I understand this is Surly, but you're really insulting Roy "Rocky" Dennis with this comparison. Rocky was ostracized and marginalized but his family never stopped advocating on his behalf. His rare genetic disorder did not affect his intelligence although his health was compromised and the fight his mother took against the school district to have her son included in mainstream classes was a lesson in perseverance, classism, and compassion.
Elon, on the other hand, has been pampered and petted since birth and compassion is a foreign feeling to him. Rocky died at 16, while Elon was making plans to use his mother's Canadian citizenship to attend school in Canada (from where he then transferred to UPenn in the states). The only grit in Elon is the sand in his white butt crack.
RIP Rocky Dennis;Put some respect on his name.