Is Ann Coulter Autistic?

Ann Coulter said something stupid today.

Yes, I know that sentence is redundant. Bear with me here.

In reply to a discussion that Republican senators would have to have a member of  their family killed before they would support the gun bill, Ann suggested we start with Meghan McCain.

MSNBC's Martin Bashir suggested that Republican senators need to have a member of their families killed for them to support the Democrats' gun proposals. (Let's start with Meghan McCain!)

 Her remark led people wondering if she has autism since she seems to have no empathy for people.

I think it's great that people are more aware of autism and thinking about what it means. But I'm not ok with the general public thinking that anyone who acts like a heartless jerk is autistic. Because that's not how we are.

I think one of the problems is that a lot of the general population use 'empathy' when they mean 'sympathy' or 'compassion.'

Empathy is the ability to read another person and know what that person is thinking or feeling.

Sympathy is sharing what the other person is feeling.

Compassion is when you have a strong feeling of sympathy and an urge to allieviate it.

It does appear that Coulter lacks empathy. She also appears to lack sympathy and compassion. Most autistic people I have seen have a high degree of sympathy and compassion but they are not good at reading people and knowing that they are thinking or feeling, therefore they lack empathy.

Maybe Ann Coulter is a psychopath. Or she might have some other type of personality disorder. But I don't believe she has a neurological disorder.

Also, she talks too damn much to be autistic. Autistics don't like talking for no reason but that is all Ann does. Autistics like facts and logic, two things you won't find in an Ann Coulter rant.

I'm going to come right out and diagnosis Coulter as not autistic.