“Neurodiverse = wrong/broken/evil” is a brainworm that I wish would die. Sucks that it probably never will.

The worlds most evil people are able and “normal” for lack of a better word anyway.

  • nothx [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    4 days ago

    Most people don’t know what words mean, they just use them with the same emotionally charged energy that they have heard them used before. Whether or not the context is the same.

    To your point tho, I 100% agree. I’m neurodivergent, but I’m not a fucking Nazi sycophant who pesters women for sex. You can’t go around acknowledging an illness, blaming all your behavior on it, then absolve yourself of being better. The act of ignorance when there is clearly acknowledgment is what makes the person even more evil. It’s not the illness, it’s the opportunistic use of the illness as an excuse to be a shithead.

    • fannin [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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      4 days ago

      As an addict this sounds a lot like addiction. My addiction is a disease I didn’t choose and it makes me hurt people but that doesn’t mean not hurting people anymore isn’t completely on me and I’m to blame if it keeps happening