, intelligent, and financially successful, doesn't give any of us the right to sit back behind computer screens and do the same crap to them that we hate having done to us.
