It is his opinions and political goals. Not because he is maybe possibly on spectrum, which is something that does not make him any less awful.

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xyzzyz 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

His political goals seem to align pretty well with the goals of the democratically elected governments, which are perfectly happy to buy products and services from him. You might not agree with their goals, but it’s absurd to suggest that this should make him ineligible for clearance. Clearance is not some kind of a “good boy with right politics” certification, it’s rather “is this person trustworthy enough to depend on in the matters of national security”.

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kypro 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Well that's even worse... I'm not sure I can personally get onboard with the idea of a government preventing people from obtaining security clearance for their personal or political opinions to be honest, unless they are directly opposed to the national security interests of the US of course...

What relevance does someone not liking his opinions and politics have on whether or not he should obtain security clearance? I assume your position here is more nuanced that what your comment suggests?

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watwut 5 hours ago | parent [-]

It is 100% ok to hate on someone due to their opinions and goals. And being neurodivergent does not excuse having fascist opinions and goals. Simple as that.

And when it comes to security clearance, yes your ideology plays the role, always did. And should play the role. A simple example is that if your general ideology is "I dont care about law and I prefer to be an agent of a foreign country" then you should have no clearance.

	▲	kypro 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> It is 100% ok to hate on someone due to their opinions and goals. And being neurodivergent does not excuse having fascist opinions and goals. Simple as that. I agree. > And when it comes to security clearance, yes your ideology plays the role, always did. And should play the role. A simple example is that if your general ideology is "I dont care about law and I prefer to be an agent of a foreign country" then you should have no clearance. Of course. What's important here though is what ideologies it's reasonable discriminate against. Someone's opinion of someones politics isn't really relevant, unless their political views are a clear risk to national security. I'd agree that someone being communist sympathising or fascist sympathising could be reason to reason to revoke someone's security clearance. Whether it's reasonable to suggest Karp holds fascist opinions though, I won't comment on beyond suggesting that might not be the most charitable take.