| ▲ | Gud 2 days ago |
| I don't think the average person hate autistic or nerdy people. |
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| ▲ | throwpoaster 2 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| Yes, they do. They wouldn't say it, but look at how autistic people get treated by their peers, teachers, and bosses. |
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| ▲ | jonnybgood 2 days ago | parent [-] | | How do you know their peers, teachers, and bosses aren’t autistic too? Autistic people can’t be peers, teachers, and bosses? Autistic people can be assholes too. Maybe that’s what it really is: some people are just assholes. | | |
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| ▲ | MattGrommes 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Obviously everything is a spectrum but I agree. If anything, "a touch of the 'tism" is the new "I have OCD" because you like a clean desk, something people are fine with saying without regards to it being true. |
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| ▲ | parineum 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| They absolutely don't. The average person is probably uncomfortable around autistic people because they don't know how to deal with them and, when you see someone like that, it's usually best to avoid interacting with them. Not because autistic people are dangerous but people acting out of the ordinary sometimes are. The lumping in of nerdy with autistic is ridiculous too. The average person just doesn't care about your interests unless they are in common. Nerdy typically just means having a niche interest or hobby. Your parent reeks of a persecution complex. |
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| ▲ | mike_ivanov 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | | I guess you never studied in a school and therefore not aware of bullying and its stereotypical targets. | |
| ▲ | Der_Einzige 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | It's shocking that you can just bury your head in the sand about the colloquial usage of "autist" (often happening at the same time as "Incel") replacing "retard" in the lexicon of the average zoomer. It's not a persecution complex to identify the ways that hate gets used, deployed, and repackaged for a new generation. Putting your head in the sand about stuff like this is why Trump winning the election was SO shocking to some and extremely obvious to others. | | |
| ▲ | parineum a day ago | parent [-] | | It's shocking that you seem to think that when I said, "the average person" you thought I meant everyone. The average zoomer isn't your average person. People are sometimes cruel. The average person is not. The average person didn't vote for Trump. I also took most issue with grouping a autism with "nerdy". Being a nerd has never been easier. > It's not a persecution complex to identify the ways that hate gets used, deployed, and repackaged for a new generation. Okay, but that's not what happened. Cool strawman though. |
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