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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is in full damage-control mode after causing outrage with his comments about autism during his first official press briefing as health secretary.

Kennedy, a longtime vaccine skeptic, attempted to dial back the controversy in a sit-down Thursday night with Fox News’ Sean Hannity.

He had triggered a firestorm by claiming that people with autism—a neurodevelopmental disorder—will never play baseball, go out on dates, pay taxes, write poems, or hold down a job. He also described autism as a “preventable disease” caused by a mysterious environmental toxin.

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[–] benignintervention@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The man scrambles to finish his fucking sentences

[–] Blackout@fedia.io 19 points 1 week ago

What's worse than hearing bullshit come out of RFKjr's mouth? Having to listen to him grumble out an apology. Dude should get AI to do his talking.

[–] Doctor_Satan@lemm.ee 34 points 1 week ago

Kennedy, a longtime vaccine skeptic, attempted to dial back the controversy

Nope. You told the same lies that Nazi eugenicists told when they wanted to sterilize and eliminate neurodivergent people. You said that shit with your whole chest and you meant it. Don't run from it. Own it, you fucking coward.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 27 points 1 week ago

Good let's keep him in 'damage-control mode'. Keep pushing back, friends. Don't give anyone in this administration a moment's rest.

[–] ButteryNickel@lemmy.wtf 23 points 1 week ago

Being autistic, the ignorance yet dominance of the conservative party pisses me off. But RFK Jr targeting autism really puts a fine point on my anger.

He's willing to ignore science and still try and tell me about my own body and mind.

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Fingers crossed he fucks up enough to link it to something like PFAS (already a no) and we get serious reform out of it.

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Even a blind brainworm finds a neuron on occasion?

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Be funny if the worm is what is keeping him together.

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Just your every day brain worm piloting a flesh mech.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Nope, it'll be vaccines. When you announce that your study will have results by a certain date, you already have an outcome in mind - you're just trying to find a way to retroactively fit data.

[–] Kepion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Are we sure this man isn't a bug

[–] FuckFascism@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

No, we are not.

[–] kadotux@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wait what was this movie? I've seen it but can't recall

[–] cx40@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Men in Black 1997

He's the worm guy.

[–] Ushmel@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

cockroach guy 😅

[–] Ydna@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

It's actually impressive that the guy has managed to combine the dumbest aspects of liberal patronization with fascist rhetoric.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 6 points 1 week ago

He only meant the bad autistics like the Rain Man and the annoying kid from the Curious Dog In The Night Garden.

[–] narr1@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

Man, if anyone wants to put me within stabbing distance of this fucking spineless removed I can and will gladly feed him his own testicles after cutting them off, break his kneecaps and leave him bleeding in a sewer to be eaten by cat-sized rats, and take the blame for it. And again, to reiterate, gladly. For no other reason than hate.