Saturday, May 11, 2013

50 Tyson And The Autistic Fail

For those of you who don't know, 50 Tyson (whose real name is Antonio Henderson Davis), is an autistic rapper who fails at rapping. Early on in his career, he was featured on several "fail" shows, such as Tosh.0 which is hosted by Daniel Tosh and airs on Comedy Central, and makes fun of those who fail online. However, once it was revealed that 50 Tyson was in fact autistic, things did almost a complete 180. He got a genuine record deal, and in the recording studio one can sort of edit out the epic fail that was apparent in 50 Tyson's YouTube video. And it wasn't like William Hung, who got a record deal because he failed. 50 Tyson got one simply for being autistic. This greatly concerns me for many reasons. If someone fails at rapping, autistic or not, then they shouldn't get a record deal. Getting a free pass in life just for being autistic is not a way to truly integrate autistic people into society, and NeuroDiversity is certainly doing their best to put genuinely autistic people in mental institutions and rewrite the definition of autism to fit their warped agenda. This must be stopped. Also, having autism should never be seen as a positive thing. Not at all. An autistic person fighting and triumphing against all odds despite their autism can be seen as positive, but it is the triumph that is positive, not the autism. With this new record deal, people will now resist a cure because they feel that having autism gives them a free pass to getting a record deal, even if they fail at rapping. The lack of demand for a cure will mean that the research will stop, and that cannot happen. On a side note, if one wants some real musical talent, they should listen to Wesley Willis. That guy is a fucking genius, and it's a shame the world lost him when he was only 40. He beats 50 Tyson a million times over.