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Be Kind, just not to everyone

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My autistic teen has perfect pitch, a facility for languages, and an unusually beautiful baritone voice. He lacks the ability to understand group dynamics, Gen Z slang, or the social rituals of his peers. Worse, to him the west’s current social and political moment appears to be the exact reversal of all that is beautiful and true, a cheapening and dero…

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