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10 Jan 2008, 10:47 pm

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It's interesting how the article uses the word "aspie" like the readers will be familiar with it. I didn't know anyone outside of WP and similar sites knew what an "aspie" was. It's weird how the author seems somewhat familiar with WP, and aspies in general, yet uses terminology like "suffer" and "symptoms" incessantly. He obviously looked at the Ron Paul threads, but he doesn't know what a stim is. I guess thorough research is out of vogue among modern journalists.

A lot of the more "trendy" bloggers and columnists have started to cover Asperger's, especially after the woman with Asperger's was on America's Next Top Model.

I think the author confused 'stims' with tics. Tourettes is common among people with Asperger's, however.

But Ron Paul is stimming and not displaying any sigsn of tics.

Does Ron Paul have Asperger's? Maybe, but a lot of his supporters definitely do have Asperger's.

I nearly forgot about the woman from America's Next Top Model! I guess she really did make an impact, hopefully one that will lead to greater understanding.

I didn't know that Tourettes was common among people with AS. I hadn't considered that the author could have confused stims with tics, but now that you've pointed it out, it sounds reasonable. I can see how someone could easily make that mistake.

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10 Jan 2008, 10:59 pm

Kitsy where did you find that article?

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11 Jan 2008, 11:33 am

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he looks more like an ape than most black people, he must have something wrong with him

Bush certainly does look rather primitive. However, I think your comparison of black people to primates is uncalled for.

I agree with Nightside. That's racist. I just noticed Phsycotic was banned to.

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12 Jan 2008, 11:57 pm

Well on the comments on him being in a very social job. I guess as an aspie (if he was one) he would be acting the role, his interest is politics so he can talk about it a lot, which isnt really a ba thing for that job.

In regards to Bush, perhaps he has ADD or something. As a non-American it seems really obvious to me he is a puppet making a lot of people really rich off the war in Iraq. The money that is the huge debt in the US has to be going somewhere...

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13 Jan 2008, 1:18 am

hmmm...I wondered what all those 'Google Ron Paul' signs were about... By the time the primaries roll around here, the candidates are set in stone, so we don't get a choice....

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13 Jan 2008, 9:53 am

Looking at videos and interviews with Ron Paul on youtube I honestly find no signs of Asperger's in him.

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13 Jan 2008, 11:18 am

Sometimes it feels like he does to me, but I can't say for certain if he does.

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13 Jan 2008, 2:25 pm

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What undiagnosed disabilities does George Bush have aside from actually lacking the empathy were are falsely suspected of lacking (at least not for Iraqis of all sorts and American soldiers) and being an unreflective halfwit.

well, alcoholism, (and untreated, too) for one

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13 Jan 2008, 7:26 pm

I saw the Jay Leno interview, he made loads of eye contact and there was nothing inappropriate about his behaviour on the show. The next thing I am going to say will be a source of some argument: why is it that if there is something just a little slightly peculiar about different people there's an automatic assumption that they must have Asperger's? I don't understand that.

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13 Jan 2008, 7:43 pm

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Well, I can understand it. When we have been told we were 'weird' all our lives because we really didn't see how 'weird' we were, we go looking for others that are 'weird' to see if we can relate.

by my own experience, after 73 years as Mr. Paul is, you have learned a few 'NT parlor tricks' like making loads of eye contact and not being inappropriate about one's behaviour.

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13 Jan 2008, 9:17 pm

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What's your point. He doesn't have Asperger's. Get over it. You cannot make a diagnosis on someone based on a couple of stereotypical symptoms. Diagnosing someone with Asperger's is alot more complex than a hand gesture that may or may not be caused by over-stimulation. Sorry, but picking up a 'few NT tricks' isn't enough to trick a well-learned eye if you know what to look for.

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13 Jan 2008, 10:07 pm

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Hey! you don't have to give me any attitude about my comments, Praetor2379. I made no diagnosis, I have no degree nor experience to do so, and didn't even AGREE that Ron Paul HAD Asperger's.

It wasn't like somehow I insulted your great grand father, so back off!

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14 Jan 2008, 2:01 am

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Yes, but Seattle has those little things that fall from the sky which accumulate into foots of white powder. I don't know what they're called, but they're just weird!!

lol! Actually no, we don't get much snow in Seattle and when it does snow it usually melts pretty quickly!

(edited to make the quote part clearer)

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14 Jan 2008, 7:23 am

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Sorry, Merle, I can get quite uptight when I am in debate mode. Something I have to work on. I am sorry for offending you.

I don't think this article was meant to be flattering. Notice how the referred to Paul as a racialist? Recently he has come under fire for racist comments that have appeared over a number of years in his newsletter. This article clearly is anti-Ron Paul and I don't think any of us Aspies should take it to any stock.

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14 Jan 2008, 9:55 am

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It shouldn't come as much of a surprise that Paul's techie, nerd-heavy base would suffer from Asperger's. In Ron Paul's universe, meet-ups don't necessarily happen in real life; just last week, there was a 240-strong World of Warcraft rally in which avatars from across the nation came together. According to the World of Warcraft Insider, "The rally started outside Ironforge with approximately 240 players (with 400 members in their RP Revolution guild) and traveled to Stormwind, Westfall, Booty Bay, Ratchet, and finally Orgrimmar." You can't get more Aspie than that.

So there's some good news: Even if Ron Paul doesn't win the election—and let's admit it, there's no chance he will—we can still go back to the gold standard, or at least our Aspie Warcraft avatars can.

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What? Are you new to WoW? You must be, Barrens chat was so heavily Chuck Norris jokes, even Chuck Norris took note. Barrens chat calmed down and the glory of the past is just that, past, such a shame. 240 pfffft!! Chuck could have drawn the whole damn network at one time. I don't "suffer" from asperger's, but I sure as hell suffered through Chuck Norris jokes. I am a survivor, I survived Barrens chat. And understand a joke when you see one, people on WoW do have an odd sense of humor from time to time. They get pretty bored sometimes too. :wink:

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15 Jan 2008, 1:13 am

Praetor2379 wrote:

sinsboldly wrote:

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Sorry, Merle, I can get quite uptight when I am in debate mode. Something I have to work on. I am sorry for offending you.

That's ok, Praetor2379, I wasn't offended I was just trying to back off your energy a bit. Thanks for responding so quickly to my call for 'time out'.

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I don't think this article was meant to be flattering. Notice how the referred to Paul as a racialist? Recently he has come under fire for racist comments that have appeared over a number of years in his newsletter. This article clearly is anti-Ron Paul and I don't think any of us Aspies should take it to any stock.

I find if you lie down with dogs you can get up with fleas. Ron Paul obviously has a political base and is loathe to leave it. It takes real organization and zeal to put up all those typing paper size RON PAUL signs out there. That takes planning on the grass roots. So either Ron Paul went across the country ( I live in Oregon where the signs are everywhere) and created this network, or that network existed already and that IS part of his base.

when you leave your name being used for whomever wants to use it, it gets you into prickly situations like this.

Merle

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