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is "autistici" a plural of "austistic"? it's interesting that registering it as a domain seems to be a way of reclaiming something that is becoming derogatory
by throwawayaway 12y ago
is "autistici" a plural of "austistic"?
it's interesting that registering it as a domain seems to be a way of reclaiming something that is becoming derogatory - as a badge of honour instead. like civil rights movements.
- Dewie 12y agoManifesto: > We called ourselves Autistici, instead, for the passion we have for understanding the technical tools and for exposing the politics implicit in the digital world; even if software is created in a virtual world it doesn't mean it doesn't have a political impact on reality. Starting from the technical tools we use we came to develop a clear array of political stances, crucial to both cyber and material world and lives: privacy, anonymity, free sharing of knowledge just to mention a few. ... > Autism with invention generates sharing So uh, yeah, that actually seems to kind of be the case. Inasmuch as "passion for understanding technical tools" is about autism. http://www.autistici.org/en/who/manifesto.html http://www.autistici.org/en/who/manifesto.html
- throwawayaway 12y agothanks for that! i find it fascinating that it's become so hopelessly broad now that a group have felt the need to do that. maybe they are taking the piss, but i don't think so. EDIT: ...and they did so in 2002? they must have seen the whole thing coming a mile off. the etymology is interesting anyway. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=autism http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&searc...