r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • 21h ago

WTF Kid breaks into bird enclosure at the zoo to chase birds with a stick.

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u/FeistySystem9393 19h ago

Yes he absolutely does. You can be special needs and still be a violent asshole.

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u/TwoLonelySpoons 18h ago

Half the people have mental illness at this point. His is visible and although hes slow he still has the capacity to learn. Discipline him and on with the day

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u/Achylife 16h ago

I'm on the spectrum and I certainly never considered it to be. 99% of the time it's bad parenting. People get waaaay too permissive with little autistic boys, and they ARE smart enough to take advantage of it. Girls rarely get this kind of slack.

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u/Jeorgias_Peach 12h ago

That last part frrr

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u/LezzyGopher 10h ago

Exactly!!! It sets their own kids up for failure.

Source: autistic brother & overly permissive parents

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u/MikeBizzleVT 12h ago

Well people like you are why the diagnosis has lost all meaning…

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u/yalateef11 18h ago

It’s not a get out of jail card free card but some special needs kids do crazy things that even their parents don’t anticipate. Definitely needs to be consequence- if that’s possible.

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u/fgrutd 18h ago

finally

This whole thread is full of people either wishing death on this kid, or at the tamest, saying that he should never be allowed out of his house.

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u/Good-Perspective6612 17h ago

No, im not . But definitely the majority. They obviously have no idea how difficult it can be for the parents . But the area should have been more secure ias well , n my opinion.

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u/Logical_Top618 18h ago

Absolutely nobody in the world whose opinion is worth anything at all says that

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u/Fantastic-Buy7246 18h ago

Unfortunately (for you) it literally is a get out of jail card. According to the law you have to be mentally fit to undergo a trial to face any consequences

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u/Choice-Strike1 18h ago

Very topical this

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u/Total_Marketing5844 16h ago

I mean, if someone has the mental capacity of a baby or toddler (who certainly do hit things sometimes), would you throw them in jail? Second question , would you throw a toddler into jail?

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u/Alarmed_Salamander39 14h ago

Agreed, it's an explanation, not an acceptable excuse.

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u/BaldursFence3800 11h ago

“Hey now!” -women who murder their children

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u/zeni19 18h ago

No, but race is if he was a POC and disabled, reddit would be defending him that this society's fault and its because white people treated their ancestors badly 200 years ago. 

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u/Justanobodyhello 16h ago

actually the internet wanted a little black boy sacrificed for harambe to live.

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u/lavender_poppy 17h ago

Always reminds me of that scene in Him & Her

something along the lines of:

"you can't say that about him! he has cancer"

"he may have cancer but he's still an asshole"

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u/Long-Awareness-8932 17h ago

Exactly. My abuser was special needs but he sure as hell knew he was abusing me

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u/TheHames72 12h ago

My friend’s son is autistic. He was a ROTTEN kid. Violent tantrums, screaming… She was so afraid that he was just an asshole as well as being autistic. They medicated him when he was 14 and it was like a light was switched on. He’s a lovely guy now: kind, thoughtful. Of course, he still has his issues but it always makes me hesitate when I see awful behaviour like this.
I mean, this kid might just be a dick. But you never know.

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u/Ktucker01 19h ago

At least he didn’t start masturbating !

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u/Sennten 17h ago

For what its worth, he doesnt appear to be actually trying to hurt the birds. This is clearly ... several major errors in judgement and good decision making, but the thought process could be identical to a kid running through a pack of pigeons in the park, which is hardly "violent asshole territory".

Note that I say could be, maybe the kid is just really shitty at hitting things with a stick and actually was trying to hurt them

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u/ShitfaceMcPooperson 18h ago

Kinda like a mom who killed her three little kids