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While you have correctly identified a trait of those who graze the autistic spectrum, you also appear to have discounted the possibility of being able to ignore

While you have correctly identified a trait of those who graze the autistic spectrum, you also appear to have discounted the possibility of being able to ignore social pressure otherwise. I think you are kind of proving the point of the person you are responding to. To me it came off as if the comment made you uncomfortable, and you responded in a way that is, in my opinion, short-sighted. I believe what he meant is that often times with privilege, people don’t feel the need to defend a certain viewpoint - because they aren’t negatively affected by it. Disclaimer: I grew up poor as dirt in a house of 7 children, so I’m definitely not speaking from experience as far as being privileged goes. I never graduated college, I just read regular old books. I do have a younger brother who struggles with a slight case of autism though, and he has no interest in computers whatsoever. In fact his life is somewhat in shambles. Also, the term “asperger’s” has been deprecated.

malandrew 9y ago
First off, I didn't use the term asperger's. I used the term aspie. One is the DSM-IV term and the other is a derivative term used by the community of people on that end of the spectrum. I didn't suggest that there are no other possible contributors to being able to ignore social pressure. That's what you read into my comment. What I did do is dismiss the very handwavvy explanation of stating it's caused by "privilege", which is one of the most bullshit masturbatory terms to come out of liberal academia in a long time. It is not specific, measurable or testable. Hypotheses and theories based on it lack all the hallmarks of good science. If one wants to talk about something testable based on criteria like income, zip code, educational attainment of parents, or a variety of other aspects that are specific and measurable, that's great, but "privilege" is not specific nor measurable. “The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.” Philip K. Dick The term "privilege" is a weasel word and anyone interested in having an honest intellectual debate should reject it outright. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word

malandrew 9y ago

First off, I didn't use the term asperger's. I used the term aspie. One is the DSM-IV term and the other is a derivative term used by the community of people on that end of the spectrum. I didn't suggest that there are no other possible contributors to being able to ignore social pressure. That's what you read into my comment. What I did do is dismiss the very handwavvy explanation of stating it's caused by "privilege", which is one of the most bullshit masturbatory terms to come out of liberal academia in a long time. It is not specific, measurable or testable. Hypotheses and theories based on it lack all the hallmarks of good science. If one wants to talk about something testable based on criteria like income, zip code, educational attainment of parents, or a variety of other aspects that are specific and measurable, that's great, but "privilege" is not specific nor measurable. “The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.” Philip K. Dick The term "privilege" is a weasel word and anyone interested in having an honest intellectual debate should reject it outright. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word