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I guess the pathological victimhood complex underlying cancel culture just doesn't apply to the neurodivergent. sigh
by amazingman 6y ago
I guess the pathological victimhood complex underlying cancel culture just doesn't apply to the neurodivergent. sigh
- rbanffy 6y agoI think everybody agrees that showing awareness an issue exists and a willingness to change would have gone a long way to prevent the current situation.
- hnbad 6y agoBeing neurodivergent doesn't excuse being actively abusive. I didn't say he had problems with "theory of mind". I said he didn't think of women, in particular, as human beings. He specifically treated women differently from men and he was being abusive towards them especially while also being abrasive in general. You don't have to be allistic to understand consent (and given that many autistics actually are hyperempathetic and just struggle with social cues, I wouldn't be surprised if allistics are more likely to ignore consent than autistics). Pretending autism makes it impossible for someone in his position to not be abusive or not understand that what he did was morally wrong and that he was harming people is not a defense of neurodivergent people, it's belittling them. You're not defending neurodivergence, you're just being patronizing towards autistics. If you're autistic and an abuser, you're an abuser in addition to being autistic.