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cruzcampo[dead post] ◴[] No.43810880[source]
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perihelions ◴[] No.43810971[source]
I'll quote Kennedy's dehumanizing comments for context, that people can compare the two styles of rhetoric:

- "Kennedy said many autistic children were “fully functional” and “regressed … into autism when they were 2 years old. And these are kids who will never pay taxes, they’ll never hold a job, they’ll never play baseball, they’ll never write a poem, they’ll never go out on a date. Many of them will never use a toilet unassisted.”"

- "He also said, “Most cases now are severe. Twenty-five percent of the kids who are diagnosed with autism are nonverbal, non-toilet-trained, and have other stereotypical features.”"

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-robert-f...

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1. PeterStuer ◴[] No.43811053[source]
What percentage of the millions of twiteraty proudly putting autism in their bio would you guess are "non-toilet trained"?
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2. Ygg2 ◴[] No.43811138[source]
Seeing some of them still wear diapers, I'm going to assume percentage higher than 0%.

PS. I'm aware what it is.