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UK: Muslim teen who was “hours away” from committing jihad massacre gets 11 years prison dawah

Mar 2, 2018 5:56 pm By Robert Spencer

He’s autistic, you see, so this is just more of the global outbreak of mental illness. His autism made him “something of a loner and someone more easily impressed by the things [he] read on the internet,” you see. The judge seems sure that this convert to Islam was “radicalized on the Internet,” and no one seems to be considering the possibility that he was turned toward jihad by those who brought him into Islam and taught him the religion. Even considering that possibility would raise questions that are too uncomfortable for British authorities.

“Lloyd Gunton locked up for Bieber terror plot,” BBC, March 2, 2018 (thanks to Robert):

A 17-year-old boy who was “hours away from committing an act of atrocity” in Cardiff has been detained indefinitely and must serve at least 11 years.

Lloyd Gunton was arrested after researching the security arrangements of a Justin Bieber concert, Birmingham Crown Court heard.

The jury was told he plotted to commit mass murder in an Islamic State-inspired vehicle attack.

Police investigated after he uploaded terror-related social media posts.

Gunton, from near Llantrisant, south Wales, was arrested after he uploaded social media content to photo-sharing social media site Instagram in late June 2017 which promoted jihad and supported al-Qaeda.

The former A-level student, who has an autism diagnosis, had published images of terrorists, as well as pictures of the so-called Islamic State flag, and photos encouraging a terrorist attack in Cardiff.

Police found the password for the account was “truck attack”.

One post read: “May Allah bring terrorism to Cardiff on 30th June.”

He had researched how to carry out a vehicle ramming attack and how to stab and kill and had also looked into the security arrangements of the Justin Bieber concert in Cardiff’s Principality Stadium.

His internet history included searches for “Isis beheading video”, “how to create a terror attack” and “what does getting shot feel like”.

When arrested, the teenager was found with a gutting knife and a hammer in his school rucksack, and the “martyrdom letter” said he was a “soldier of the Islamic state” and “more attacks will follow”.

He was found guilty of one charge of engaging in the preparation of a terrorist act, two charges of encouraging terrorism, and a further two charges of possessing terrorist information….

The judge said Gunton’s diagnosis of autism made him “something of a loner and someone more easily impressed by the things you read on the internet”….

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  1. gravenimage says

    Mar 2, 2018 at 5:59 pm

    UK: Muslim teen who was “hours away” from committing jihad massacre gets 11 years prison dawah
    …………………..

    Most autistic kids aren’t like this. Muslims are another question, though…

    • R Russell says

      Mar 2, 2018 at 7:02 pm

      Autism can cause the sufferer to take things literally. They often cannot cope for example, with figures of speech. If someone said they were up the creek without a paddle they would take it literally.
      I ‘m not excusing what he did. It is possible he was deliberately chosen because of his disability, just like girls and the disabled are chosen to be suicide bombers.

    • AleX says

      Mar 2, 2018 at 7:39 pm

      Autism can lead to Islamism.

      • CRUSADER says

        Mar 2, 2018 at 8:11 pm

        Kid had a delusion about getting to be an ISI agent.

        He’s lysdexic as well as having the catch-all “autism”.

      • byzantion1683 says

        Mar 2, 2018 at 10:26 pm

        Its also possible for Autism to lead to anti-islamism.

      • roger woodhouse says

        Mar 3, 2018 at 5:07 am

        Mental illness and Islam go hand in hand.Anyone taking Islam seriously really does have a mental problem.

      • balam says

        Mar 3, 2018 at 5:29 am

        There is hardly any difference between ISLAM and MENTAL ILLNESS .Mohammad was the prime example for that. Islam in a Muslim was like RABIES in a dog ,wrote Sir. Winston. Hence ,it is worth watching every Muslim!!!

    • StellaSaidSo says

      Mar 2, 2018 at 10:54 pm

      I wonder what sentence he would have got if he was not WHITE…?

      • Naildriver says

        Mar 3, 2018 at 7:57 am

        Possibly less a sentence were he Asian.
        The Judge should have pointed out the act of murder for Islam were a correct interpretation of Islam and not owing to misinterpretation or confusing figure of speech.
        Islam incites, compels and directs in no uncertain terms murder of those who resist Islam or its correct interpretation — which has been abrogated for such thinking for all Muslims.

