Being hyper-abled and disabled are not mutually exclusive. That's why there are terms for people who exist at both ends of the ability/disability spectrum at the same time. "Twice exceptional", "idiot savant", "splinter skills", "spiky skill profile"... These are a few of the terms invented specifically to describe such a pattern. Autistic people, in particular, are likely to fit this pattern.
I was just told by someone that using "idiot savant" as an insult isn't ableist because they're insulting privileged, hyper-abled folks, not disabled people. But what exactly does calling someone that term imply? That they have a narrow skillset and are socially inept or otherwise disabled in other areas? It's using a disability as an insult, pure and simple.
Every time you use a disability as an insult, you are reinforcing the notion that disability is worse than whatever it is you are insulting. You are helping to establish or maintain that hierarchical notion that disabled people are inferior. Yes, even calling a privileged, hyper-abled person an idiot or an idiot savant contributes to this, and is therefore ableist.
I know that telling people that "idiot" and "stupid", used as insults, are ableist makes them uncomfortable. That's why the posts I make about it go unboosted and unliked, in contrast to my other posts about ableism. It's so socially acceptable and commonplace, that no one bats an eye. But your discomfort at hearing what I have to say, doesn't make it any less true. The fact that it's so commonplace and ordinary to call someone an idiot or stupid or an idiot savant as an insult is all the more reason that this message needs to be heard.
"And lest anyone forget, a sub-inflation increase [to the minimum wage] is effectively a cut. So National is deliberately cutting the real wages of the poorest workers."
Coz you know, we've got to do something about the cost of living. After giving the Reserve Bank permission to increase unemployment to help keep on-paper inflation down, cutting the minimum wage ought to do it, right? 🤦♂️