Militant Autistics

[TowinKarz]

Yeah, and instead of just throwing sociopaths in the slammer or giving them a lethal injection, we need to understand the underlying reason why they feel it's okay to kill a dozen people for their own enjoyment, we need to look at the message they're trying to send us instead of thinking we can just stop that behavior....

Even the pleas for mutual understanding are oozing arrogance , "Look, I know you can't possibly fathom my motives, mere mortal, but, if you at least TRY to I'll know your failure is one born of having an underdeveloped brain and not just mere arrogance... deal?"

 

[Ruin]

This shit needs to be preserved so the next time the Huffington Post publishes an article about the bullying epidemic we can show them there's good reasons why these little snots got their asses kicked.

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

So, from what I've been reading, these people are like Autism Speaks, only more vocal.

Makes sense, I suppose. All the more to make fun of.

 

[Bugaboo]

This is what my mom thinks of aspergers, everyone who has it is a special snowflake and just so smart. Also, Rainman.
Really they should teach autistic children how to not embaress themselves on the internet.

 

[Big Boss]

One thing that really strikes me from reading this is that these people really hate the idea of a cure for autism. They seem to think being autistic is the equivalent of being gay and any cure for it is equivalent to conversion therapy.

That's some really unfortunate missinformation. Autism is not a disease, no, it is a development disorder. But it still negatively affects both individuals who are born with it and their family/friends. This is especially true for those on the lower-functioning end of the spectrum that wind up like a good chunk of the people we laugh at on this forum.

Saying "autism should be cured" is not like saying "gays should be cured."

But saying "autism should not even be attempted to be cured" is actually more like saying "we should not bother to try to cure blindness."

 

[GiantSpiderInvasion]

I'm a diagnosed Aspie, and I can't see it as anything BUT a disorder.

I wonder about the autistic supremacists. Is it a defense mechanism, and deep down they know they're as bad off as everyone thinks? Or have years of being humored and told how smart they are pushed their heads further and further up their asses?

 

[TowinKarz]

@GiantSpiderInvasion Probably a little of both. If you're diagnosed with it, or the parents of a child diagnosed with it, what's more comforting? It's an incurable disorder that will cause problems for the rest of your/their life and will require special education and constant coping? Or, it's a disorder that makes you super-smart at the cost of making society hound you for being so unable to relate to what are, essentially, idiots?

Throw in a little ego, a little persecution mania, and a few will very vocally latch on to the later and make it tough for everyone else to NOT be seen as militantly pro-autism and resistant to any criticism.

 

[Too Many Crooks]

One thing that really strikes me from reading this is that these people really hate the idea of a cure for autism. They seem to think being autistic is the equivalent of being gay and any cure for it is equivalent to conversion therapy.

That's some really unfortunate missinformation. Autism is not a disease, no, it is a development disorder. But it still negatively affects both individuals who are born with it and their family/friends. This is especially true for those on the lower-functioning end of the spectrum that wind up like a good chunk of the people we laugh at on this forum.

Saying "autism should be cured" is not like saying "gays should be cured."

But saying "autism should not even be attempted to be cured" is actually more like saying "we should not bother to try to cure blindness."

You make several good points.

But Asperger Syndrome and autism are neurological disorders, so finding a "cure" would be to rewire a person's neurological makeup or something.

The only effective treatments I know of are therapy, socializing with others, and coping mechanisms (for moderate & severe cases).

 

[Dr. Tremolo]

inb4 pages of drama
inb4 da lock

 

[Big Boss]

You make several good points.

But Asperger Syndrome and autism are neurological disorders, so finding a "cure" would be to rewire a person's neurological makeup or something.

The only effective treatments I know of are therapy, socializing with others, and coping mechanisms (for moderate & severe cases).

Yeah, by "cure" I actually meant "treatment." My brain is also not working right today apparently.

 

[Meowthkip]

Well this thread is going to attract like flies to shit.

Or aspies trying to defend themselves.

Enjoy your honeypot.

 

[Conrix]

Y'know what these people could use? A real life equivalent to Tyler Durden and his Fight Club/Project Mayhem. Something to harden the frail special snowflake spergs up a bit, make them realize they aren't so special, and maybe they'll be taken a little more seriously.

