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Your post angers and insults me. Everything you said is negative and mean, while the original poster was at least trying to add to the conversation. Even callin

Your post angers and insults me. Everything you said is negative and mean, while the original poster was at least trying to add to the conversation. Even calling those with Asperger's "aspies" is condescending.

gaius 14y ago
My point addressed the individual the parent quoted, who seems completely dismissive of the massive support structure created around her, by people she holds in contempt, that she calls "socialites". She claims that people without Aspergers are incapable of innovating, which is clearly arrogant nonsense.
Spooky23 14y ago
People find their place in the world. I cannot imagine being dyslexic or unable to empathize with people. It's inspiring that people can turn those "handicaps" into competitive advantages. While the comment wasn't very sensitive, it also happens to be true. Our society tries to build a support structure around folks to enable them to reach their potential. Sometimes we're successful, other times we're not successful. In the past, unless your family was able to help you find a place, folks with mental problems were basically discarded by society.
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- option_greek 14y ago
  "Our society tries to build a support structure around folks to enable them to reach their potential." I would argue most of the success is due to coping mechanisms developed by people than societal support structure. In fact, the free markets probably have more to do with their success than society.
  - gaius 14y ago
    NASA isn't a product of the free market, except in the sense that that "socialites" who work in the free market pay their taxes so Dr Temple can sneer at them from her ivory tower.
    - anigbrowl 14y ago
      NASA is hardly typical of employers, and the free market is not the sole origin of value. Perhaps you are taking a tongue-in-cheek remark a little too personally. It's a big world, and it has room for some generally anti-social loners as well.
larrys 14y ago
"Even calling those with Asperger's "aspies" is condescending." Why? Are you claiming that using "aspies" is an "a" word? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome "People identifying with Asperger syndrome may refer to themselves in casual conversation as aspies (a term first used in print by Liane Holliday Willey in 1999)." About Liane: http://www.psychologytoday.com/experts/liane-holliday-willey-edd http://www.psychologytoday.com/experts/liane-holliday-willey...

gaius 14y ago

My point addressed the individual the parent quoted, who seems completely dismissive of the massive support structure created around her, by people she holds in contempt, that she calls "socialites". She claims that people without Aspergers are incapable of innovating, which is clearly arrogant nonsense.

Spooky23 14y ago

People find their place in the world. I cannot imagine being dyslexic or unable to empathize with people. It's inspiring that people can turn those "handicaps" into competitive advantages. While the comment wasn't very sensitive, it also happens to be true. Our society tries to build a support structure around folks to enable them to reach their potential. Sometimes we're successful, other times we're not successful. In the past, unless your family was able to help you find a place, folks with mental problems were basically discarded by society.

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option_greek 14y ago
"Our society tries to build a support structure around folks to enable them to reach their potential." I would argue most of the success is due to coping mechanisms developed by people than societal support structure. In fact, the free markets probably have more to do with their success than society.
- gaius 14y ago
  NASA isn't a product of the free market, except in the sense that that "socialites" who work in the free market pay their taxes so Dr Temple can sneer at them from her ivory tower.
  - anigbrowl 14y ago
    NASA is hardly typical of employers, and the free market is not the sole origin of value. Perhaps you are taking a tongue-in-cheek remark a little too personally. It's a big world, and it has room for some generally anti-social loners as well.

larrys 14y ago

"Even calling those with Asperger's "aspies" is condescending." Why? Are you claiming that using "aspies" is an "a" word? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome "People identifying with Asperger syndrome may refer to themselves in casual conversation as aspies (a term first used in print by Liane Holliday Willey in 1999)." About Liane: http://www.psychologytoday.com/experts/liane-holliday-willey-edd http://www.psychologytoday.com/experts/liane-holliday-willey...