      • Ren says

        Mar 4, 2018 at 12:49 am

        I think they would have let him go, had he not been white. I feel sorry for the kid.
        He must have been used by some Islamists. I can’t believe he is 17, he looks like 13.
        11 years is unbelievably high. He is a minor.

        • StellaSaidSo says

          Mar 4, 2018 at 1:00 am

          I agree, Ren. This kid has been used by Islamists, who deliberately target the young and the vulnerable to carry out their dirty work.

    • J D S says

      Mar 3, 2018 at 10:55 am

      Internet radicalization….sure it happens ….but this kid was more than likely coerced by Muslims he was friends with……Friends??? Anyone who tries to bring one into Islam and work to get him to do terrorist acts…IS NO FRIEND! I sure hope law enforcement is looking into all those who came into contact with him

  2. Niemoller says

    Mar 2, 2018 at 7:14 pm

    Islamic eugenics impels jihadists to use mentally retarded, challenged and ill to murder themselves and so-called infidels for Islam. ISIS did it routinely. Muslims treat the handicapped like they were scorned by their Allah.

    Islam is worship of Muhammad; in his Quran, he alone quotes his Allah, he remade the ancient prophets to be unrecognizable, and he said no prophets would follow him. By that logic, he claims to be the only speaker for Allah and the prophets; they are all of his design, he is effectively his own Allah. Muslims worship an a-hole. So-called Islam is Muhammad’s structural rapism.

    • StellaSaidSo says

      Mar 2, 2018 at 10:59 pm

      You are right, Niemoller. Jihadists routinely use the young, the disabled and the vulnerable as ‘cannon fodder’. And recruiters deliberately target this demographic for conversion.

      • Niemoller says

        Mar 3, 2018 at 5:29 am

        Yep, in Islam, it’s the dumb sending the dumber to murder and self-murder (Muslims don’t consider it suicide when it’s jihad).

        A patchwork ideology created by an illiterate thug who says his collection of discursive, violent, illogical ramblings is definitive; that all other works are corrupt, so he says.

        One guy who tried to monopolize God by eradicating all the world’s sacred texts as “jahiliyyah,” A guy who deformed all the prophets and forbid new ones. Do you really trust this guy’s mental vomit called the Quran to be the first and last word of God, a single point of failure? That grotesque intra-tribal diatribe? Believing that blasphemes God by any objective standard, but Muslims aren’t objective, they are mentally incarcerated by indoctrination. This has led 2 billion people to disaster today, and they threaten to destroy the planet.

        What more evidence do we need to condemn this sick system?

  3. underbed cat says

    Mar 2, 2018 at 7:15 pm

    Agree gravenimage, autistic children usually are shy, introverted and intelligent and would not likely be able to maneuver or get in social situations to arrange such situations. But it looks like this young man had an intent with the items he carried and his letter. Either case this is very sad, ( but good that he was interrupted) one that he was influenced to terror and two that he appeared to have items to hurt people. Muslim children are another question. Since Islam is so protected he may have thought he would be protected…it would be curious who he was communication with on the internet. A cell or a security person.

    • gravenimage says

      Mar 2, 2018 at 11:09 pm

      So many want to blame anything but islam.

      • roger woodhouse says

        Mar 3, 2018 at 5:14 am

        Absolutely.The law practices linguistic gymnastics to divert any legal threat to that accursed religion/legal entity.If anyone today suggested that a new religion was needed along the lines of Islam they would be immediatelt impounded.This religion/legal entity must be removed from Europe.Now.

      • balam says

        Mar 3, 2018 at 5:35 am

        The WESTERN POLITICAL leaders are mainly guilty for that!!!

  4. Mockingjay says

    Mar 2, 2018 at 7:15 pm

    – My guess is this kid (also) had very “personal” reasons for targetting Justin Bieber, – of all the targets he could have chosen.

    – I think islam gave him the justification to unleash all his build-up hate and frustration.

    – This is another reason why islam is so very dangerous: it naturally attracts those who have (latent) tendencies for violence within them, and provides them with a “rationalization” that allows for the acting out of their darkest propensities.

    • gravenimage says

      Mar 3, 2018 at 9:35 pm

      Many teenagers want to attend Justin Bieber concerts to have fun–not to slaughter people.

  5. CRUSADER says

    Mar 2, 2018 at 8:06 pm

    A chance to further his education.

