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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Holy shit this thread is cruel. I scrolled for way too long and started thinking I was pages deep into some general-interest place on Reddit. Nope, it's c/Autism. Kinda the last place I'd expect to be okay with piles of hateful NTs coming in to point and laugh and talk trash at us.

Also, very agree regarding the terminology-whining. Kinda hard to believe every term non-minority sorts find out about gets screamed about, claiming it's a slur. Equality feeling like oppression, I guess. Only "those people" get words; everyone else is just "normal." Grr.