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Originally posted by ABEL-o-matic
I'm glad that piece of **** is gone. He told me that Rain Man is very offensive because the main character is autistic, and I was really offended by his comment because I have 2 autistic brothers and I love them more than anything. I think he should get warning points for insensitivity.
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I think that he may have meant to say that it created the stereotype that autistic people all have savant characteristics, which I can understand that argument. Even still, the film did a fantastic job of taking away the mysterious layers of autism for a larger audience and did more to make the public aware of autism than anything had prior to the film's release. The positives outweigh the negatives.
Now, if he meant to say just that and nothing else...well, that's just stupid.
