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"I'm a bitch, I'm a lover, I'm a child, I'm a mother" might play better than just acceptance of the term.

On top of that, an autism diagnosis rarely gets you any support that isn't Applied Behavioral Analysis therapy. That's essentially dog training for your autist (designed by the same B. F. Skinner of "Skinner box" fame using the same principals), and people who have been through it have described it as torture. The ADA doesn't make many accommodations for folks with non-physical disabilities, and cops have no idea how to interact with folks with communication barriers and an inability to control their bodily movements. It's tough being autistic in public. It's tough trying to navigate our society as a parent of autistic people. With or without insurance, it's hard. The problems are not purely financial.

I recommend some books on the subject, particularly Neurotribes by Steve Silberman and Unmasking Autism by Dr. Devon Price.

If you add a section to eviscerate those erroneous commas, I will sign that petition.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I consider "leftist" to mean something like "a collection of positions rooted in criticism of capitalism." Socialism would be one such worldview (a subset or example of leftism), but so would communism, some forms of anarchism, and more. "Free school lunches for everyone" should probably be considered a leftist position as it undermines the profit incentive of recouping the cost of that lunch, whether he presents that as a leftist thing (which I can see causing some political blowback that he may try to avoid in the name of progressing this kind of legislation) or not. I haven't had time to do any other research on this guy or his other positions. If he supports a lot of legislation in this vein, then maybe it's okay to call him a leftist.

Yeah, it grows basically anywhere. That's why it's called weed.

We don't claim him.

Still, in some of these cases (like the Georgia RICO case), others have been charged and even plead guilty. This is a shit argument all around.

We are trapped in the belly of the beast, and the beast is starving to death.

This is much, much "higher" than the right.

If you scorch coffee beans, all the nuance of their flavor is destroyed, leaving you with beans that taste like shit. However, the beans will also all taste the same no matter where they're sourced from. I'm convinced this is why Starbucks coffee tastes like shit. They want it to have consistent flavor no matter where in the world you're getting it. If you cover that with enough cream and sugar and artificial flavoring, you can make it palatable again.

Yeah, that's why "no you" doesn't work here. I know I'm a weirdo. I like being a weirdo and hanging out with other weirdos. You call me a weirdo and I'm like, "Yeah, cool."

But group identity is everything to a conservative. Conservatism, as it has been said, depends on an in-group and an out-group. "Weird" could only ever be a pejorative to the conservative who really needs to conform and not be weird. A person who accepts the diversity of humanity doesn't need everyone to be the same, so weirdness isn't really all that weird. When the in-group is weird, it's not an insult.

Krull (1983) is an all time favorite of mine. It's the most D&D plot you've ever seen coupled with beautiful cinematography​ and a great score by James Horner.