You are viewing a single thread.
View all comments
105 points

“Being autistic” is not license to be a fucking asshole Nazi.

permalink
report
reply
23 points
*

No but it can help direct you down that pipeline if you’re unlucky enough to not get the proper support.

That’s what originally happened with me until I got out of high school and stopped having negative experiences on an almost daily basis.

Couple more years of it and I probably wouldn’t have been able to pull out of it so easily.

permalink
report
parent
reply
11 points

I mean, any angry outsider could potentially go down a dark path.

permalink
report
parent
reply
-10 points

So…you’re arguing that Autistic people are more likely to become Nazis? Because that seems like a stretch…

permalink
report
parent
reply
23 points

Autistic people may be at a greater risk to become used to some sense of “how things are supposed to work”, which can include overreacting to the unexpected or unknown. I know that I like thinking in boxes and was accordingly susceptible to mindsets that put things in clean boxes (male and female, faithful and sinner, and so on) and it took conscious deprogramming to shake off those bigoted views.

Basically, certain autistic traits may render us more vulnerable to indoctrination into mindsets that align with the way our minds work. That vulnerability isn’t universal nor unique to autistic people, of course.

permalink
report
parent
reply
10 points

Marginalized individuals, yes.

permalink
report
parent
reply

Enough Musk Spam

!enoughmuskspam@lemmy.world

Create post

For those that have had enough of the Elon Musk worship online.

No flaming, baiting, etc. This community is intended for those opposed to the influx of Elon Musk-related advertising online. Coming here to defend Musk or his companies will not get you banned, but it likely will result in downvotes. Please use the reporting feature if you see a rule violation.

Opinions from all sides of the political spectrum are welcome here. However, we kindly ask that off-topic political discussion be kept to a minimum, so as to focus on the goal of this sub. This community is minimally moderated, so discussion and the power of upvotes/downvotes are allowed, provided lemmy.world rules are not broken.

Post links to instances of obvious Elon Musk fanboy brigading in default subreddits, lemmy/kbin communities/instances, astroturfing from Tesla/SpaceX/etc., or any articles critical of Musk, his ideas, unrealistic promises and timelines, or the working conditions at his companies.

Tesla-specific discussion can be posted here as well as our sister community /c/RealTesla.

Community stats

  • 2.8K

    Monthly active users

  • 409

    Posts

  • 7.6K

    Comments