>>2720475I think that was the point. Hate is a strong word but the viewer was supposed to recognize Haruhi was kind of an asshole. She was often tactless and insensitive and treated other people as if they were characters in her own personal universe. She had a child's understanding of other people's autonomy and Kyon slapped her over it when it got to be too much. I don't know if it's accurate to real life autism but her behavior seems like an alternative TV interpretation of it that is more about the ordinary social stuff rather than the typical Rain Man presentation.
