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To me, the only thing implied by the above comment is that "all autistic people are capable of being decent to other people." That doesn't seem offensive, altho
by asdfasgasdgasdg 6y ago
To me, the only thing implied by the above comment is that "all autistic people are capable of being decent to other people." That doesn't seem offensive, although it may be incorrect (I simply do not know).
- hedora 6y agoIt is incorrect. Autism is a spectrum.
- astrange 6y agoNote that RMS says he doesn't have autism. High functioning autism doesn't look like being rude anyway; it's just some combination of talking for too long and being very sensitive to environmental disturbances.
- henriquez 6y agoClearly not all neurotypical people are capable of being decent to others, so how would it make sense that all autistic people are? No, to assume that forgiveness or empathy to one autistic individual denigrates an entire spectrum of autistic individuals is the same as assuming that from the actions of one we can confer some sort of collective responsibility. This assumption is the root of all prejudice.
- jolux 6y ago>Clearly not all neurotypical people are capable of being decent to others, so how would it make sense that all autistic people are? If you believe that some autistic people can be decent, though, it's no longer an excuse for Stallman that he's autistic. I'm on the spectrum myself, it's not a free pass for being offensive.
- paulcole 6y ago> Clearly not all neurotypical people are capable of being decent to others This is not clear to me. Many people are assholes but that’s by choice, not because they’re incapable of not being assholes.