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Into the Depths of Anti-Science Hell
http://feralautisticlife.blogspot.com/2015/05/into-depths-of-anti-science-hell.html?m=1"I did something bold yesterday, I took a stand for logic and reason. It cost me dearly and I will gladly do it again.
For too long, the anti-science movement has used the myths and fearmongering lies about my people to spread their agenda. I have heard one two many times that I am part of an epidemic and 28 year old Autistic women like me do not exist. Ignorant people say the recent rise in autism diagnosis is not because of revised diagnostic criteria, or the result of people like me finally being included in our communities instead of locked up in mental institutions. They insist the neurology of Autistic children (Autistic adults don't exist) is the result of vaccines, GMOs and ambiguous "toxins".
Yesterday, I did something about it. I went to the March Against Myths About Modification counter-protest against the March Against Monsanto anti-GMO activists and took a stand for science and my Autistic neurotribe. I did so knowing that the shrill, screaming masses would be torture to my hypersensitive hearing and their anger would overload my extreme empathy. I knew it was likely that I would meltdown or shutdown, and could even be physically assaulted or targeted for stalking but I choose to go like a sacrificial lamb to slaughter.
I arrived in front of the Washington DC Monsanto headquarters early to find three parked cars topped with giant sculptures of vegetable-fish hybrids. They would have been delightfully cute if it weren't for the slogans promoting fear of perfectly safe agricultural technology plastered across the sides of the cars. Slowly, but surely more of us on the side of science arrived.There were a dozen in total and they were all delightfully intelligent allistic (non-autistic) people from various backgrounds. We formed instant bonds because of our common goal and I felt safe around them even though I was the only Autistic person in the group. We were there about an hour and I chatted with one very nice Monsanto employee. I really emphasized with him because I recently started a wonderful job with a different science-based industry that is deeply hated by ignorant extremists.
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She goes on to describe some rather ugly incidents with the March Against Monsanto people, as well.
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It's amazing to see all the conspiracies pushed at these events:
http://skepchick.org/2015/05/science-drama-mamyths-zen-honeycutt/