Where the FUCK do people get off equating Aspergers with sociopothy?

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54. EXACTLY!

A person with Asperger's or something else in the autism spectrum might say or do something offensive, and would have a hard time reading the facial expressions and body language a person might be giving off indicating he or she is upset. But when you go up to him, and tell him "Hey, that thing you said wasn't cool, and that person's really upset!" the ASD person will immediately feel empathy, feel terrible for what he did, and will probably apologize.

A psychopath, like Mitt Romney or Dick Cheney, knows perfectly well when he says or does something hurtful, and knows exactly when a person is expressing hurt or offensee. He just doesn't care, or takes pleasure from it. You tell him "Hey, that wasn't cool, that person's really upset!", he'll react with "So?"