Francine StripeCheer
kiwifarms.net
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_facto...id_he_think_his_bullies_were_his_friends.htmlAny parent of an autistic kid will recognize this as their worst nightmare. Two Maryland teenage girls were charged this week with manipulating a teenage autistic boy to do unspeakable things. They allegedly asked him to masturbate and have sex with a family pet and then recorded it on their cellphones. They allegedly sometimes held a knife to his throat. They kicked him in the groin and pulled his hair. They got him to walk on a frozen lake knowing the ice was thin, and when he fell through a couple of times, they didn’t help him get out. His mom got home that night and asked why his clothes were wet, and he told her he’d fallen in the pond but also told her the girls didn’t force him to go in. And here’s the heartbreaker, from his mother, who was contacted by the Washington Post (the boy’s name is being withheld by the papers because he is only 16): “He doesn’t appear to be traumatized. He thinks these girls are his friends and is surprised the police are involved.”
How soon until Chris reacts? This happened in Maryland, just a few hours away, and the parallels with our hero are pretty close - the main different being that the gal-pals are the trolls. And he's younger, which helps with the sympathy