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U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, privacy and intent

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254 points perihelions | 5 comments | 27 Apr 25 09:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.704s | source
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47282847 ◴[27 Apr 25 10:51 UTC] No.43810954[source]▶
It’s interesting to muse about the larger picture here. What is it that makes autism so dangerous? To me it looks like part of an almost spiritual war against empathy/compassion by traumatized individuals trying to fight their own Jungian Shadow.
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1. cruzcampo ◴[27 Apr 25 11:42 UTC] No.43811210[source]▶
Autists are just an easy group to target that can't fight back too hard.

It's just the next step on the escalation ladder. They'll come for all of us eventually

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2. ryandrake ◴[27 Apr 25 18:22 UTC] No.43814012[source]▶
The administration's (and R party's) entire M.O. is now to find relatively small, easy-to-target demographic groups that can't fight back, exact cruelty on them to marginalize them even more or (in their view even better) stamp them out, and then go carve out another small, vulnerable group and repeat. We're going to see this pattern repeat over and over in the near future, and there will be many targeted groups.
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3. cruzcampo ◴[27 Apr 25 18:47 UTC] No.43814190[source]▶
That famous Martin Niemöller quote comes to mind:

First they came for the Communists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Communist

Then they came for the Socialists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Socialist

Then they came for the trade unionists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a trade unionist

Then they came for the Jews

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Jew

Then they came for me

And there was no one left

To speak out for me

If we don't aggressively fight this at every step, it'll be our turn eventually.

4. gizzlon ◴[27 Apr 25 20:08 UTC] No.43814714[source]▶
> When the Nazis came for the communists, I kept quiet; I wasn't a communist.

> When they came for the trade unionists, I kept quiet; I wasn't a trade unionist.

> When they locked up the Social Democrats, I kept quiet; I wasn't a social democrat.

> When they locked up the Jews, I kept quiet; I wasn't a Jew.

> When they came for me, there was no one left to protest

5. mrguyorama ◴[28 Apr 25 22:02 UTC] No.43826605[source]▶
My prediction will be that ADHD people are next. Only 2% of the population and the social conservative supporters of RFK Jr have always hated giving kids stimulants despite the clear evidence supporting its use. There is STILL an ideology among conservatives that the current crop of people being diagnosed as ADHD is "wrong" and that people "with ADHD" are just junkies abusing stimulants or otherwise "overprescribed", despite clear and obvious evidence that people diagnosed with ADHD struggle to get their medicine for utterly stupid reasons and that we objectively do not have the capacity to evaluate everyone who needs it.

They will claim that ADHD people are a drain on society and are unproductive and are just being lazy.