BUMPED THREAD - Van hits pedestrians in Toronto - 10 dead, 16 more injured

[Black Aeronaut]

Close to three years after the attack, and the attacker has had his day in court.

His lawyers argued that he was "not criminally responsible" because of autism spectrum disorder leading to an inability to empathize with others.

MOTHER.  FUCKER.



Just because you're fucking autistic isn't a fucking excuse you goddamned inbred bastard.

If anything, it's the exact opposite for us on the Spectrum.  We're not incapable of empathy.  Far from it, in fact.  The problem we have is that we're hypersensitive to the world around us.  Combine that with how much trouble we have with controlling out emotions, sometimes we have have to shut down or else we wouldn't be able to function at all.

Ask anyone who is happily married to someone who is on the Spectrum.  They'll tell you.  Yeah, communication is difficult sometimes.  But once you take the time to learn "Their Language", more often than not they'll utterly destroy you in the feels every damn time.

I fucking despise shit-heels like this that use Autism as some kind of defense for being horrible.