Date: 2005-04-25 09:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dkmnow.livejournal.com
Yeah. And the passing mention of "Asperger's" is always a big attention-getter in the coverage of these cases. It may be peripheral or even irrelevant to the case, but hey, it's new, it's sexy, it sells. So what if it helps to stigmatize or even villify an entire class of people?

::fumes::

Oh, evil sociopathic me - there I go again, blaming society for everything.

Date: 2005-04-25 11:33 pm (UTC)
l33tminion: (Default)
From: [personal profile] l33tminion
I maintain that it is to those with well cultivated tastes...

Date: 2005-04-26 06:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mhari.livejournal.com
Perhaps we should make buttons. "I'm Rude, Not Stupid". ;)

Date: 2005-04-25 09:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dkmnow.livejournal.com
Yeah. And the passing mention of "Asperger's" is always a big attention-getter in the coverage of these cases. It may be peripheral or even irrelevant to the case, but hey, it's new, it's sexy, it sells. So what if it helps to stigmatize or even villify an entire class of people?

::fumes::

Oh, evil sociopathic me - there I go again, blaming society for everything.

Date: 2005-04-25 11:33 pm (UTC)
l33tminion: (Default)
From: [personal profile] l33tminion
I maintain that it is to those with well cultivated tastes...

Date: 2005-04-26 06:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mhari.livejournal.com
Perhaps we should make buttons. "I'm Rude, Not Stupid". ;)

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