Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is in full damage-control mode after causing outrage with his comments about autism during his first official press briefing as health secretary.

Kennedy, a longtime vaccine skeptic, attempted to dial back the controversy in a sit-down Thursday night with Fox News’ Sean Hannity.

He had triggered a firestorm by claiming that people with autism—a neurodevelopmental disorder—will never play baseball, go out on dates, pay taxes, write poems, or hold down a job. He also described autism as a “preventable disease” caused by a mysterious environmental toxin.

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Man, if anyone wants to put me within stabbing distance of this fucking spineless removed I can and will gladly feed him his own testicles after cutting them off, break his kneecaps and leave him bleeding in a sewer to be eaten by cat-sized rats, and take the blame for it. And again, to reiterate, gladly. For no other reason than hate.

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It’s actually impressive that the guy has managed to combine the dumbest aspects of liberal patronization with fascist rhetoric.

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He only meant the bad autistics like the Rain Man and the annoying kid from the Curious Dog In The Night Garden.

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Are we sure this man isn’t a bug

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Wait what was this movie? I’ve seen it but can’t recall

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Men in Black 1997

He’s the worm guy.

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cockroach guy 😅

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Swamp Gas

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No, we are not.

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Kennedy, a longtime vaccine skeptic, attempted to dial back the controversy

Nope. You told the same lies that Nazi eugenicists told when they wanted to sterilize and eliminate neurodivergent people. You said that shit with your whole chest and you meant it. Don’t run from it. Own it, you fucking coward.

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