He gets flak for his occasional cavalier statements and mocking tone, which is just a realistic reaction to expect from humans. Sure, there are those who dislik

He gets flak for his occasional cavalier statements and mocking tone, which is just a realistic reaction to expect from humans. Sure, there are those who dislike him in the typical shallow context where people take on team-sports attitudes about business and society, and we may argue about which source of criticism is more prevalent, but it's too easy to say that it's because he's "candid", "honest", etc. Those are common fallacious defenses for antagonistic behavior (and fits into the team-sports portion of attitudes).