This is the Republican modus operandi:
"This is the fantasy we want to believe. And if the facts do not support our fantasy, we will accuse you of lying to us and call for your death."
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I mean... Trump said there wouldn't be positive COVID tests if we didn't test, so maybe RFK is going to borrow that method of preventing autism by not testing and documenting.
This is the dumbest circus show ever.
You know why autism rates have “increased”?
Because we understand a lot more about the condition now, and are a whole fucking lot better at determining whether a person may be on the spectrum or not - a “spectrum” that, I should add, is a whole fucking lot more nuanced and less binary than the “he’s a good worker” vs “let’s hold Timmy back a couple grades” dichotomy that you would have seen up through the late 90s and early 2000s.
By some estimates, 20% of the population is expected to be neurodivergent in one way or another. Autism and ADHD are wildly underdiagnosed to this day. Especially for AFAB people.
and its also genetic, and not organically caused by chemicals.
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This man will kill millions of people.
Source?…. Trust me bro, I have a good feeling.
It is from RFK's hole: The cavity where a worm starved to death.
I listened to him speaking, and his message really came across as personal incredulity from my vantage point.
He’s like your uncle Ronnie that always has random facts and if you ask him where he learned it from, he always says “I read it somewhere” or he starts off with “I read somewhere”. Lmao, and the followers just eat it up.
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I mean, technically? If all your kids get sick and die, congratulations! You prevented them from getting autism!
Someone please shut this stupid grifter up.
Since autism is preventable, does that mean we're going to exile autistic children and their mothers for playing part in some sort of crime? Since we're going full-scale Nazi, it only makes sense for RFKJ to follow in the footsteps of Mengele.
RFK already floated the idea of work camps for autistic and ADHD kids.
I'm certain one of America's And then they came for... moments will be for people with "full-blown autism."
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Who cares anymore? This man is unfit to hold the position. I'd rather focus on us IMMEDIATELY removing this administration whatever means necessary, than highlighting the latest nonsense of RFK, outburst of Trump/Musk, or stupidity of Vance
The brain of an autistic person is literally built different in the womb, but of course he doesn't want to admit that. Autistic brains are usually noticably more symmetrical with more long distance connections and fewer local connections.
But he has chosen a different "truth" to act on because he wants to feel special.
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"Autism is preventable"- says the guy with a brain worm.
Brain worms are also preventable, you dung heap. Yet, you fucked that up.
Please, you leather-faced ghoul, show your work and prevent any future cases of autism.
There is a way to prevent having a child with Autism and it's absolutely fool proof. Just don't have kids. Boom, you've prevented a kid from having Autism.
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The Regime: “It’s preventable as long as you accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, and bury those problems deep inside. No, deeper. Now shut up and get back to work.”
"Our research has shown that if you inject a cocktail ivermectin and bleach while shoving a UV light bulb up it's ass it prevents autism."
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People like RFK are preventable.
How people can consider even a regular man a guy so blatantly and obviously and clearly stupid and ignorant?
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