Parents have tortured and even killed their kids because of the fear campaigns perpetrated by these people, including Tenpenny herself. "I'd rather have a dead kid, than an autistic one" is a pretty familiar refrain, because of them.
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I have to wonder: how many lives could have been saved during this pandemic, if autistics had been listened to - and antivaxxers discredited - years ago? Instead, they were allowed to keep their platforms, as autistics were mostly the only people affected.
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So many of us warned of the danger of elevating - or even just ignoring - these people. Why they were never seen to be the danger to public health that WE saw them to be, I'll never know. Sigh.
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Listen to marginalized people about the dangers they see, and the dangers they face. If not just out of basic respect for their humanity, do it for self preservation. Rarely do the dangers marginalized people face remain exclusive to that marginalized group.
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Oh, and remember the whole thing about drinking bleach, and how the dangerous con artists peddling THAT nonsense were finally brought to justice last year? They'd had their followers forcing their autistic kids to drink bleach for over a decade. Not a problem till Covid, though
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I agree with you, but people with autism remain a major target and casualty of antivaxxers, so I'm glad when any site finally accepts its responsibility and bans these terrorists.
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*autistic people, thanks.
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Crap they did? I couldn't find her.
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