To be fair to our autistic women and enby comrades, Its pretty much always been autistic men, but still.
You have no idea how many times I’ve been like “hey dont say that, thats ableism/a slur” and them be like “get over it/grow a spine/just words” and when I confront them about the fact that i’m autistic they’ll say “I am too, so what?”.
Just look at my post history right now. There’s one I’m arguing with right now.
it happens over and over.
dude its getting so much worse in the last year. literally everywhere i see autistic people “giving people the r word pass” or their new one "
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" but yeah i think the streamer community is where a lot of this is coming from. remember keffels pretending to have autism just so she can say slurs?
Yeah Destiny fans also think its ok to use the r word. I think
too?
yeah I think its all of the usual slur suspects. we should compare the backlash
gets for useing the n word vs the r word.most Black internet users even on twitch are not gonna stand for that, and they dragged him hard for his “tactile” n word shit, and summoned the eternal eye of black twitter. but not a peep from the online autistic twitch community. I think autistic people put up with so much abuse, compared to other communities. compared to physical disability activist too they will fuck you up (as they should) if you try that slur shit. Obviously I know why, i personally stuggle with letting “friends” walk all over me, not gonna let people say slurs, but I only started setting hard boundaries like a year ago. a lot of us are just desperate for community. i have stopped using twitch that much anymore though maybe there was push back i didnt see from my casual browseing.