My sister thinks this way. It's possible that she just has a lot fewer impairments than other people, and that makes it easier for her to pass. I try to convey that what might be easy for her could be incredibly difficult for other people.
This is the thing I worry about. I think it's especially a problem for ADHD people. I can very easily imagine an autistic person who has been isolated and socially rejected being very worried about social judgement and rejection, so they end up participating in serious crimes out of fear of rejection.
I don't think that having autism is necessarily a defense and on its own certainly doesn't justify an insanity defense.
Obviously, most autistic are not likely to commit a serious non victimless crime. There are some crimes were autistic people are over represented, but on average they are less likely to commit violent crimes.
The empathy issue is complicated though. From what I understand, autistic people have more emotional empathy but less cognitive empathy. More cognitive empathy is also not always a good thing. Caring about other people can also lead to doing heinous things in the name of supposed compassion to people who are seen as perpetrators. It can also lead to evil acts that are seen as compassionate, such as euthanasia.
If a copyright bot makes false DMCA notices, the programmers should be held responsible as if they sent out the notices. That's how we'd handle it for any other crime.
The DMCA still has a lot of problems. Like if someone uploads something behind a paywall, the victim has to pay before they can even send a valid notice.
You can probably post on 7.62x54r.ru. Reddit had a decent number of anti-establishment leftists who would join up with conservatives on shared issues. I haven't seen any spaces like that on Lemmy.
Far right radicalization will get worse if progressives leave X. Conservatives will stick around simply because they aren't banned and then the white supremacists will be free to start pulling them without push back.
Absolutely not. If for no other reason then you lose the ability to actually argue for your ideas if you're in an echo chamber.
If you're condition causes you impairment with how well you function and your overall mood, then it's worth talking to a professional who can help you make changes that would be positive.
I've noticed that autism and ADHD have a lot of overlap but there's also things that make them distinct.
I've encountered a lot of people with autism who aren't remotely shy and can talk with other people fine.
They'd get banned for spam.
I feel like Lemmy also has a problem with corporate troll farms.
Reddit is far worse though with bots and establishment troll farm shill accounts.
Being more likely to be a victim and a perpetrator are not mutually exclusive.
I think the crimes most likely to be committed by autistic people are prohibition related or possibly violent crimes that happen in the heat of the moment.
On average though autistic people probably aren't more likely to commit crimes.