An autistic man was surfing the internet on his dad’s sofa. Then the FBI arrived

Re:An autistic man was surfing the internet on his dad’s sof... by laserlight on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @04:42AM (#33703892)

> People with autism are not psychopath and it's honestly insane to bring psychopathy into a conversation about autism as some kind of comparison

I don't think it's insane to bring the comparison into this conversation, because the behavior of this autistic person is clearly a psychopathic one, regardless of the intention.

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Re:An autistic man was surfing the internet on his dad’s sof... by bsjanmelttq on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @05:29AM (#33704203)

Autistic people feel emotions but don't understand them [0].

Psychopaths understand emotions but don't feel them.

They might seem similar but really are polar opposites.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexithymia

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Re:An autistic man was surfing the internet on his dad’s sof... by Scandiravian on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @05:01AM (#33704021)

The motive was a desire to be accepted and have a connection to other people

Excluding intention as a part of judgement is also excluding a desire to rehabilitate the offender, which makes the goal of punishment revenge

What ends up happening is that people with autism are sent to prison, where they will be the victim of psychical and mental violence almost every day, in an environment that's torturous to them, with no ability to understand why they are there or how to change their situation. All this simply because of a desire to hurt someone who's perceived as "bad".

I'm not sure we agree who's displaying psychopathic traits in that situation

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