Autistic Hedgehog

[“Autistic people are too violent to be allowed to play video games or watch the news.”

Great, now the pundits are trying to take away my Harvest Moon.]

So apparently the show The View had someone on saying basically the above, about how we’re too violent to be allowed to play video games or watch the news.

Now, I don’t know about you all, but one of my favorite game series is Harvest Moon. (Here comes the part where I go into full on sarcastic snark mode, FYI:) It’s an incredibly violent game in which the protagonist does truly horrific, despicable things like grow crops, raise livestock, fall in love and *gasp!* settle down to raise a family. 

Despite the tenuous grasp on reality the “experts” are claiming I have, strangely enough I have yet to attempt to grow crops or raise livestock (orchids and bunnies really don’t count here), and as I am already married, I have not taken to going around giving cake and other gifts to the boys and girls I admire. Even stranger, I have not taken to anything with a sickle or hoe, be it plant, animal, or human, or attempted to milk the neighbor’s cat under the mistaken assumption that it’s a cow.

It’s almost like the “experts” don’t have the first fucking clue what they’re talking about. 

Okay, snarky part done: It is exactly like the experts don’t have the first fucking clue what they’re talking about. I have some thoughts about this–a lot of thoughts, really–and I might even post them at some point. In the meantime, I just want to say: This is upsetting, and for a lot of us, this is very scary. If you need to vent your frustration and/or your fear, the “doors” of AH are always open to you and if you want something posted anonymously, just say so.