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 (DIR) Post #AsyWznZiAAiCbuPQ6C by synkr3tyk@mastodon.social
       2025-04-10T20:57:33Z
       
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       Reiterating my previous reminder to my self-diagnosed and suspected autistic and other ND friends: Now is *not* the time to go for formal diagnosis.Why? The same people unlawfully deporting random non-white people to prison in El Salvador and refusing judicial orders to fix it are now declaring you a problem to be cured or fixed.1/https://www.newsweek.com/rfk-jr-says-us-will-know-cause-autism-epidemic-september-2058191#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AntiFascist https://mastodon.social/@synkr3tyk/114310427025152994
       
 (DIR) Post #AsyWzsd5N3NkHp1gYK by synkr3tyk@mastodon.social
       2025-04-11T00:19:01Z
       
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       I think this is the first time I've gotten >50 reposts without a cat picture and related hashtag. And I'm glad it happened with this post.
       
 (DIR) Post #AsyWzsgd9sDYSogW4u by synkr3tyk@mastodon.social
       2025-04-10T21:03:32Z
       
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       I see it going one of three ways:1) They fraudulently declare vaccines to be the root cause of the autism "epidemic" & take steps to take them away. Not just making them optional, not just spreading disinfo, but an endgame of actually stopping their use.2/
       
 (DIR) Post #AsyWzyD4cg8jastzqC by synkr3tyk@mastodon.social
       2025-04-10T21:07:57Z
       
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       2) They could start treating autists like they do brown people - which is to say, not as people. That could mean deportation to inhumane prisons, or they could go back to old eugenicist favorites like forced sterilization - something the state of Indiana (where I live) only stopped doing within my lifetime.If you think the idea that the government might come for your reproductive organs sounds far-fetched, stop reading this and go spend some time in your local library's history section.3/
       
 (DIR) Post #AsyX03hODOMQcM7mHw by synkr3tyk@mastodon.social
       2025-04-10T21:14:26Z
       
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       3) They could do both. They're greedy that way.If you're looking for something longer and more fact-checked than this thread to chew on, including information about forced sterilzation in the US today, have an article from Mother Jones: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/forced-sterilization-eugenics-scotus-state-laws/Remember: Reasoning with conservatives doesn't work. Educating them doesn't work. Shaming defeat is the only thing that can possibly help matters. Go to it.4/4 fin
       
 (DIR) Post #AsyX092qL3UbCLCTvE by synkr3tyk@mastodon.social
       2025-04-11T01:46:02Z
       
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       A postscript: I framed this around autism and neurodivergence, because those are the issues closest to me. But pretty much everything I said is true for LBGTQ+, non-white people, non-Christians, and too many other groups to name. Solidarity is required.