"Richard Stallman's problematic behavior, particularly with respect to his views on sexual harassment, sexual assault, and sexualizing minors, are best explained by his (supposed) neurodivergence, and to call for his censure on this basis is discrimina...
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@drewdevault I doubt you'll be hurting for white male autistic ND people but if you need another I'd be happy to review. It might be worth actively seeking out ND people who fall into less represented subcategories, or who have more intersectionality going on than I do.
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@ttamttam may I quote this story in full? Attributed or anonymous?
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@ttamttam rough draft: https://paste.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/0c4ac016eef3088dccf538fce3ae8eb605270828
I paraphrased your story at the end so I would appreciate your feedback for sure
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@drewdevault
Executive summary: it's bullshit. Ostracise him already.Longer version: It's simply not true, and it's throwing neurodivergent people under the bus by painting us all as irredeemably sexist/misogynist.
It's also trying to make excuses for him ("look, the poor dear simply can't help it!") and is a short hop from "he's not really racist, he was just drunk/on strong medication."
If there were a clear and well-documented trail of records showing that neurodivergence is strongly associated with such attitudes and/or behaviours, there might be a case for it. I've yet to hear of such evidence, and I'd be deeply suspicious of the methodology used to gather it.
Being autistic hasn't caused me to be a sex-pest any more than getting drunk has ever suddenly made me racist.
No, RMS' problematic behaviour is his own responsibility, and to call for censure on this basis is the correct course of action.
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Drew DeVaultreplied to bram dingelstad :nb_flag: last edited by [email protected]
@bram I've quoted you in the draft
Please let me know if you're okay with how I've paraphrased you here
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@drewdevault sure, names in the story are already anon. I don't particularly care if people find out I posted that but let's keep it anon just in case.
I should mention that while it is my recollection that NPD was the diagnosis; my memory's not perfect and it might have been a different, but similar, diagnosis. There also were some other diagnoses involved which I omitted because I don't think they're relevant and we'd be entering doxxing territory. -
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:replied to William Pietri last edited by
@williampietri I think you need to re-read what you just wrote.
Part of the reason Drew will have blocked you, is to protect others who have responded on that thread.
Given that I'm pretty sure the only reason Drews post ended up in your timeline was because of my boost, I'm seriously debating if I should be blocking you as well. I'm not yet.
So I'm going to go and have a cup of tea.
You're interested in community, I suggest you have a beverage of choice and have a think.
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Okay, I think the article is almost ready
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@drewdevault I have been using the word "neurosupremacy" for a while. I think it does a better job of capturing the extreme power imbalance and abusively oppressive nature of things than a simple -ism does. Similar terms seen: the Stimpunks Foundation uses the word "neurocentrism", and recently YouTuber ProudlyAutistic coined "neuroism". I think there's room for more than one term because there are subtle differences, but also I'd like to see some convergence.
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@joshsusser nice, thanks, this is good
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@drewdevault I think neurodivergent folks might be underrepresented in this discussion.
Being neurodivergent, I understand neither the point being made, nor if you're genuinely interested or just waging war (on us?), nor what consequences anything i say will have, nor what social game this even is.
It would take my heroic effort of the year to toot anything more meaningful, and i was reluctant to write even this.
I'm sorry if this is not helpful, but it's the most i can manage right now.
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@wienski the context was inviting ND folks to reject this argument for the purpose of platforming their voices in this article: