Why hasn't there been more news on the two recent murders of autistics?
Nothing on CNN. Nothing anywhere that I can see. It didn't even make
autism, and I think they posted three times about the kid who played the basketball game.
Be honest. If I hadn't been posting about this all the time, would you know about either murder? Excluding those who are interested in the subject, and so seek out stories like this... I think not.
I can fool myself, because I happen to know a number of people who *do* care, deeply, care enough to seek out these stories - but that's the exception, not the rule.
Edit: Apparently, Christopher DeGroot's neighbor heard him struggling as he was burned alive.
Nothing on CNN. Nothing anywhere that I can see. It didn't even make
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Be honest. If I hadn't been posting about this all the time, would you know about either murder? Excluding those who are interested in the subject, and so seek out stories like this... I think not.
I can fool myself, because I happen to know a number of people who *do* care, deeply, care enough to seek out these stories - but that's the exception, not the rule.
Edit: Apparently, Christopher DeGroot's neighbor heard him struggling as he was burned alive.