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Willard
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04 Feb 2014, 5:07 pm

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I don't really understand why people want to hang on to a belief system where such a concept as worthlessness exists.


I don't personally believe worthlessness exists as an actual measure of human value, but that's an intellectual point of view. :nerdy:

OTOH, depression frequently induces feelings of self-worthlessness in me, no matter what my intellectual mind believes. :cry:

And TBH, there's a judgmental side of me that's not incapable of assessing certain others as essentially worthless because of their behavioral choices. Not that their existence has no value whatsoever, but that they squander their potential to the point that they might as well not be here.

But I'm also realistic enough to know that some other people probably think the same of me. :lol:



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04 Feb 2014, 5:21 pm

have used internet message boards since sixteen years of age and have never felt equality,have been deliberately targeted by people due to being both LD and severely autistic,have been told am not welcome on sites due to the snobby elitist attitudes that some people have of those of us who are on the low functioning spectrum-this includes on WP;was bullied off here for several years largely by one person and their sockpuppets-by them was also constantly told the opinion of mine wasnt worthy due to the fact am low functioning,and was told to keep out of more complex threads because was dumbing them down,its incredible how irationaly jealous,prejudiced,bigoted and nasty people can get towards others they dont even know.

however,in a choice between online and offline, online is the nearest to accessibility and equality will ever have.



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04 Feb 2014, 5:56 pm

KingdomOfRats wrote:
have used internet message boards since sixteen years of age and have never felt equality,have been deliberately targeted by people due to being both LD and severely autistic,have been told am not welcome on sites due to the snobby elitist attitudes that some people have of those of us who are on the low functioning spectrum-this includes on WP;was bullied off here for several years largely by one person and their sockpuppets-by them was also constantly told the opinion of mine wasnt worthy due to the fact am low functioning,and was told to keep out of more complex threads because was dumbing them down,its incredible how irationaly jealous,prejudiced,bigoted and nasty people can get towards others they dont even know.

however,in a choice between online and offline, online is the nearest to accessibility and equality will ever have.


Wait, that's why you were absent for so long? Why didn't you contact a moderator? Both bullying and sock puppetry are bannable behaviours and I'd be surprised if a mod like Makuranososhi who was active at the time, didn't step in if informed.


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