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Words mean things.
by ssl-3 2mo ago
Words mean things.
- dns_snek 2mo agoAnd my words in no way implied that those were equal, or that autism was necessarily an illness or a disability. People often make those arguments and I'm not one of them. You're attacking a straw man.
- ssl-3 2mo agosigh. > I see this sentiment often, but only when it comes to autism. How is this different from other disorders, disabilities, illnesses? We have a comparative question involving a list of things, here. Let's unroll the list and make separate comparative questions instead: autism. How is this different from other disorders? This works. Autism is a disorder. It can be compared to other disorders. autism. How is this different from other disabilities? This doesn't work. The comparison rests upon the implication that autism must be a disability, but that's just not absolute. It certainly can be disabling, but it often is not disabling. autism. How is this different from other illnesses? This doesn't work. Autism is not an illness.
- mikestew 2mo agoI suggest going for the most charitable interpretation of OPs writing. This is isn’t it.
- dns_snek 2mo agoHooray, natural language is often ambiguous and context matters. While that may be one way of interpreting my comment it's not the only one. I've already clarified what I meant so I don't really care for your language policing. I've expanded my thoughts here if you wish to have a more productive discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49145950 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49145950