Did Hitler Have AS or an ASD?

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He was a hateful idiot, picking up on the whole Jew thing that started as russian propaganda and made it his own.

I don't know, but other than possibly not be treated very well, I don't see any ASD traits in him. I doubt he had it.

He was supposed to be very good at speeches, and people all felt that he spoke to them personally. Manipulation isn't our strongest suit.

It's (possible).
Obviously he could draw. That already places him, at the very least, ankle deep at the shallow end of the spectrum.
Also his young adult life does sort of mirror that of many on the spectrum in being a shiftless dreamer type who was even homeless at one point.
By all historical accounts (excluding war propaganda of the period), he appears to have had a very modest sex life (if any). This from a man who pretty much could have had any woman he wanted at the height of his power.

He was very good at monologue (a thing aspies are often criticized about when attempting to socialize).
His views were really part and parcel of most Germans and Austrians of the time. So of course people would have felt like he spoke to them personally (it's certain many Trump supporters feel the same way about Trump btw).
IMHO the whole Hitler as irresistible, spellbinding, hypnotist narrative was probably something that came out post war as a way for the German people to shift blame.

Of course, it's easy to see why many object to the idea that he might have been on the spectrum.
Of course, those reasons have nothing to do with objective fact (one way or another).

If true then it just goes to prove the saying "If you've met one guy with autism, you've met one guy with autism".

Not. This. AGAIN.

What is with the obsession? Besides the most obvious reason, I mean? Why do people keep asking the same questions over and over on WP? My answers to them are always going to be the same!

I don't believe Hitler had autism or Asperger's. And even if he did that doesn't mean all people on the spectrum are like Hitler. I think he may have had paranoid schizophrenia, but that doesn't mean all people with schizophrenia are like Hitler, either.

And he was never diagnosed with such things, so we'll never really know, life is full of mysteries, GET OVER IT. THE END. DISCUSSION OVER. NOT TO BE CONTINUED. Or something, because I don't know.

Hitler....had only got one ball
Goering, had two but very small
Himmler....was rather sim'lar
And poor old Goebbels
Had no balls
At all.

Did Jesus have autism?

Did your mom have autism?

Did the bug I killed yesterday have autism?

This question is getting as bad as those "am I pregnant" questions.

Btw, I am guy and I worried, am I pregnant? lulz

I hadn't heard that version , is it sung to the same tune - Colonel Bogey March ?

I voted "Hitler who?" Also, it is not possible to "have" Autism any more than it is possible to "have" Caucasian. You can be Caucasian and you can be Autistic. The toothbrush mustache is a style that first became popular in the United States in the late 19th century. But then it became unfashionable after World War II due to its association with Adolf Hitler. Yes, they even had trends back then despite what the shared consciousness thinks. So I do know who Adolf Hitler is, but there are many Hitler's that have come and gone just like there were toothbrush mustaches before his time. Charlie Chaplin was wearing this mustache in character on film as far back as 1914, long before Adolph Hitler became a public figure.

Now I still don't like to assume (making an ass out of u and me) you are talking about Adolf Hitler without specifying it, I think I have shown enough evidence of my distaste for assuming to grudgingly play along. A contingent aspect of Autism is a measurable deficit in some form of communication. His ability to manipulate crowds rules out all of the criteria of Autism.