Yea I was waiting for this. I don’t normally speculate but all these people were calling him a brat. I got some shit for saying it so take that doubters.

I’ve pointed out elsewhere on this page, but I initially interpreted his actions as indicative of being autistic based on my own behavior as an autistic.

Right? A normal person’s immediate reaction to accidentally bumping someone is to say sorry or excuse me. Who raised this asshole?

Yeah, I have a lot of friends who are on the spectrum and have worked as an aide for some children who were, and I thought the same thing- which is part of why I believe Pence was completely disregarding him and barely even looked at him. These guys are nazis and autism spectrum people were among the abused disabled…

What the fuck is wrong with you calling a child a douchebag?

ETA: I saw people upthread are suggesting the idea that a kid get an apology from an adult is absurd. Personally, I don’t think that being an adult means you are not obligated to be polite to children. I try to treat kids with the same manners I use on adults, because they learn through role models

I have autism myself (as well as a number of family members with autism), and thought the exact same thing.

Dude, if that kid is not on the spectrum, I’d eat every hat I own. It’s not brattiness the kid’s showing it’s his black and white thinking (Pence “broke a rule” by smacking him and must apologize, that’s how the rules go) and lack of picking up social cues that would stop other kids. Kids on the spectrum have brains…

I absolutely agree. This child s unquestionably on the spectrum. It’s clear from his tone, mannerisms, and facial expressions. He’s operating normally within the confines of his reality. Social cues and nuance are virtually nonexistent. He’s not at all being bratty.

Thank you for pointing out what I thought was very obvious. I don’t work with children or in any fields related to autism, and I was surprised that so many people were quick to criticize the boy.

Right? I want him to be a little apology-demanding superhero fighting for those who are wronged. There are a good many adults who need to hear his polite insistence.

Kids have very structured rules. He doesn’t know what he’s doing and for all we know could be on the spectrum. He may not know better.

Politicians should know better.

I’m Canadian. That would have been months of apologies by the perpetrator. An apology from whoever got whacked (for being in the way). And apologies from anyone in the immediate vicinity.

Because he’s a troll.

Absolutely not. I will eat my hat if this kid isn’t on the spectrum - this is my nephew top to bottom. He got smacked, and when you do that, you say you’re sorry. Rules are a big deal. Things like political power and social situations don’t register much. He wasn’t being a brat, he was doing what his mama taught him…

He seemed like a kid who has had a lot of “social” coaching and probably views rules as black and white.

Because Obama would have stopped and IMMEDIATELY apologized, then laughed with the kid and the crowd about it, just as Pence should have done.

How did the kid not get an “oops, sorry” the second it happened? That’s the standard Midwestern thing to do when you bump into someone. Pence is a thundering asshole.

This may have been said but there is something particularly evil about people who don’t apologize to children as if they are beneath their consideration due to age and size. They are still humans and you can still wrong them.

Washing Post has already hired the kid to model for other journalism outlets what persistence looks like. Fox has already called the kid a liberal for snowflake for demanding an apology from the VP. Kellyanne has said he’s secretly a 46-year-old paid protestor, citing alternative facts.And Kid President has appointed…