There's something very weird about Musk.

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18. Please don't diagnose (or undiagnose) other peoples' hidden disabilities based on seeing them on television.

This whole thread is pretty ableist and gross.

Attack him for what he does, not for what he is or what he looks like.

If he says he's autistic, you don't have any basis to say that he isn't. And being "weird", seeming emotionless and saying inappropriate things are all very common autistic traits.

He can still be an asshole. For example, refusing to apologise for the inappropriate thing he said and doubling down on it makes him an asshole. Firing people for the fun of it makes him an asshole. Attack him for those things.

But can we please chill on the superficial broad brush attacks on "weird" autistic people most of whom have been bullied mercilessly their entire lives for the way they act and which they generally can't help. If they could act differently, it wouldn't be a disability. And by attacking Elon on those grounds (and Mark Zuckerberg and whatever other prominent Aspies are in the news doing unpopular things) you are making other autistic people feel like shit about the way they act and look. Most autistic people report already feeling like robots or aliens more than human beings because of the extent to which they are socially ostracised just for being themselves.

There is nothing wrong with expressing yourself differently. Why don't we try to embrace a little understanding for people that are different to us in a way that isn't causing us any harm and save the vitriol for the actually harmful things that people choose to do?