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Coldwater

(1,281 posts)
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 12:59 AM Jan 3

RFK Jr Says Autism Destroys Families

He said children with autism “will never pay taxes, they’ll never hold a job, they’ll never play baseball, they’ll never write a poem, they’ll never go out on a date. Many of them will never use a toilet unassisted.”

The same was said of mentally and physically handicap children in Nazi Germany before they began implementing the child euthanasia program. 5000 to 7000 children were killed in this pre-holocaust extermination.

Is there a single trump appointee out there with an ounce of compassion or human decency?

Link

https://apnews.com/article/rfk-jr-kennedy-autism-families-e8932a9acd4c904aaebdfb503259ae4d

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Skittles

(171,724 posts)
1. WTF IS WITH HIS OBSESSON WITH AUTISM
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 01:00 AM
Jan 3

AND HE CONSTANTLY PROVES HE KNOWS *NOTHING* ABOUT AUTISM

ShazzieB

(22,604 posts)
16. And yet he's been obsessed with it for decades now!
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 04:41 AM
Jan 3

2 decades, to be exact. Unfortunately, he's spent all that time scare mongering rather than actually learning anything about it.

fujiyamasan

(1,695 posts)
5. This ass hole's policies will destroy families
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 01:13 AM
Jan 3

No wonder much of his family hates him at this point.

Coldwater

(1,281 posts)
7. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was not invited to his cousin Tatiana Schlossberg's funeral
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 01:16 AM
Jan 3

due to the family's decision to keep the service private and avoid public scrutiny.

kimbutgar

(27,254 posts)
8. That SOB
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 01:16 AM
Jan 3

I have an adult son with autism. I am around kids on the spectrum every time I substitute teach.

Go to hell RFK jr, you’re a disgrace to the Kennedy name!

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BidenRocks

(3,273 posts)
14. I remember a time when firing them was good. No longer.
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 03:16 AM
Jan 3

This evil is so encompassing, I want them all executed.
I will show them all the mercy and empathy they have.

BurnDoubt

(1,740 posts)
15. I just this evening posted a reply to a post...
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 04:05 AM
Jan 3

and mused about how long it would be before we’d hear discussions about Eugenics. Two hours approximately, apparently.
Deplorable enough, yet?

Deportation destroys Families.
Summary Executions destroy Families.
Cancelling Foreign Aid Programs destroys Families.
Cancelling SNAP Programs destroys Families.
War destroys Families.
The Felon destroys Families.
The GOP destroys Families

So, I guess we’re in the Business of destroying Families.

no_hypocrisy

(54,918 posts)
18. Likely that RFK, Jr. has not either met a child with autism or has spent any
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 08:12 AM
Jan 3

meaningful time with one.

I've taught children with autism with a variety of levels on and off the spectrum, from pre-K to eighth grade.

You have to work with them on their good days, their bad days, perhaps change from one hour to the next.

You have to have a patience. OTOH, they can be impatient. They can advance one day and slip back the next.

They can blurt out "I hate you!" and 15 minutes later, return to apologize.

You can do your best to help them become independent and autonomous on their terms.

They are NOT a waste of space. But you know who are? Parents who are resentful that they weren't given a perfect child. And won't learn from and work with the teachers and aides of these children.

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