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I don't understand autism enough to go into that. But there are people here who do - I was hoping one of them might pitch in. I've endured extreme cuntiness from several people who I suspected were autistic. I just don't know where to start with someone whose default setting is Cunt when they don't seem to be aware of it.
Greg's jokes are typical building site/squaddy humour. But he's never twigged that they don't fly in other settings.
nick_h.-
I've endured extreme cuntiness from several people who I suspected were autistic.
Tbh, your intuitions mean fuck all, autism is very difficult to diagnose and even if the people who were cunts to you were on the spectrum, that doesn't mean, that it was the reason for that behaviour. People have 'learned' that autistic people don't understand social cues and behaviours and extrapolated that socially unacceptable behaviour can be explained away by saying 'they must be on the spectrum'. It's both lazy and offensive.
. I just don't know where to start with someone whose default setting is Cunt when they don't seem to be aware of it.
You have no clue that they have zero awareness of it, but what you are hearing is people throwing the idea around because it gives him an out.
Greg's jokes are typical building site/squaddy humour. But he's never twigged that they don't fly in other settings.
They did fly, for 20 years, he's been the big swinging dick for so long and hadn't been called out for it before now. It's fuck all to do with autism and everything to do with power dynamics and everyone being too scared to say anything.
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I don't understand autism enough to go into that.
Yet you've brought it up in this kind of context a few times recently. Maybe understand it enough before you do it again.
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snottyotter
Or maybe people should stop trying to use Autism to excuse being a cunt.