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Al Franken
Richard Stallman
I was just thinking this. I wish I had won one of those billion dollar lottery jackpots. I would have lavished so much money on FOSS.
Sinead O'Connor and the Catholic church
Not sure if this counts, but there was a militant trade union leader in the 80s called Arthur Scargill, who made many public speeches predicting what was going to happen to the British steel, coal and manufacturing industry.
He was widely derided, demonised and lampooned as a 'looney' by the Murdoch press.
Needless to say, pretty much everything he predicted came true.
I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're asking for but Nick Reiner comes to mind. He wrote a screenplay to spread awareness of the problems he saw with the rehab system. There were probably addicts who found comfort in the film and found it relatable. But now he has lost public sympathy because he murdered his parents, forever tainting the film and its intended messages.
Not only did Nick Reiner write that screenplay, the movie got made and his father directed it.
Yes, I watched it a few days after the murder. It's very dark with the knowledge the writer killed his parents.
Fun fact: the film was written by Nick, Rob's son and it stars Nick Robinson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._L._Zamenhof
English is not my native language. I'm glad I learned it, because I just have an interest in linguistics and it's very close to my native language, but I can clearly see how "imperialistic" this is, how my parents and friends struggle with that language, and how there could be something much easier, that would allow them to experience cultural exchanges without having to learn the "dominant" language.
Mi lernis Esperanton pli ol 20 jaroj. Ĝin estus mirinda, sed malĝoja, mi malrememoras multa, kay uzas Anglo kaj Germano pli.
On the "bright side", the US going to shit and UK doing all the weird bullshit they're doing is likely to collapse the trend of English being the de facto lingua franca across the globe.
Unfortunately that means Mandarin or another notable difficult language will likely fill that void.
notable difficult language
If it helps, this is relative. If you learn one tonal language, others are then easier to learn.
Me.
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