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Autists are just an easy group to target that can't fight back too hard. It's just the next step on the escalation ladder. They'll come for all of us eventuall

Autists are just an easy group to target that can't fight back too hard. It's just the next step on the escalation ladder. They'll come for all of us eventually

ryandrake 1y ago
The administration's (and R party's) entire M.O. is now to find relatively small, easy-to-target demographic groups that can't fight back, exact cruelty on them to marginalize them even more or (in their view even better) stamp them out, and then go carve out another small, vulnerable group and repeat. We're going to see this pattern repeat over and over in the near future, and there will be many targeted groups.
- cruzcampo 1y ago
  That famous Martin Niemöller quote comes to mind: First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me If we don't aggressively fight this at every step, it'll be our turn eventually.
- gizzlon 1y ago
  > When the Nazis came for the communists, I kept quiet; I wasn't a communist. > When they came for the trade unionists, I kept quiet; I wasn't a trade unionist. > When they locked up the Social Democrats, I kept quiet; I wasn't a social democrat. > When they locked up the Jews, I kept quiet; I wasn't a Jew. > When they came for me, there was no one left to protest
mrguyorama 1y ago
My prediction will be that ADHD people are next. Only 2% of the population and the social conservative supporters of RFK Jr have always hated giving kids stimulants despite the clear evidence supporting its use. There is STILL an ideology among conservatives that the current crop of people being diagnosed as ADHD is "wrong" and that people "with ADHD" are just junkies abusing stimulants or otherwise "overprescribed", despite clear and obvious evidence that people diagnosed with ADHD struggle to get their medicine for utterly stupid reasons and that we objectively do not have the capacity to evaluate everyone who needs it. They will claim that ADHD people are a drain on society and are unproductive and are just being lazy.

Autists are just an easy group to target that can't fight back too hard. It's just the next step on the escalation ladder. They'll come for all of us eventually

ryandrake 1y ago

The administration's (and R party's) entire M.O. is now to find relatively small, easy-to-target demographic groups that can't fight back, exact cruelty on them to marginalize them even more or (in their view even better) stamp them out, and then go carve out another small, vulnerable group and repeat. We're going to see this pattern repeat over and over in the near future, and there will be many targeted groups.

cruzcampo 1y ago
That famous Martin Niemöller quote comes to mind: First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me If we don't aggressively fight this at every step, it'll be our turn eventually.
gizzlon 1y ago
> When the Nazis came for the communists, I kept quiet; I wasn't a communist. > When they came for the trade unionists, I kept quiet; I wasn't a trade unionist. > When they locked up the Social Democrats, I kept quiet; I wasn't a social democrat. > When they locked up the Jews, I kept quiet; I wasn't a Jew. > When they came for me, there was no one left to protest

mrguyorama 1y ago

My prediction will be that ADHD people are next. Only 2% of the population and the social conservative supporters of RFK Jr have always hated giving kids stimulants despite the clear evidence supporting its use. There is STILL an ideology among conservatives that the current crop of people being diagnosed as ADHD is "wrong" and that people "with ADHD" are just junkies abusing stimulants or otherwise "overprescribed", despite clear and obvious evidence that people diagnosed with ADHD struggle to get their medicine for utterly stupid reasons and that we objectively do not have the capacity to evaluate everyone who needs it. They will claim that ADHD people are a drain on society and are unproductive and are just being lazy.