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I feel sick... I am in the middle of writing about the
Autism Speaks Leadership Conference, and took a moment to check out a few of my
favorite Autism pages to find thAutcast.com speaking of Joe Scarborough of MSNBC
associating the horrible events in Colorado with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Please check out the link and watch Mr. Scarborough's comments.
Joe Scarborough should be ASHAMED of himself!!! Associating
homicidal maniacs with people on the spectrum without a shred of proof when HE
HAS A CHILD ON THE SPECTRUM!?!?
Does the Colorado shooting really need to be sensationalized
Mr. Scarborough? Isn't it horrible enough as it is? Do you think that it needed
to be “punched up” by adding autism to the mix? What are you thinking Joe? On a
platform such as yours you spew out such misinformation? I understand that you
were speculating, but in today’s day and age, how long before that speculative
comment becomes fact!?!? Do you really think that the mouth breathing, let TV
do thinking for me types that watch your show are going to take the time to
consider that you have no basis for your comments? No… they will accept them as
fact.
Not only do you suggest without any sort of knowledge that James Holmes, the suspect in the Colorado Theater shooting spree, is on the “autism scale” but you go on to suggest that “more
often than not” socially mal-adjusted maniac killers are autistics. Where is
the basis of your information? In the history of these horrible shootings, how
many were on the Autism SPECTRUM? More than half you say? Sorry… I call bullshit.
Aren’t bath salts “IN” right now? Couldn’t you have brought
that up? Maybe he was from a broken home? I bet that was it! Perhaps he was
bullied! That is why he did it! Maybe he just broke up with a girl and was
distraught or got a bad grade? Maybe he was just a bad guy? Any of these would
be just as credible as bringing up autism as a viable reason for why a guy
snaps and uses tear gas and 3 weapons to attack a bunch of innocent people at a
Batman movie.
Apparently the reason you feel you do about healthcare is
because you fear a bunch of killer autistics would be on the loose? When doing
a story on successful people in Silicon Valley have you ever stopped to
speculate publicly on the air that it might be because they are on the “autism
scale”? It would be just as baseless.
My blood is boiling. Scarborough has set back autism
awareness on a massive scale unless we as a community repudiate thoughtless
comments such as these. What the hell is the "Autism Scale" anyway?
Does it read pounds, or is it metric?
Are you devoid of any journalistic integrity Joe? Do you not
understand that your words carry weight? When a police officer responds to a
call and has to deal with an autistic, what do you think is going to be running
around in their mind when talking heads start equating people with autism to
murderers? They will never hear the apology that I am certain is about to come;
only that according to your lies, “more often than not” these homicidal maniacs
are on the “autism” scale. It is words such as yours that put autistics in
danger and alienate them more and more from the neuro-typical world.
At least 50 Cent was trying to be funny.
Here are some comments from a few noted autistics and blog posts from around the web concerning this very topic...
Here are some comments from a few noted autistics and blog posts from around the web concerning this very topic...
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