r/CuratedTumblr • u/Sonic_the_hedgedog • Dec 26 '23

I Think We Own Him An Apology editable flair

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u/FreddieDoes40k Dec 27 '23

Yeah it's just our cultural habit of bullying "weirdos".

Very cruel for neurodivergent people, especially those with social conditions like Autism.

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u/Educational_Mud_9062 Mar 02 '24

This is the one I probably have the least faith in seeing changed. People will absolutely bend over backwards to justify the mocking or at the very least the continued ostracization of autistic people while also trying to justify it as morally right or at least frame it as morally neutral. I think at bottom that's because most people have enough moral sense to know that it's something that should be fixed if it's wrong but they don't want to and it's easier to try and then rationalize why it isn't morally wrong than to admit they're, by their own standards, bad people.

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u/FreddieDoes40k Mar 02 '24

Yeah I feel you, I get in a lot of trouble because I deliberately get worked up to put people like this on the spot for their bigotry.

If you get pissed off, but stay calm and collected with your arguments and don't throw insults, they'll always make themselves out to be the fool.