Satire news website The Onion savagely demonizes autistics

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02 Oct 2016, 6:11 pm

I've seen that skit before and didn't find it demonizing, I thought of it as a "positive satire".

Also I'm not big on this "Autistics vs NT" sectarianism myself.

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02 Oct 2016, 7:04 pm

I also thought this was classic.

http://www.theonion.com/blogpost/why-ar ... d-or-34699

It's not positive, and not intended to be. It works, because many people resemble these remarks.

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02 Oct 2016, 9:11 pm

I'm not against laughing at myself every now and then; I think that's a better attitude to have than getting offended over everything.

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03 Oct 2016, 4:01 am

dcj123 wrote:

LOL

I found the video funny and I love the onion,

Grow a set guys, you can still represent autism correctly in real life and have a sense of humor. Can people not tell what is fantasy and reality?

This is my fav onion video,

I love Peter Rosenthal.

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03 Oct 2016, 5:59 am

They are making fun of people who make fun of autistic people and distorted views of autism...

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03 Oct 2016, 5:41 pm

I think that socially awkward people are frequently the subject of comedy . I have seen comedy sketches where characters seemed to stereotypically have Asperger syndrome , or some other developmental disorder , only they were not specifically identified as such . For example https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek4-xXgx8XI , https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=59w6fzjamU0 , https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LBaZ2BNp9tk , https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHK9tb8e4gsV4CJNhmCXeOABAddp8u2ew . Only people seem to think that Tourette syndrome is fair game , and reference it by name . https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pAWSvA4NEfE

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03 Oct 2016, 6:46 pm

This is a caricature, or exaggeration, not intended to be literal.

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07 Oct 2016, 8:58 am

hehe "once we hose down the blood and flesh everything will be ok" xxxxxxxxDDDDDDDDDD I have a sick sense of humor o-o

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