link to original reddit post by /u/SnooMacarons3329
Recently I have heard that David Hogg just quit his pillow company that he made to complete with “my pillow.” honestly, good. David Hogg and the parkland kids are the most disgusting groups of activities that I ever had to witness.
I understand stand that they have gone through a horrible tragedy in Parkland high school, and I can respect their right to express their views.
However, I find it discussing on the way they attempt to throw autistic people, like myself, under the bus, cause the kid who shut up the high school apparently had autism.
I can understand, if the peers of a person with special needs or disorder: who don’t trust them with a gun, it is understandable to attempt to persuade them not to buy a gun.
(cause I don’t support red flag laws cause they’re unconstitutional and totalitarian in practice and in nature).
However, for someone like me with high functioning autism, who has not only proven to his peers that I can handle a fire arm; but when asked “do you trust me with a firearm” not only did they all say “yes” but one of my friends (who is a bit of a gun nut) said “I trust you with a gun, then the majority of kids in this school” (I was in high school at the time).
So, to the parkland kids and David Hogg stop trying to black sheep people with special needs, just because your shooter had special needs: doesn’t mean that everyone who has special needs is going to be a mass shooter. Cause we’re not all out of control freaks who flip out over the smallest things in the world randomly; no, we are human beings with specific difficulties in our lives. And I am discussed that they would try too conflict the two as such.
I wish I could find the video of the moment, but clearly remember that one of the speaker at the March for our lives rally attempted to blame the fact that the shooter had Autism, as the reason when he shot up the school.
Call it poor research, but believe me when I say that I tried to find the video. If anyone know about what video I’m talking about, please leave the video in the comments so I can put it on here to show what I’m talking about.
Thank you