There was an open and aggressive disdain for anyone different back then. I am autistic as the average HN reader, and my home town was shockingly abusive to me.

There was an open and aggressive disdain for anyone different back then. I am autistic as the average HN reader, and my home town was shockingly abusive to me. I tried not thinking about it for 20+ years after leaving that place, but now I look back at that period of my life and reel. The abuse they tolerated back then...