Des-Bal wrote:Lanoraie II wrote:
It's sad you think social awkwardness is a crime. He didn't do anything wrong, he just made a mistake. Think of how ridiculous it is to jail people and make them register as sex offenders foooor....touching someone's arm? Touching their side? It's stupid.
He committed assault, that happened 100% without question. If he had a sexual motive it was sexual assault but if we look just at the facts he admitted to he committed two assaults. If you make the mistake of setting an ambush to touch a stranger then do it again after they run into the street to get away from you then the criminal justice system has to deal with you. You don't get to do crimes, I'm sorry if you think that's ableist but people who can't abide by the laws of society do not belong in society one way or another.
The teen in question very likely has autism (I'd know for certain if I saw a video of him) if not just general social awkwardness. Autism is the same as being socially blind. The exact same. And this person is effectively stating that people like him, who struggle in social situations, don't belong in society because they struggle. Now imagine saying that to an actual blind person. This is ableism. I'm autistic and extremely offended by this.
Edit: Oh that's nice, "boo-fucking-hoo" in response to my very valid disagreement.
Des-Bal wrote:Lanoraie II wrote:The amount of ableism in this post is appalling. Once again, stop dehumanizing him. He doesn't belong in society because he struggles with concepts of personal space and proper social etiquette? Are you joking? Please be joking. That is absolutely disgusting and so fucking ableist I can't even begin to describe how offended I am.
Boo-fucking-hoo he committed assault. If you can't stop yourself from committing assault then the solution is NOT that rules don't apply to you it's that you don't get to be in positions where you can hurt others.
