I've said it before, and I'll say it again...

[conuly]

Being aspie doesn't mean that you can't understand the concept of "against the law". Really, truly.

Comments

[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.

[conuly]

Y'know, I *wish* AS were sexy. I'd be, like, S3xx@y!!!111

[l33tminion]

I maintain that it is to those with well cultivated tastes...

[mhari.livejournal.com]

Perhaps we should make buttons. "I'm Rude, Not Stupid". ;)

[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.

[conuly]

Y'know, I *wish* AS were sexy. I'd be, like, S3xx@y!!!111

[l33tminion]

I maintain that it is to those with well cultivated tastes...

[mhari.livejournal.com]

Perhaps we should make buttons. "I'm Rude, Not Stupid". ;)