Trump on autism

[BeHappySloth]

Sorry if there is another thread - I did look.

I mean, wtf??!!

An RFK supporter and clearly a devotee of the MAGA (make America Grim again) church.

Harris was a damn sight better than what you got, to be fair a wet lettuce would be better than what you have now.

Forcing women to carry babies- even when clinically brain dead, denying them decent care during pregnancy, and now suggesting that women are responsible for autism. His regime is fucking disgusting.

You must be joking, plenty of people struggled in my class in the 80's.
Most left without qualifications, 83 to 90 something.
I had remedial Math and English classes, left school knowing very little.
The boldest boy in my class, died of a drug over dose in a doorway, clearly his issues weren't recognise, his self esteem plummeted.
There was plenty who couldn't concentrate. Back then you had classes in secondary for the smart, semi smart, thick kids, not judging. I was in the low class, it was great fun back but not much learning.

If I can add to that @OwlBeThere:

Trump is a misogynistic cunt with zero idea about facts and science and stuff.😒 RFK is the same but with a worm controlling his brain.🤯

70-odd million odd Americans voted for him. Let that sink in.

Yep, a terrible candidate. But, ultimately, a cardboard cutout should have beaten Trump. Harris suffered from being both a woman and black.

That actually makes sense of it.

🤣🤣🤣

Erm, are we surprised?
Anyone remember covid? What was it he said? Really really bright lights and bleach? It was something along those lines.

And now he's talking about Autism? Nope not interested.
I would like to understand more about why we have so many more severely autistic kids in this generation, but I don't think it'll come from him.

I just feel sorry for all the gullible parents that will believe it’s true. He’s a joke and it’s crazy that people believe him.

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I suspect that how you feel when you hear this is how they want women to feel.

I feel like that when the pro lifers go on about abortion. It’s not as strong a feeling as I used to get, but it still gives me a twinge of guilt. They know this.

😂

I don't have an opinion on the content, but the delivery was terrible.
He mumbled, stumbled through it all, obviously hadn't taken the trouble to digest what was going to be a momentous announcement.
He was so lucid in Windsor that I wondered why he's not like that always. Didn't have long to wait.

I'll probably cop a lot of abuse on here.....but, if there are several causes for autism, and RFK Jr is going to do a deep dive and find out possible causes (environmental, pharmaceutical, etc), why wouldn't you want to know? At the moment, there are no true placebo studies that show the side effects of the childhood vaccine schedule - the studies used shots with adjuvants in them or against other vaccines, not saline. It would be good to see those results surely? If they show nothing, then that's great. Then they could test some other things and find out what's happening. Bracing to get smashed for even suggesting anything so sensible 😂

I agree. Doing some scientific research with inert placebos to check side effects should be a relief to everyone. Also checking environmental and drug effects on the brain etc is great information. RFK Jr was an environmental hero until he started looking into vaccines, prompted by concerned parents.

I'm sorry - am I missing something?

I expected a link, or at least a quote, with this.

RKJ couldn't do a deep dive if you took him out into the middle of the ocean, gave him scuba, weighted him down and pushed him in.

Scientific discovery isn't his thing. Power, money, fame and confirmation bias are. To the detriment of women, children and scientific advancement.

You know that in order to experiment with a placebo group, you also have to experiment with an equal group given active drugs? Right?

When I was in school in Ireland in the '70s, children who didn't fit in were dismissed as being "slow". Others had behavioural issues. There were several children like that in my class. There were also "special" schools for more severe cases. At the time I only ever heard of autism when it was extremely severe, and accompanied by learning difficulties.

Yes, I mean the current vaccine schedule, which 80 or so percent of the population get anyway. That would be a 'drug' group.

As an aside, does anyone remember Askit powders and others like it in the 70s and 80s? My mother used to eat those, even in pregnancy. They’re banned now. (Those were a bit dodgy, though.)

Even worse ,is that there are so many people who are taken in by this bullshit ie lack of critical thinking!! 🤨

Just when you think that this absolute idiot cannot sink any lower, he comes out with this nonsense. He is totally insane.

The spectrum of ‘autism’ is wide. In my country, most cases fall within the bucket of what we call ‘ASD’ - ‘autism spectrum disorder’. Some go to schools for their particular needs, others only require some extra assistance at mainstream schools. It’s just that parents are more proactive at having children diagnosed, and doctors are more skilled at diagnosing.

You do know he admitted on national telly the voting was rigged in his favour.

Or he's a self-serving grifter
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/jan/30/elizabeth-warren/whats-the-evidence-rfk-jr-profited-off-vaccine-law/