Right, and of course you have proof that they are all neurotypical and they are all asshats, yes? Or are you just assuming that all neurotypical people are asshats? I find your statement no different from a man calling all women weak-willed. Not only is he not a member of the group he's targeting, he's making broad and hurtful generalizations. In short, I am shocked and appalled.
If they aren't neurotypical, then I've gotten a lot worse at identifying Asperger's traits. No stimming, no tics, no trouble with word choice, no odd metaphors, no bouncing gait, none of the physical indicators, none of the vocal flatness, none of the oddities in dress I have come to expect. No accent. No social faulting. No obsessions. No appearance of overloading. All of them are in a socializing-heavy major, except for me.
I have always been able to pick up autistic students before, but of course I could be wrong. If I am wrong, then maybe one of them will speak up with me on Tuesday. That would be nice.
They are asshats because they repeatedly argue that the so-called mentally infirm are "inherently bad" and that "mental illness" is good grounds to condemn anything they don't like.
They are asshats because they argue for stereotypes and racism in media, so long as that media makes children happy.
They are asshats because when I held a negative opinion, they said that I was "depressed" and tried to throw it away.
They are asshats because they are privileged, and their privilege makes them blind to the greater implications of what they are saying.
They are not asshats because they are neurotypical. They are neurotypical people who happen to generally be semi-nice people with a lot of asshat qualities under the surface, which occasionally come out and make me feel very sick and scared of saying anything. Their neurotypical privilege may have led to their asshatery, but it is not sufficient that one be neurotypical to imply that one is an asshat. There are plenty of nice neurotypical people out there, like my rhetoric professor and Rosewood's mother. They have treated me exceptionally well and given me faith in the world.
You are assuming a logical connection that does not exist and was not even implied.
Also, it would not be like a man saying things about a woman, if I were saying what you seem to think I am saying. It would be like a woman saying nasty things about men. They are different sides of a power gradient and have different results when said.
I am tired of you jumping on me. I want you to stop. I feel like you are trying to get me back for the "Women in Media" thread, which is understandable, but you are doing it the wrong way. If you want to hurt me, then you can PM me and call me stupid and socially retarded, if you want. Accuse me of something real. Accuse me of something I did. There's other, easier ways to knock me down.
But you jump on me when I am expressing hurt and fear and emotional weakness and tell me that you are shocked and appalled at things I never said. You attempt to paint me black with actions I never condoned, using parallel rhetoric and diction to mine, so that you can make yourself look bigger by hurting me with my own attacks. You attempt to bring me down in order to absolve yourself--or at least, that is what appears to be true from the last sentence of your post just now.
But that is a very hurtful thing to do, and I don't like it very much. I try very hard to say and do the right things. When I do wrong things, I try to apologize for them. I do not like being treated this way at all.
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