This is coming from a neurodivergent guy. I just don’t get it. I mean, I know it’s probably because we act differently, but WHY EXACTLY do some people decide we’re lesser than neurotypical people?
Bullying is almost always about being able to single out a person that is somehow different in order to create a synthetic group feeling in opposition to them. Whether that be financially, absent parents, neurodivergence etc.
Yup. Herd mentality. If you’re not part of the herd, you’re a valid target for reinforcing the herd’s stances.
If you’re not part of the herd, you’re one of the nerds!
There. Made it catchier for you!
Guy, it’s simple. Human nature is to ostracize what is different. You know, social hierarchy and all that shit. I don’t get why you don’t get it.
That said, it’s deplorable and needs to change.
I forgot about that. It is absolutely deplorable, though, you’re right
As always, a difference. That’s it. That’s all. Needs no logic. A difference from main crowd. If just color of the skin is enough, then logic clearly isn’t needed in these cases.
If someone wants to find the justification for themselves, they will.
By not acting as they do, they interpret that as a deliberate choice. They then assume that by not acting like them, that you dont like how they act. This is an attack on them in their view, so they attack “back”.
On top of this, most tippies are very self centered, and likely have never stopped to think about life as a neurodivergent. That makes us strange to them, and people dont like strange.(ESPECIALLY if they say they like strange)
Because the whole fucking world is ass-backwards. I mean, FFS some defining traits of Autism are:
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Having empathy
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Having a strong sense of justice
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Having a strong disposition toward fairness
This would imply that allistic people do not have empathy, do not care about justice, and like when the deck is stacked.
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In my experience, I’ve bullied and also been bullied because of people/me being annoying. Or not getting a joke, making a stupid comment, etc. Neurodivergent people often don’t get jokes or can’t read the room, so they get made fun of/bullied for it.
“Neurotypical” people aren’t as aware of differences due to being the “dominant” group. They often have a herd mentality and join whatever dunks on others best to come on ‘top’.
If ypu read about Johanna Haarer a lot of conservative/ fascist mindset makes a lot of sense. That lady was a psychopath.
My mother thinks autistic people are “dangerous”. (like she said this to me like a few days ago)
Like what. the. fuck.
My parents came from some rural village in People’s Republic of China, a very conservative upbringing, modern psychaitry is still new, older people have trouble accepting that, and sometimes their views even get passed on to their offsprings. Because PRC is still filled with conservatives, people still get kicked out of university over an Autism diagnosis that the faculty later found out about, there is no “ADA” like there is in the US. (Imagine you have a country, but instead of half of them being US-MAGAs, its 90% of the entire country) Conservatives view any deviation from the “normal” as bad, they think people with any slight mental health issues as “brain damaged” or “useless”, the nazi germany’s concept of “useless eater” comes to mind.
TLDR: Sometimes ignorance, but mostly the conservative mindset.
Usually neurodivergent isn’t relevant. People are bullied because they’re different and because they’re an easy target, regardless of why they’re different
As a neurodivergent dude myself, it might be because they don’t understand us, and they happened to be miserable… projecting that onto us.
My producer, Sendo (who’s also autistic), was bullied when he was young, and his father wouldn’t do anything about it.