    Maybe he will develop and deepen his understanding so that in the future he
    can eclipse Tariq Ramadan one day, and counsel Emperor Justin Trudung.

  6. Sarah says

    Mar 2, 2018 at 8:16 pm

    I find that so infuriating. So he has an ‘autism diagnosis’. So where on the spectrum is he, exactly? Because there are a million variations of ‘autistic’ and absolutely not one of them includes the inability to understand and differentiate between right and wrong.

    Autism is NOT a mental illness and it’s woefully ignorant to assume it is. It is nothing more than a condition where, to varying degrees, the individual may have difficulty in verbally communicating and may struggle in forming relationships with others, whilst some may experience the world in ways different to us all and find certain things over-stimulating – hence why some kids with autism will literally spin out with loud noises or overly bright lights. That’s all.

    They are not developmentally delayed. They are not brain damaged or mentally impaired. They just see the world through a different lens to the rest of us – they are not screwed up, or dangerous or nutcases.

    So to blame his terrorism actions and crimes on his autism diagnosis is sick and offensive and woefully, obscenely ignorant. He made a conscious decision and a series of very rational choices that led him to Islam and attempting to carry out this attack. Just like any of us would be capable of, if we so chose. His ‘autism diagnosis’ means nothing regarding his trial and his crimes and his conviction.

    For a Judge to ameliorate his decision because of this little bastard’s ‘autism diagnosis’, shows nothing more than someone who is seriously, not competent to adjudicate on criminal offences, on behalf of the British taxpayer. The idiot Judge should be sacked and every single decision he has made should be reviewed and adjusted if necessary.

    And that little Justin Bieber wannabe monster shouldn’t be let out of jail ever again. Because for a British Judge to throw an 11 year sentence at a young man who is supposedly ‘mentally ill’ tells me that whatever that little prick had planned, it was an absolute doozy.

    • Kay says

      Mar 2, 2018 at 8:39 pm

      Do you think a child with autism might have a more difficult time keeping in mind all the variables of a situation and making a decision in light of the entire picture? For instance do you think it’s possible that he is more easily influenced by someone telling him something is cool or good and lose sight of other things he has known?

    • CRUSADER says

      Mar 2, 2018 at 9:28 pm

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQvlIA0Ssjc

      Autism – “The Accountant” Movie Excerpt

    • Moira says

      Mar 3, 2018 at 5:07 am

      I agree with you in what you say about autism but would add that autistic people are inflexible thinkers and very rules based. This normally leads them to act as “little policemen” trying to make sure that others don’t break society’s rules. Many autistic children have trouble distinguishing fact from fiction, so it might be possible to convert and radicalise them by using false logic and Islamic fairy stories, especially if there is no one to counter what they are being told.

      I would like to think that he could be “reprogrammed” in prison with access to a good psychotherapist or someone to explain the evils of his new religion to him.

      • Oscar says

        Mar 3, 2018 at 7:31 pm

        Where Asperger’s Syndrome people, who need rules, cannot discern what the rules are then they will create the rules. So for example when a guest in a neurotypical (NT) house the host might make the Aspergers adult person feel at home by being laid back.

        However the Aspergers person will then apply the rules which they would see as applying in their home and can start enforcing compliance to those rules by members of the household, if say they are an older sibling of one of the parents. In some ways they behave much like Muslims coming into western countries and in the face of the loose moral standards as they perceive them to be will start enforcing sharia upon their host society.

        It is not a mental illness but rather a different brain structure at work. So the male Asperger brain is quite different from the typical male NT brain and the female Aspergic brain is quite different from the typical NT female brain. Very interesting though is that the female Aspergic brain is quite similar to the male NT brain.

        One result of this is that Aspergic people have poor empathy i.e. they do not have the mental capacity to attribute emotional states to what might be called a ‘significant other’ and in creating the rules which they then apply to such significant others they give no consideration whatsoever to what might be the wishes and feelings of that significant other, even if say they are a guest in the significant other’s home.

        • Moira says

          Mar 3, 2018 at 7:39 pm

          Very interesting, especially about the brain function- thanks for adding that. I believe that some autistic people can learn to understand some one they know very well given enough time. You are right about them normally lacking empathy.

