What type of “speech act” is being analyzed? What is the significance of this? What is the context in which these Gab posts are produced? Sofronoff K, Dark E, Stone V. Social vulnerability and bullying in children with Asperger syndrome. Autism. 2011; 15(3):355–372. doi: 10.1177/1362361310365070. [ PubMed] [ CrossRef] [ Google Scholar]

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Munn, L. (2019). Alt-right pipeline: Individual journeys to extremism online. First Monday, 24(6), doi:10.5210/fm.v24i6.10108 Ah dude its the nature of being a weaponized autist_x000D_ It destroys sanity and replaces with raw memes For these posters, autism is a readily exploitable resource that can be channelled in pursuit of their agenda, and especially as a means for lashing out at those who are considered “the enemy.” Indeed, Gab posters within our data discuss how autistic people can be deployed to advance the interests of the alt-right. The comments reveal a sometimes implicit, other times explicit assumption that autistic people are ripe for manipulation. On October 25th, Redditor elsuperj submitted a post asking for /r/AskThe_Donald [3] readers to "explain the 'weaponized autism' in-joke." On November 29th, Urban Dictionary [1] user BarrySoetero submitted an entry for "weaponized autism," defining it as "the focused application of nerdiness, computer tech avvy and social awkwardness in the cyber pursuit of justice" (shown below). Braune, J. (2020). 14 August 2020). Countering Conspiracy Theories and Youth Recruitment; Self-Care. Retrieved from https://joanbraune.com/2020/08/14/countering-conspiracy-theories-and-youth-recruitment-self-careOsborne, L. (2002). Little Professors. American Normal: The Hidden World of Asperger Syndrome, 37–83 Let us praise all the fine meme war soldiers on the Right side of history! Your weaponized autism is appreciated and will not be forgotten Ganesh B. Weaponizing white thymos: flows of rage in the online audiences of the alt-right. Cultural Studies. 2020; 34(6):892–924. doi: 10.1080/09502386.2020.1714687. [ CrossRef] [ Google Scholar] What is missing from their definition of weaponized autism? What are they not saying? What part of “real life” is not being represented?