He is, and his autism does not excuse it. Don’t tell me an autistic person knows no better.

Where did that come from?

That because he is neurologically impaired he is allowed to use evil symbolism.

I have worked with many brain damaged people and not one of them was evil,
using Nazi symbols.

Eat the rich.

The only people who truly won in November were the billionaires/oligarchs.

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Autism doesn't absolve a person from being an asshole. In fact, I have known many people who are autistic and are assholes.

Autism can lead you misread a situation, miss a social cue, or impulsively try to communicate something in a way that ends up misinterpreted.

How you act when it's pointed out to you how others are interpreting what you said or did is about your character, not your neurodivergence.

I'm autistic as well. It's, as you say, not an excuse not to give a shit about the impact your words and actions might have on others.

I used to work in a supermarket when I was in college and it just felt better to punch in numbers on the keyboard using my middle finger. When someone pointed out to me that it sometimes looked like I was flipping the customers off, I apologized, explained that that wasn't my intent, and stopped doing it. Easy peasy.

Most autistic people build a social programme that they run in lieu of intuitively knowing how to handle social situations. Whether or not you are willing to accept feedback and tinker with and improve your programme is generally within your control and comes down to your attitude and values, at least when we're talking about people who are verbal and not intellectually disabled.

and it is certainly no excuse to be hateful or malicious like Musk is. I deal with a lot of social awkwardness and wanting to stick with people I know. Much different than Musk.

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We know what a friggin' Nazi salute is.

Elon Musk is a piece of shit. It's a completely separate trait from his autism.

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without their consent. There's a famous anatomical text book which is still being used where some of the illustrations were based in part on Nazi doctors experimenting on autistic kids because they didn't think they could feel pain.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49294861

Almost 250,000 disabled people were killed by the Nazis in the name of "racial hygiene" because of what were perceived to be deficient genetics and many of those people were autistic.

If Elon know, understood, or cared about the history of his condition, the last thing he would be doing would be running around doing a Nazi salute. And that last picture and caption, while I see where they are coming from, is also pretty gross for people that are aware of that context.

How dare anybody make that excuse. Musk knew exactly what he was doing.

Being as how he's managed to become the richest person in the world, and basically purchased the government of the most powerful country in the world.

But doesn't know better than this? Yeah right.

He just wanted to see how far he could gaslight the country.

He is the mirror image of DJT, only younger.

I don't care what excuse he thinks will fly. He did a Nazi salute not once, but twice. The guy's a Nazi.

I read a little on how people were taught to do this salute. I also don't care about the origin of it. It's a Nazi salute. You see this salute. you recognize it as part of the most evil person on the planet at that time. If he thought he was swearing allegiance to rumpy, I got news for him. He's going to kiss his wealth goodbye. He's a full grown adult. What was interesting was how he did it once, then turned so those behind him could see him do it again. It was intentional, it was disgusting, and it wasn't funny. It wasn't a joke that no one else got.

The part about slapping his fist to his heart, is not part of the salute. Sticking your arm straight out in front of you at approximately a 45 degree angle with the hand straight out, palm facing down, is the salute. That's what he did. Twice.

No one cares? I wouldn't do business with him or anyone friendly to him. He thinks he can shrug it off? I am waiting to hear a reporter ask rumpy his opinion of it. Should be good.

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On the spectrum here,it is no excuse for those type of actions.......Actually is not an excuse for anything..

And didn't these fucks mock him 24/7?

I hate them so much.

yes indeed

Has she ever said or done anything inappropriate? Yes. But haven't we all at some point in our lives? She accepts correction. I don't think she has a malicious bone in her body. I can't imagine her doing a Nazi salute.
Musk has no excuse. None.

Adjusting Terry Pratchett:
“Just because someone's neurodivergent doesn't mean they're not a nasty, small-minded little jerk.”
― Feet of Clay