When I see people equate autism with stupidity, it just feels like I'm being called an idiot by someone who doesn't even know me. To have my intellect casually denigrated by someone who themselves isn't educated enough to know that autism is a wide spectrum, not just "kids who make noises".
This doesn't piss me off in general (I mean, it's the fucking internet, after all), but when I see it happen in communities that are supposed to be tolerant and anti-dickhead, it pisses me off to see autistic jokes get the pass from moderators. In this case, I at first just ignored it - then after realising I was stewing about it, said, no, fuck it. I am angry. I PMed the mod and they revised their rules. Great. The mod apologised, saying that their own kid had just been diagnosed with autism, and so it was "gallow's humour". Well fuck. I feel really sorry for your kid, then, with your expectations for them.
This doesn't piss me off in general (I mean, it's the fucking internet, after all), but when I see it happen in communities that are supposed to be tolerant and anti-dickhead, it pisses me off to see autistic jokes get the pass from moderators. In this case, I at first just ignored it - then after realising I was stewing about it, said, no, fuck it. I am angry. I PMed the mod and they revised their rules. Great. The mod apologised, saying that their own kid had just been diagnosed with autism, and so it was "gallow's humour". Well fuck. I feel really sorry for your kid, then, with your expectations for them.
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