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In the discussion thread: Please stop blaming Asperger's for Mitt's nastiness! [View all]

Sat Sep 22, 2012, 02:49 PM

kag (941 posts)

8. I hadn't heard that claim before.

My son has Asperger's, and there is NO WAY he could behave as Romney does. My son is truthful to a fault, and believe me, that's not always a good thing. But it's very different from the sociopathic behavior displayed by Rmoney.

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37 replies	Author	Time	Post
Please stop blaming Asperger's for Mitt's nastiness! [View all]	tblue37	Sep 2012	OP
Link to post? thanks	DURHAM D	Sep 2012	#1
No reason to link to my post, since I have copy-pasted it	tblue37	Sep 2012	#3
I see the comment/quote was from an article at Wonkette.	DURHAM D	Sep 2012	#14
+1	marybourg	Sep 2012	#2
I'm an Aspie. He's no Aspie	TrogL	Sep 2012	#4
Precisely! Aren't you horrified at the ignorance about Asperger's	tblue37	Sep 2012	#5
What makes him a "sociopath?" Has he killed anyone?	foghat rules	Sep 2012	#9
He is a bully, at the very least. This has been shown in numerous examples.	pnwmom	Sep 2012	#17
Well then Bush would be one too, right?	treestar	Sep 2012	#19
that word...	BanzaiBonnie	Sep 2012	#22
Sociopath doesn't equate to killing any one	devilgrrl	Sep 2012	#23
Most sociopaths aren't murderers. Fact. nt	laundry_queen	Sep 2012	#25
And by definition, very few socoipaths are willing to participate in society	loyalsister	Sep 2012	#31
A sociopath has no feelings for others.	Zoeisright	Sep 2012	#36
good point.	Liberal_in_LA	Sep 2012	#6
I agree. Romney is just someone who thinks because he is rich he is entitled	WI_DEM	Sep 2012	#7
I hadn't heard that claim before.	kag	Sep 2012	#8
WTF? There's no need for a "diagnosis" -- the guy is just simply a prick. Sheesh!	gateley	Sep 2012	#10
Yep. DU's obsession with medicalizing everyone they don't like is irritating. (nt)	Posteritatis	Sep 2012	#11
Indeed!	loyalsister	Sep 2012	#33
In my professional opinion, and I am one, he does not have Asperger's Syndrome.	nolabear	Sep 2012	#12
Thank you for this	siligut	Sep 2012	#32
I disagree. Romney is an ass burger if anyone was.	Kablooie	Sep 2012	#13
Mitt is an ass-burger	mindwalker_i	Sep 2012	#15
He's not an aspie. He's a pathological narcissist, without a drop of empathy	pnwmom	Sep 2012	#16
I agree.	deafskeptic	Sep 2012	#20
I had one, also.	pnwmom	Sep 2012	#21
Sounds like my family.	laundry_queen	Sep 2012	#26
Agreed, Mitt being out of touch is not Asberger's	treestar	Sep 2012	#18
No, no, no. Willard doesn't HAVE Asperberger's	MurrayDelph	Sep 2012	#24
Why would you be appalled?	randome	Sep 2012	#27
These days for something as widespread as that? Yes, it's a reasonable expectation. (nt)	Posteritatis	Sep 2012	#29
I don't expect everyone to know everything I know--I just think that	tblue37	Sep 2012	#35
rMoney is a psychopath.	backscatter712	Sep 2012	#28
This is why I hate the "autistics have no empathy" crap.	Odin2005	Sep 2012	#30
I am the mother of an Aspie,	SheilaT	Sep 2012	#34
Mitt's not on the autistic spectrum	sakabatou	Sep 2012	#37

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