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RFK Jr. says government to launch new studies on link between toxins, autism amid pushback
(www.usatoday.com)
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It’s funny how many people that claim to believe that vaccines cause autism out themselves as not truly believing that.
The vast majority of people who parrot the vaccines cause autism bullshit also believe that autistic people should be punished for being autistic, even up to, in RFK Jrs own words: sent to labor camps. It’s not at all logically consistent to believe that autism is caused by an external factor outside of their control but also they need to be brutalized for daring to be autistic. It is, as always, a grift to get money from idiots.
There’s definitely some moms of autism horseshit in there where “I can’t possibly be responsible for my child being autistic, it MUST be something else” is a major driving factor too. Anything to shift the blame away from yourself for failing to take care of your child properly.
Not even that, that idea is driven, deep down, by seeing autistic people as less than human, or at least a less "valuable" human. Don't mistake it - Moms of Autism types absolutely, deep down, hate their children.
I am well aware, first hand, of what mothers of autistic children think about their autistic children. Fucked me up for decades.
As far as we can tell, these moms are indeed NOT responsible for the autism of their kids. As our society allows to care and accommodate for individuals who may or may not have issues integrating socially, autism is not negatively selected for and therefore individuals affected are only selected against on a sexual level if at all.
That means: These moms blame anything but the chance of their genetics, in consequence believing fascist ideas of a lost golden past that must be achieved again by ousting demonized parts of society.