        • Oscar says

          Mar 4, 2018 at 2:10 am

          Moira, MRI brain scans show the features mentioned. Unfortunately Aspergic people never learn to recognise that significant others in their life are subjects in their own right by self reflection, the Aspergic person understands themself to be an ‘I’ and all other people are either 3rd parties or if a 2nd party they cannot see that other person as 2nd person singular. Rather people known to them are 2nd person plural ‘you’ or ‘vous’ in French. If a close personal relationship develops out of that the other person is not seen as a singular 2nd person ‘thou’ or ‘tu’ as in French. Instead the Aspergic view of that other person remains plural but shifts from 2nd person plural to 1st person plural, I.e. the significant other is seen as part of the Aspergic person’s ‘we’, a kind of royal ‘we’ with the Aspergic person subsuming the new significant other into their own extensive boundaries. The only way that they learn to view the significant other as 2nd person singular is for that person to establish boundaries in no uncertain terms right at the start and at the time and place the Aspergic person engages in boundary transgressing behaviors. Think house training a puppy to get an inkling of what is needed. Unfortunately even if the Aspergic person does learn to respect that other person’s boundaries this does not transfer to other such people, each such other person must establish their own boundaries, the Aspergic person not being able to transfer their learning experience to new cases, despite possibly being quite intelligent even having a PhD.

    • roger woodhouse says

      Mar 3, 2018 at 5:19 am

      Our so called legal profession is honour bound now to obscure any attack on Islam .It is now so engrained into our society that no amount of evidence to the contrary will by enough to once and for all call Islam for what it is.Political correctness trumps the law.

    • Cicero says

      Mar 3, 2018 at 8:16 am

      Hi Sarah. I appreciated your informative and educated post on Autism. Your explanation enhances our understanding of such individuals and enables us to be more accomodating and compassionate.

      Thank you

  7. Santa Voorhees says

    Mar 2, 2018 at 8:47 pm

    But I thought whoever plots jihad massacres was spared jail in the United Khaliphate.
    Why is this one different?

    Oh well, maybe I know. I think he was jailed only because he’s a white native briton. If he was an immigrant or had an immigrant background, he would have been spared jail and sent to social centers or whatever, like we have seen previously.

    • CRUSADER says

      Mar 2, 2018 at 11:01 pm

      United Khaliphate

      (That’s a good one)

      Khaliphornia I suppose is also a rich moniker to poke fun with.

  8. Ed Lee says

    Mar 2, 2018 at 9:30 pm

    Don’t you see what’s going on here? Everyone is a victim in one way or another, so no one is responsible for their actions. Liberals are in full attack mode against the Second Amendment in the U.S. Every country in the world except the U.S. is in the process of censoring the internet, and here in the U.S. the First Amendment is under attack almost as seriously as the Second. As Mr. Spencer points out continuously, to say anything critical of Islam brings screams of “bigot”, “racist”, and “Islamophobe”. The self-appointed authorities of acceptable thought want us to be uninformed, unarmed, unable and unwilling to defend ourselves in any way. This is not just about Islam. This is a coordinated attack on individual liberty.

    • CRUSADER says

      Mar 2, 2018 at 11:03 pm

      In certain ways, just because life is what it is, we each are victims.

      It’s what we do about it that differentiates.

      • Ed Lee says

        Mar 3, 2018 at 10:20 am

        I refuse to be a victim! I was pointing out that millions of people have been convinced that being a victim is normal and common. But, the larger point, that you bypassed, is that the Constitution and the concept of individual liberty, as well as personal responsibility, is under concerted attack by powerful forces all over the world. We can’t afford to focus only on Islam, and ignore the other threats.

        • gravenimage says

          Mar 3, 2018 at 9:48 pm

          True. And so often, the sympathy is for the sick perpetrator, rather than the actual victims. Just perverse.

  9. Ed Lee says

    Mar 2, 2018 at 9:34 pm

    Look what happened to Clint Eastwood for making “The 15:17 to Paris”

    • CRUSADER says

      Mar 2, 2018 at 11:00 pm

      Why? What happened to Clint Eastwood?

      Did you get to see the “15:17” flick?

      • Indiana Tom says

        Mar 3, 2018 at 10:01 am

        It was an ungreat movie. I suppose they could have done more character and historical background development on the Muslim creep. I suppose the movie was more about the backgrounds the Americans involved.

      • Ed Lee says

        Mar 3, 2018 at 10:02 am

        He was severely criticized by many of his own Hollywood colleagues for not portraying the Muslim attacker in a more sympathetic light.

