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Why are these people so desperate to find some external factor for autism?
Because right-wing parents refuse to believe they have a genetic disorder in their in-bred families.
Because the religious and/or kooks don't sit well with the chaos/randomness of life.
Because the anti-vax people who have autistic kids hate their children. They hate that they're not perfect and "normal". And they hate that they have to deal with a child that requires more care than other people's children do.
I think we should make banners and say it out loud to every single person who can hear.
#Anti-vaxxers HATE autistic children
#Especially if that autistic child is their own.
I've never thought about it like that but it makes so much sense. The hate in the heart of these people runs incredibly deep, I know because my own family has disowned me because I refused to "take the red pill".
I am a leader in a youth organization and we have a few autistic kids in our group. They are wonderful kids, and their parents are just amazing with their patience and love for all the kids. I can't imagine the difficulties they face, but I'm so truly blessed and happy to have these kids in my and my children's lives. I've worked with special needs kids a few times, and the pure joy they are capable of is something that sticks with you.
But I've also known a few less involved and less interested parents who denied and refused care for their kids who clearly need help. I can't say I know the political persuasion of any of these folks, but I'm pretty good at inference...
Does RFK have any autistic family? If love to know what triggered his crusade. It can't just be a belief in pseudoscience.
His aunt got a lobotomy for maybe having a mental disorder
No, he's just an old narcissistic psychopath who is bitter because he's never had the respect that his father and uncles had, from the public, or even his own family, who hate him.
Sigh… here goes: because then they could “fix” it.
i don't need fixing. I just need support.
Source: Am Autie.
To be on the spectrum is one thing, but low functioning autistic is just soul crushing for people to deal with. I've seen some siblings struggle just because their family was pretty much screwed trying to raise a low functioning autistic child. I think I've interacted with two such people in many years, so it's not particularly common compared to the larger population on the spectrum.
It's one reason I don't like autism as a spectrum, as there's a world of difference that doesn't seem right to cast one net over.
They don’t want to fix it, they want to blame the victims for “causing it themselves”.
🛎️ 🛎️ 🛎️
Not so gentle Reminder that republicans don't help or "fix" anyone period.
Because they can't cope with random chance, there has to be a cause. They need a villain.
They don’t wanna blame god.
Hardships are a test from god unless that hardship can also speak or act counter to societal norms!
They love Book of Job, but also cherry-picking it.
Why blaming gods for random bullshit is easier on the mind? Random bird take a massive shit on my cars hood? Clearly Odin needs to reign in his ravens.
Maybe Huginn and Muninn thought of something you didn't or remembered that you didn't give them treats.
You get brought up with prosperity gospel and you think that wealth and good fortune are an indicator of holiness and piety. You internalize that shit. And since you worship what you have been told all your life is a loving god, since you do all the things your church tells you to, since you give them 10+% of your income and hate the minorities they tell you to and vote for the fascists they tell you to, you know yourself to be pious.
Understanding that we live in a random universe with no sense of justice is fundamentally incompatible with a belief in an orderly universe governed by a just god. So when you encounter misfortune, you don't blame God, since you see Him as infallible and perfect. You either blame yourself or start looking for someone to blame.
Which is very useful to people seeking to manipulate hateful credulous people who are convinced of their own righteousness.
Muninn refuses he WILL poop on your car
Is that as those who are punished, in religion, deserve it? However children are innocent and usually autism is diagnosed in young people or children. So, they don't 'deserve' it? If it's just random, maybe other things are too and the preachers are making stuff up?
It's a long train of thought to get there. I'd say it's more just susceptibility to conspiratorial thinking, but who knows.
The parents can get punished by having an autistic child...