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I am sorry but is being employed a job or a daycare? Not only this is extremely patronizing towards all people on spectrum, but at the same time extremely hur

by Xelbair 9mo ago

I am sorry but is being employed a job or a daycare? Not only this is extremely patronizing towards all people on spectrum, but at the same time extremely hurtful statement for people who are treating employment as a job(ie - most of population). And what are you going to say to people who are stuck in low-end jobs?

qoez 9mo ago
I'm on the spectrum to be clear
- Xelbair 9mo ago
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  - dang 9mo ago
    Please don't cross into personal attack.
    - Xelbair 9mo ago
      It wasn't a directed statement but a general one. "Conflict is essential to human life, whether between different aspects of oneself, between oneself and the environment, between different individuals or between different groups."
      - dang 9mo ago
        The obvious default interpretation of your comment is that the other person is using something as an excuse. If you say you did not intend it as a personal putdown, I believe you, but the rest of us don't have direct access to your intent, so you'd need to include enough information in your comments to disambiguate it. More information here in case helpful: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=burden%20disambiguate%20by%3Adang&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... As for Marion Milner's classic paragraph, I'm delighted that you found it worthwhile enough to quote! But you have to read the entire paragraph to understand it, and you can't leave out the word "toleration". That's the most important word there, both in the text and in the title.
Lorean1 9mo ago
Sorry but did we read the same comment? It's not patronising. The people who are stuck in low end jobs were not in the scope of this comment (there are also people in war zones or very sick, also out of scope). And how did you manage to find this extremely hurtful to any group...?

by Xelbair 9mo ago

qoez 9mo ago

I'm on the spectrum to be clear

Xelbair 9mo ago
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- dang 9mo ago
  Please don't cross into personal attack.
  - Xelbair 9mo ago
    It wasn't a directed statement but a general one. "Conflict is essential to human life, whether between different aspects of oneself, between oneself and the environment, between different individuals or between different groups."
    - dang 9mo ago
      The obvious default interpretation of your comment is that the other person is using something as an excuse. If you say you did not intend it as a personal putdown, I believe you, but the rest of us don't have direct access to your intent, so you'd need to include enough information in your comments to disambiguate it. More information here in case helpful: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=burden%20disambiguate%20by%3Adang&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... As for Marion Milner's classic paragraph, I'm delighted that you found it worthwhile enough to quote! But you have to read the entire paragraph to understand it, and you can't leave out the word "toleration". That's the most important word there, both in the text and in the title.

Lorean1 9mo ago

Sorry but did we read the same comment? It's not patronising. The people who are stuck in low end jobs were not in the scope of this comment (there are also people in war zones or very sick, also out of scope). And how did you manage to find this extremely hurtful to any group...?