Can we not imply that "on the spectrum" means being an asshole? Autism causes a lot of social difficulties, but it has nothing to do with publicly humiliating people on purpose to make yourself feel powerful.

> Can we not imply that "on the spectrum" means being an asshole?

Conversely, can we also not imply that being an asshole is excusable by being "on the spectrum"?

Of course it isn't. I really hope you didn't get that from what I said.

I was building on what you said. I didn't get that from you but from the same post you responded to.

Well said.

I did imply that. And it's an unfortunate consequence that sometimes those on the spectrum can exhibit "asshole" like behavior but one does not need to be autistic to be an asshole so I've made a false equivalency and I am sorry.

What I was trying to get at is that all this hero worship of sociopathic myopic founders and 100x engineers who "get results" that somehow gives them license to be assholes, we've transcended that.

I can agree with that.