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Who are you talking about that is insisting there can be no deviation from the norm? And maybe you don't realize how teaching works.... You need someone willing to learn to be able to be able to have a teacher. Banning words and discussions is absolutely the wrong way to go. History has shown this many times.

And my point is very simple. Don't ban words. Have open discussions. Don't support censorship of opinions or words. Don't be afraid of what people are actually thinking of things. Stop trying to control what people should think, and stop trying to teach them what you think is right.

People will not read something online and change their minds. Just like you are currently reading my words here, and you will not agree or change your mind. Neither will I. That's how it works.

I can't be your teacher unless you want to be my student.

Well, you were talking about the positive aspects of autistic people only. Maybe it's hard to notice that, but it sounds almost like you think they are a better version of non-autistic people. From my perspective, that's not really how it is... :) Autism or not, people can have a lot of negative personality traits that make them a pain to be around.

Thank you, but is it really fair to say they all autistic people are like you describe? Just like non-autistic people, there should be a a variety of behaviors in autistic people as well?

I was talking about Elon Musk here, not all autistic people.

I don't see it. Elon is a sociopath and doesn't care about people at all. He is autistic as well. The man would easily sacrifice others in a crisis, not fight for them.

Cartman is that you?

Ok this is officially the strangest thread I've been in since Lemmy started. :)

You are acting a bit strange, honestly...

It could be a good idea to meet some actual people outside of this computer thing, just saying....

No I'm generally happy :)

It feels like underneath all this, it's actually about people refusing to be marginalized and they want to be accepted as everyone else. But I think instead of trying to change words and ban conversations, maybe it's better to teach people to accept and even enjoy more variations?

Because right now it's a bit ridiculous. We are told to ignore obvious differences between people so nobody feels marginalized. That's likely to make it very difficult to even have a conversation.

It's like when you can't describe someone as black or white, or fat or thin, and it just becomes really humorous in the end, as you are struggling to find other words that are identifying the person.

I think it's fine that everyone gets to say what their gender is, as long as the archetypal roles stay the same - man or female.

Gender can be a word for how people define themselves, as long as we instead use "archetypal roles" to define what our physical body looks like.

I think what is frustrating is when people start to say that we shouldn't include our physical body type at all in discussions. That's taking it too far in my opinion. Going to the doctor and not telling what body type you are makes diagnosis impossible in same cases. And for what reason? That part doesn't make any sense to me. Race, body type, and other things are important to know in many cases.

But otherwise, sure, people can define their gender how they like.

From the person I talked to above, they are using gender to describe how they feel about who they are. So maybe it's just a word difference.

I'm very downvoted for being in this thread though and so are you. It's a bit funny.

A mod deleted my comment it seems.

Anyway, guess I leave this strange thread and leave people here with their beliefs.