 

[TowinKarz]

@Conrix Don't they get that already? By being (assumedly) beat-up in high school? If that didn't do it, what will? It's like getting punched in the face only hardens their resolve that they're special, since not EVERYONE gets that kind of treatment?

 

[Conrix]

@Conrix Don't they get that already? By being (assumedly) beat-up in high school? If that didn't do it, what will? It's like getting punched in the face only hardens their resolve that they're special, since not EVERYONE gets that kind of treatment?

I was thinking more along the lines of being in a collective and having to do menial chores to earn their keep, and also learning to stick up for themselves without crying about how they're special.

Also to powerlevel a bit here, I'm diagnosed with Aspergers and I was the one beating up kids in school. The only time anyone really tried to hurt me in school was in middle school, and I just got right back up and slammed him into one of the lockers and made him literally cry from pain, then we both got community service.

 

[Ruin]

Anyone who writes "I'm a diagnosed aspie" needs to be threadbanned. Seriously guys it's cool if you have autism but keep that shit to yourselves.

 

[Conrix]

Anyone who writes "I'm a diagnosed aspie" needs to be threadbanned. Seriously guys it's cool if you have autism but keep that shit to yourselves.

I only brought that up to break this apparent conception that aspie="special snowflake who got beat up often in school". I was the one throwing the punches, I got in trouble for it, I learned the hard way that I'm not special, autism is just something I live with that doesn't exist just to make people into annoying special snowflakes who get beat up and cry on every day that ends with a "y".

#notallspergs

 

[Too Many Crooks]

Or aspies trying to defend themselves.

Enjoy your honeypot.

So it's wrong for people to defend themselves if they're wrongfully lumped in with people like CWC?

It's also pretty telling how some people are posting shit like "If someone got bullied in school, they probably deserved it."

 

[Vitriol]

My favourite thing about this is that autism can often make it difficult to pick up on the cues of others it can make placing oneself relative to ones peers difficult. Thus increasing the chance of the dunning kruger effect.

This is why chris is THIN not FAT and mr magneto over here is ubermensch and not an eloquent sped who reads too many comic books.

Militant autists are funny because they are invariably the most auristic and least socially aware of the bunch.

 

[Jozef]

I'm in my late 20s and I noticed that people my age and older who were diagnosed with Asperger's but are high-functioning enough to pass as normal tend to avoid talking about their diagnosis, or they feel embarrassed about it and they just want to assimilate into the general population instead of singled out and treated differently. I have a friend who's a bit older than me and he's like that.
It just seems odd that younger generations are so proud about having Asperger's that they broadcast it to the world at every opportunity, and there's a lot of people who self-diagnose too. Sure, people should be comfortable with who they are, but why not learn to better your social skills and cope with day to day life instead of just using your diagnosis as a crutch to get special treatment without doing anything to improve yourself?

 

[Conrix]

I'm in my late 20s and I noticed that people my age and older who were diagnosed with Asperger's but are high-functioning enough to pass as normal tend to avoid talking about their diagnosis, or they feel embarrassed about it and they just want to assimilate into the general population instead of singled out and treated differently. I have a friend who's a bit older than me and he's like that.
It just seems odd that younger generations are so proud about having Asperger's that they broadcast it to the world at every opportunity, and there's a lot of people who self-diagnose too. Sure, people should be comfortable with who they are, but why not learn to better your social skills and cope with day to day life instead of just using your diagnosis as a crutch to get special treatment without doing anything to improve yourself?

You could be a grown ass man playing Sonic on a Pikachu Game Boy in public and nobody would know that you have Asperger's unless you talked about it, or it's the entire centerpiece of your identity. It's not hard to pass for a neurotypical if you have some degree of social skills and a filter. You may not be popular or famous but unless being popular and charismatic is the new standard for social skills you don't have to worry. Hell this site doesn't really give a shit unless you're endlessly sperging about Pokemon or writing Goku/Bionicle slashfics, then everyone just calls you retarded.

The problem with "militant autistics" is they're socially unaware and expect asspats because they got beat up in high school for having social problems and probably being a fanboy, and they're vocal about their "oppression" which makes it so that autistics who actually try to act decent (or at least compensate by antagonizing other spergs) are lumped in with the special snowflakes.