      • gravenimage says

        Mar 3, 2018 at 9:45 pm

        Yes–I did see the movie. Critics are right that it is a bit long and has a bit too much backstory–but the film is well done, and even though we know basically how it turns out, the scenes on the train are thrilling.

        By the way, I saw this movie in a small theater in *Berkeley*. One of the other filmgoers–an older gentleman who looked like the typical old hippie–started crying during the scenes where the heroes are given medals in France and a parade in Sacramento. When the movie ended, everyone applauded. There is hope yet.

        And the heroes play themselves–none of them are professional actors, but they do a good job. Kudos to Clint Eastwood’s direction for getting these good performances.

        I would definitely recommend the film–it is very inspiring.

  10. CRUSADER says

    Mar 2, 2018 at 9:44 pm

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLDTlSuAfAM

    “The Accountant” Movie Clip Compilation of functioning full action Autism….

  11. Flavius Claudius Iulianus says

    Mar 3, 2018 at 12:40 am

    https://www.rt.com/uk/420332-terrorist-teacher-jihadi-children/

  12. Saleem Smith says

    Mar 3, 2018 at 1:59 am

    Yeah right, and Muslims who follow Muhammad’s example and the various Quranic dictates are headed down a very dark road indeed.

    We ex-Muslims living with Islam’s formal and informal death penalty for apostasy know that Mohammedanism is a terribly dangerous fraud.

    Quran 033:021:

    ‘There is a good example in God’s apostle for those of you who look to God and the Last Day and remember God always.’

    Here is a recent statement from a group of Bangladeshi apostates living in the UK explaining the reasons why they have abandoned Islam:

    “One who claims to be a messenger of God is expected to live a saintly life. He must not be given to lust, he must not be a sexual pervert, and he must not be a rapist, a highway robber, a war criminal, a mass murderer or an assassin. One who claims to be a messenger of God must have a superior character. He must stand above the vices of the people of his time. Yet Muhammad’s life is that of a gangster godfather. He raided merchant caravans, looted innocent people, massacred entire male populations and enslaved the women and children. He raped the women captured in war after killing their husbands and told his followers that it is okay to have sex with their captives (Qur’an 33:50). He assassinated those who criticized him and executed them when he came to power and became de facto despot of Arabia. Muhammad was bereft of human compassion. He was an obsessed man with his dreams of grandiosity and could not forgive those who stood in his way…

    The statement continues,

    Muhammad was a narcissist, like Hitler, Saddam or Stalin. He was astute and knew how to manipulate people, but his emotional intelligence was less evolved than that of a 6-year-old child. He simply could not feel the pain of others. He brutally massacred thousands of innocent people and pillaged their wealth. His ambitions were big and as a narcissist he honestly believed he is entitled to do as he pleased and commit all sorts of crimes and his evil deeds are justified.”

    • StellaSaidSo says

      Mar 3, 2018 at 5:16 am

      +1

    • Niemoller says

      Mar 3, 2018 at 5:39 am

      Indeed.

    • Cicero says

      Mar 3, 2018 at 8:18 am

      Bravo Saleem. We salute you!

    • gravenimage says

      Mar 3, 2018 at 9:50 pm

      Great to se you posting again, Saleem.

  13. tim gallagher says

    Mar 3, 2018 at 3:28 am

    I’m amazed at the huge number of stories relating to Islam from all around the world that you cover here at Jihad Watch. I usually glance at news.com.au out here in Australia each morning. There was a story there today about a teacher in the UK being convicted. It was titled “UK teacher trained children as jihadists.” The teacher’s name was Umar Haque, aged 25. I thought Jihad Watch might be interested in this. I don’t think you’ve covered it. This scumbag was showing videos of beheadings, etc to young children at a school. I know this revolting evil is done to children in ISIS run areas, etc. But I thought how devastating showing children such vile videos is. I’m a reasonably old adult and I’ve never watched any of those beheading videos. I realise seeing such vile stuff makes it clear how evil the Islamic State vermin are, but I’ve always thought seeing anything like that could give any person nightmares for the rest of their life, so I think is beyond evil to show such garbage to children. Islam has so many evil, inhuman monsters amongst its followers. They truly plumb the depths of inhuman evil.

    • JawsV says

      Mar 3, 2018 at 7:28 am

      Send Robert the link. director@jihadwatch.org

  14. Baucent says

    Mar 3, 2018 at 7:10 am

    Just more evidence that Islam and the violent expression of Islam is a magnet to the mad, sad and bad.

