This is the internet weblog of Bix Frankonis.

I’ve some seriously mixed feelings about this development in legal proceedings against January 6 insurrectionists. I’m not a fan of essentially excusing behavior on the basis of an insurrectionist being autistic. Autism is neither an intellectual nor a moral incapacity. However, I appreciate the apparent awareness that prison presents some challenges unique to an autistic person that might make it inherently cruel or unusual punishment.