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In reply to the discussion: I think Mitt has Aspergers Syndrome [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,954 posts)First off, I am an aspie.
We simply do not process things the way most do, but even though we often have trouble expressing emotion, we DO feel it. Yes, we do empathize, even though we are not equipped to show it, and less equipped to deal with it, especially as people do not realize that our brains run like overclocked engines, tension we cannot process leaves us looking idle or aloof, but yes, there is a reason many of us in less "enlightened" ages killed ourselves.
Now, do I believe Mitt may have a lot of issues, yes, especially as his family rewarded him for acts of violence, and fed him full of grandiose notions of being a savior. Is there are lot of unresolved anger probably, Hell yes, but there is a fine line between the sort of illness that come about because you were raised wrong, and that which is biochemistry, no less chemistry than making pills at a pharmacy.
Like I said, I know you did not mean anything bad, but many times we do need to speak up because we know some fool will, to quote Kipling "take the truth you have spoken and make a trap for fools."