Donald Trump and Aspergers

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I'm autistic and realize that just because a statement might offend someone doesn't mean it's wrong or unnecessary - nowadays it's a reflection of how over sensitive people have become. If I got "triggered" over any autistic joke I saw I would likely be much, much more of a shut in and worse off in general.

Do you have PTSD? Because there are lots of people around who do have PTSD from abuse/violence and can actually be triggered psychologically into having a flashback or a dissociative episode from being exposed to things that remind them of their abuse/violent experience(s). This is a real thing that happens to people suffering from PTSD. This is why doing things like publicly telling jokes that make light of violent rape is wrong--because you can contribute to someone else's suffering from mental illness by doing that. It's not about "offense", it's about harming people that are vulnerable because they have already been seriously harmed in some way that they are having trouble healing from. Would you go into a hospital and poke at a person's stitches who had a surgery that their body is struggling to recover from, and blame them for the pain they experience from your poking them? Or maybe would you try to be a decent human being and don't go around poking people in places where they might be suffering?

It's not that hard to avoid being an as*hole if you think about it--just don't go out of your way to do harm to the people around you with your words and actions. That's all it takes, it's that easy.

And besides, every Muslim terrorist in the middle east was probably jumping for joy when they heard Trump won the election. They've been saying for decades that America is the devil, and Trump is going to do everything within his power as president to prove them right.

I have no doubt that will be proven to be a fact.

Are you sure that accounts for most people who'd fall in the SJW category?

A side note to go with that logic - war shows on the history channel should be banned; we have vets coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan who could do without seeing war footage or memorials playing in someone's living room.

Most of the women that I know that get involved with women's equality/feminism have been victims of sexual assault/abuse--most of the women I have spoken to in those circles (IRL and online) are survivors. PTSD and mood disorders like anxiety and depression are very common among women with such experiences. I don't know about the rest of what you would call "SJWs", the only population I'm really familiar with personally that you would probably affix that label to are women in my personal life who would self-identify as feminists and women from my local women's shelter where I have sought individual and group therapy and participated in some social activities in that community, as well as women I speak to regularly online who self-identify as feminists. That's the only group I can speak to with which I have personal experience.

Apparently a lot of ww2 vets sought help after saving private Ryan came out.

That's just a stereotype. Many autistics here have made it clear not only do they have empathy, they have it to a painful extent. Like "hyper empathy".




To you yes, but not to everyone else with autism.




Again, that's you, not all of us. However, as a privileged white boy, I don't know that I can rightly put myself in their shoes.

I feel trump has some good, distortion even great ideas, but simply is not the right person to diliver them to the populous.

I'm VERY interested in the "weaponized autism" idea going about on Reddit and 4chan and I am observing that closely. I think it's a great development in the social advancement of autism.

Mark my words, Barron Trump will turn out to be on the autism spectrum. This will become pretty obvious as they lose their privacy living in the White House. He has subtle autistic mannerisms (something I study) and if you track it back, Donald became interested in vaccine conspiracy theories around the same time Barron would have been showing initial autism signs. He's let up on it gradually as Barron has gotten older, but not let go of it all the way. I'm confident that he'll turn around as Barron becomes an adult and Donald gets a full understanding of the autism spectrum.

Another reason Barron is likely to be autistic: I suspect that Donald has ADHD and that is one of the five conditions that frequently coexist in families. The five conditions are autism, ADHD, depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

I'm 99% sure I'm an Aspie and I'm empathetic, almost too empathetic at times to the point that it overwhelms me.

Trump is a disaster area, an inconsistent, sociopathic, impulsive manchild, but better things will come when people realise the overarching neocon/neoliberal/capitalist agenda isn't working for them. Donald Trump isn't going to change a thing, and will make millions of people's lives harder while improving it for the select few.