    • StellaSaidSo says

      Mar 3, 2018 at 7:52 am

      Indeed, Baucent, it was designed to attract precisely that demographic. Until the vile and cynical Mohammed figured out that by appealing to the base and perverse appetites of his followers he could ensure his own success, his new ‘religion’ advanced little.

      • Indiana Tom says

        Mar 3, 2018 at 10:06 am

        Islam is about like Nazism. It really took off after it got sicker and more perverse.

      • gravenimage says

        Mar 3, 2018 at 11:30 pm

        So true, Stella.

  15. mortimer says

    Mar 3, 2018 at 9:00 am

    THE ‘RACE’ of Islam ??? Huh?

    Just ask ANGLO-SAXON JIHADI Lloyd Gunton !!!

  16. MFritz says

    Mar 3, 2018 at 9:59 am

    Pakistani rape gangs cannot be stopped. Or even properly sentenced. But a white, autistic kid – BEFORE he even committed an act of terrorism? Weird UK…

  17. Indiana Tom says

    Mar 3, 2018 at 10:04 am

    So I wonder if the next role of the kid will be in the Bacha Baz and Bacha Bazi game?

  18. john says

    Mar 3, 2018 at 10:22 am

    Couldent we of just let him do JB first then lock him up? Die all mudslimes..

  19. Lillian says

    Mar 3, 2018 at 10:53 am

    “Autism” is the new “retarded.” To put it in politically INCORRECT terms, “Where did all the ‘tards go”? You cannot use that word now. And if you do, you’ll feel terrible about doing so.

    So, they came up with a new name, “autism,” which has a “spectrum.” There were different terms used with retardation to describe the degree of disability, and that has now been subsumed into the different “spectrums.”

    Also, people were ashamed of having a retarded child or relative, and in the old days, it implied something wrong in the genetic family tree, so many tried to hide it. Now that mental illness and brain damage and autism are out in the open, it’s less stigmatized… and I wonder how many people even REALIZE that autism is just another word for retarded.

    So, yes, it is likely that he was groomed by Islamists, who go after little boys and girls and those who are easily malleable, such as someone who has autism. Very sad. I wonder how they kept the parents from seeing the signs of their “conversion” process with this young lad.

    • Moira says

      Mar 3, 2018 at 6:19 pm

      Autism is not the same as retarded. People with autism can have a very high or very low IQ and everything in between. They can be exceptionally talented in maths, music, computers or languages. However, most of them are vulnerable to predatory people as they do not have an instinctive understanding of the intentions of others towards them. This is due to an impairment of their social skills. Some of them can overcome this and live independent lives but most will need some degree of support.

      Many autistic people are gentle and loving but find the world a confusing place. This is the first time I have heard of an autistic person belonging to ISIS and it seems very unusual, rather than something to be expected from someone who is being labelled “retarded.” I find this comment very sad, especially given the struggle to get autism understood and the families treated with sympathy and understanding.

      • Lillian says

        Mar 4, 2018 at 1:32 am

        Moira, that also existed before, and it was labeled “Idiot-Savant.” I stand by my statements. There Is a “spectrum,” just as there was before, only different labels are applied… because people get defensive and don’t like the term “retarded.” Again, I ask: Where have all the retarded people gone? Look up “Idiot-savant.” ONE special feature of giftedness doesn’t mean they aren’t still retarded. Sorry to step on toes but it IS the reality. And maybe it is a GOOD reality, for people are FINALLY treating the retarded as VALUABLE human beings, which didn’t seem to occur very often when they were labelled “retarded.”

    • gravenimage says

      Mar 3, 2018 at 11:44 pm

      Actually, as Moira notes, some people with autism are very intelligent–some are even brilliant, especially in fields like math and science. But they do tend to be very socially awkward, and have trouble emotionally reading people..

  20. Ren says

    Mar 4, 2018 at 1:02 am

    Thank you Saleem Smith for your great comment. +100 !

  21. Mike Scott says

    Mar 4, 2018 at 4:03 am

    Due to rampant inbreeding over a 1400 year period islam is producing a remarkable population of genetic freaks. Like all cancers islam needs to be cut from civilized oxygen. God bless Americans.

  22. Warren says

    Mar 6, 2018 at 3:33 pm

    The madness of fascist Islam

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