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05 Mar 2013, 1:14 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNl1VfvvGcM

A bell is dinging in my head. Is it going for anyone else yet, or is the site ignorant? :P Hint: Little bits can point to where one or five went too far.



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05 Mar 2013, 1:43 pm

I want to know why stigma about leprosy is wrong. I don't care what anyone says, I do not want to touch someone with leprosy. Let the ACLU sue me all they want but no. I wouldn't hire someone with leprosy nor would I rub suntan oil on them. Forget it!

PS I'm aware that Hansons disease isn't like it used to be and the treatments etc. But still. Hansons disease I understand, not leprosy. ;-) Although if I ever contracted it, I would certainly use the opportunity to walk around in public ringing a bell, just for sh*ts and giggles.


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05 Mar 2013, 5:14 pm

Autismism-prejudice against autstics. I know that isn't a real word but it should be.


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05 Mar 2013, 5:17 pm

AspieOtaku wrote:
Autismism-prejudice against autstics. I know that isn't a real word but it should be.


isnt autism prejudice called 'autophobia'?

EDIT: nope its the fear of being alone.

How about we invent one?

I propose 'aspergophobia'.


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05 Mar 2013, 5:20 pm

https://www.facebook.com/Aspergophobia


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07 Mar 2013, 2:19 pm

Before you dismiss anything as trivial, put yourself in the shoes of the person on the receiving end of that behaviour.

What may seem trivial to you, in the abstract, may be damaging to an affected person in their own, particular circumstances.

Let's be clear, discrimination is not improper--discrimination is simply the act of making a choice between different options.

When discrimination becomes improper, is when the choice that is made is not rationally connected to the purpose of the choice. When a person prejudges another person's suitability for a job based on their sex, rather than the objective criteria for the position, that's improper discrimination. When a person has a bias in favour of unmarried employees with no children, that's improper discrimination.

All of these "-ism's" have to be understood in their proper context.


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