“Autism isn’t an excuse to be an asshole.”
Fuck off.
Autistic people are punished so frequently by everyone around them sometimes for actually doing something wrong and sometimes just for being harmlessly different. It’s pretty much impossible to not be an asshole in response to that. It’s pretty much impossible to not be an asshole when you’re punished so frequently that you can’t tell when you actually deserve it. It’s pretty much impossible to not be an asshole when people have been an asshole to you a million times and you’re considered too sensitive if you don’t like it. It’s pretty much impossible to not be an asshole when you have zero role models and you have to figure out everything on your own. It’s pretty much impossible to not be an asshole when you’re regularly reprimanded for doing something wrong and people refuse to tell you what you should do instead.
You’re not required to associate with someone who’s an asshole. But in a world that normalizes being an asshole, autistic people are going to be assholes too. If you don’t want autistic people to use their autism as an excuse to be an asshole, then society needs to stop normalizing being an asshole. Autistic people shouldn’t have to have a perfect moral compass when neurotypical people can easily get by without one.