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Relevant: autism should never be compared to a terminal illness and it's important to stand up for the rights of neurodivergent individuals who's autonomy is constantly under attack
Not relevant: "lol middle aged women are freaks"
Relevant: autism should never be compared to a terminal illness and it's important to stand up for the rights of neurodivergent individuals who's autonomy is constantly under attack
Not relevant: "lol middle aged women are freaks"
Making fun of someone's writing for saying something ableist has the same relevance as attacking shitty people's looks. It's focusing on an unrelated trait that may be shared by the people they're harming while ignoring the actual harm they're doing for the sake of an easier shot
"Lol I always knew they were trash" really? You knew they said ableist shit? Feels like that should've come up earlier then!
I'm just extremely tired of actual harm being dismissed because it's easier to make fun of superficial or "cringe" elements.
Which is what neurodivergent folk get mocked for on a regular basis, so it doesn't feel helpful to say "well I only make fun of that if they suck". So we're really supposed to believe you're not itching to make fun of people in your community for the exact same reasons?
I could not care less about her self insert writing, and that feels like extremely shaky ground for a shipping community to be judging from. Address the issues with ableism and how those are hurting autistic people. Writing rpf is not that.
And for reference, I am neurodivergent but I don't owe you shit about my diagnoses, fuck off
Basically the reason for making this thread comes down to this: attacking people from a cringe culture standpoint only comes back to hurt neurodivergent fans.
