Op-Ed: Is American conservatism a type of autism? Washington - Autism is described as a medical condition whereby people are self-centred, uncommunicative and at a remove from their social environment. There are many different types of autism and degrees of it. A type of "social autism" is also quite possible. Autism ticks all the boxes for behaviour in relation to social issues by conservatives. It seems that there is no society except the one they choose to acknowledge. This is "social autism", and it comes in many forms. Arguably the greatest insult ever given to the American Constitution is the conservative "hate the poor" dogma. This flies in the face of the American Dream where someone at the bottom can rise to the top. It effectively denies the rights of a large section of the American public. 21. There's no need for regulation of anything. It just gets in the way, never mind in the way of what. Can this possibly be considered anything but an autistic viewpoint? Even the lying is based on the same mentality as a 2 year old who thinks they can get away with anything. Apparently anything which doesn't directly benefit or relate to oneself isn't on the conservative radar. That's autism, incarnate. There's 312 million people in America, and evidently most of them are just nuisances according to this mindset. A recent atrocity, the lady in Georgia ridiculed and humiliated for using food stamps , shows how this mindset applies in real life. Some