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> "all but" ? > pretending there isn't a large self-labeled intersection in the furry and aspergers communities
by DANmode 3y ago
> "all but"
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> pretending there isn't a large self-labeled intersection in the furry and aspergers communities
- saagarjha 3y agoThere’s a big difference in identifying with a particular condition, and painting the entire group with that brush.
- kmeisthax 3y agoAutism is not a disease. Nor is wearing an animal costume as a hobby. Also, we probably shouldn't call it Aspergers, because naming something you are after the person the Nazis hired to decide whether or not you needed to be 'healed' of it[0][1] is kind of... really terrible? Like, I don't know how we let Hans Asperger get away with this shit. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Asperger#World_War_II_(1939-1945) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Asperger#World_War_II_(19... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am_Spiegelgrund_clinic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am_Spiegelgrund_clinic