super_etecoon said:
You are suggesting that describing another person or company (who or that doesn't have austism) as having autistic behavior in an attempt to denegrate said person or company by conflating their behavior with that of an autistic person shouldn't be taken personally? There isn't anything intrinsically negative about a person with autism (it's a very wide spectrum, btw), but nonetheless you are using the term autism as an insult which suggests that being autistic or having austistic qualities is inherently bad. It's the same as using "gay" or "retarded" to describe something that you don't like, again by infering that to be gay or "retarded" is a negative quality. Own your hatred if that's how you want to express yourself, but don't be offended if someone gets offended by the meaning of your words. |
You're taking the expression as literally and personally as possible so it's "direly" offensive to you. People can literally be offended by anything and it's ridiculous to expect everyone to walk on egg shells all the time for the perpetually offended. People being rude or saying offensive things is just something that's a part of life. It's not exclusive to "hatred". This is a reply to your post and people like you.
My response to more reasonable people is this. I respect the op but I disagree with him on this. He's taking it personally and he'd be better off adapting to the world versus asking the world to change. It's important to have realistic expectations and wants. Asking people on the net to not use certain words only makes them want to use it more.
