Super_Boom said:
Shaunodon said:
It's not about negatively calling someone else autistic. It's about people using the word autistic as part of a joke, but they're not intentionally trying to insult anyone.
As the OP says, people should have the general courtesy not to use it if others are bothered that much, but you can't ban people for a word if they're not being intolerable or abusive.
People have different views on what's appropriate or how sensitive they should have to be, but if they're not being malicious I don't see why you can't just ignore them.
Hanlon's razor: "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."
A good read: https://medium.com/personal-growth/hanlons-razor-how-to-avoid-common-missteps-in-judgment-c83afc4e2168
" Hanlon’s Razor is an effective check on a tendency that we humans have: to quickly judge that something bad that happens to us is the result of an intentional evil action. This kind of thinking is mistaken for 2 reasons:
- Intentionality of the robust kind we assume is rare.
- Evil intentionality is even rarer. "
In other words, people who use memes like "autistic screeching" are just having stupid fun. The chance of them actually thinking ill of autistic people is pretty low.
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Sure, I can see that, chances are you aren't actually saying someone has a mental condition. It all comes down to how you're using it I guess. I'm probably guilty of using "retarded" to describe...say...manga endings I disliked, but if I used that word to describe someone then I'd expect to be moderated. No one has the right to be a jerk, even if your intention isn't literal, there's no mystery what the implication is.
As far as the example you cited...honestly it seems classless to me and I don't find it very funny, and not sure why describing it as 'autistic' drives the joke home better. Maybe I'm just crazy. I think empathizing with people who might actually have that condition is never a bad thing though.
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I'd agree, but not everyone is an empathetic person. It doesn't mean they hate autistic people or that they like to demean them, but some people just don't care enough to change the way they live.
If you want people to be understanding of you, then you have to try and understand them.
