... The scary thing is, remove the, y'know, kidnapping parts of his plan? And Syndrome is the hero. If he hadn't gotten caught up in revenge he could have A) done ten times more for humanity than Mr. Incredible ever did, and B) still rendered the dude's superpowers essentially irrelevant.
The only people who complain about "everyone's special means no one's special" just want being special/talented to mean they get treated better than everyone else. "Everyone's special" just means take the time to get to know people instead of taking the least-effort method of figuring out who you should build relationships with.
The one saying "He's right you know"