"Racism" and Asperger's?
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Yes, I agree with you.
Agreed.
OP, did you have any bad experience with any other groups that were different than your own race? That is one of the things that causes racism.
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I´d say its so small, that beside super elite sports even and similar, it wont matter. As example: Actually scientists have researched that there really ARE IQ differences to "races". But they are about 2%. ^^ Which means that global it varies between an medium IQ of 99 and 101. That might make a difference if there was a global IQ olympia, similar to sports olympia when every millisecond counts, but for everyday living, its simply of no matter.
This has nothing to do with Asperger's. Take responsibility for your own unfounded fears and repulsive bigotry.
Calling someone racist is such an NT thing to do.... isn't everyone entitled to their own opinion? This has little to do with racism and a lot more to do with different cultures and religions. Of course cultures are different in the way people speak, have fun, work, think, etc... but god and/or nature created all these different subspecies of humans for a reason... he wanted them here.
You are not racist, my friend. Your generation and the ones right before you were one of the first groups of people in history to end slavery, to end segregation, to accept everyone equally... it's a beautiful thing. Of course some people say this by itself is racist... that white people have only done all those things because they think they are morally superior to everyone else... The argument can go a thousand different directions.. but to call someone racist because of their personal beliefs is absurd and short-sighted
I'm not sure what to say to this. Not sure at all. What does someone have to do/think for you to say they are racist? I wouldn't word it as directly as Marcia did, as Brummiemetalhead is at least taking a small step in the right direction. However, it is what it is. Everyone is entitled to their opinion as you say, but that opinion can be a racist one. I'm not here to accuse Brummiemetalhead of racism, but it's very hard to call it something else. By no means does that make him evil or anything like that, but fear and anger at group of people is a tell-tale sign.
I have been reading this site ever since my mom who is a social worker and works with Autistic people told me that she had always known i have aspergers and convinced me to get diagnosed
Now here's the bit most of you aren't going to like:
I have been racially aware for as long as i can remember and it has always confused me to read that other people who also have asperger's are rarely ever racially aware and are often accepting of foreigners and non whites and third worlders.
My Grandpa is autistic and we are both former British National Party members but we both left after they started to accept Negroes into the party.
For as long as i can remember people of the Third world (non white) have frightened me and i have always been wary of them even when i was four years old i still remember meeting my first black person a little boy at school called Bernard and this wave of sickness and fear washing over me
When me and my mom drive past the central Mosque in Birmingham an uncontrollable rage overcomes my mind and my body and i imagine myself as a night of the crusade torching the place to the ground and killing all the Asian invaders with my broad sword my hatred of the foreigners has got so bad now that me and my parents are moving over to Northern Ireland where my aunty lives so i will never have to see another non white person again because Northern Ireland is 99.1% White and is still in the UK so my parents can work
I haven't posted this to be barraged with responses by Liberals like "We're all the same" or any rubbish like that and I'm not trolling all i want to do is understand if my Asperger's has anything to do with the way i am
We fear what we don't know, and that fear can cause us to hate. Education can help stop the cycle of hate. Take some time to learn about other races and cultures. Take a class or read a book, but do something. You will be a happier person beacause of it.
This has nothing to do with Asperger's. Take responsibility for your own unfounded fears and repulsive bigotry.
Calling someone racist is such an NT thing to do.... isn't everyone entitled to their own opinion? This has little to do with racism and a lot more to do with different cultures and religions. Of course cultures are different in the way people speak, have fun, work, think, etc... but god and/or nature created all these different subspecies of humans for a reason... he wanted them here.
You are not racist, my friend. Your generation and the ones right before you were one of the first groups of people in history to end slavery, to end segregation, to accept everyone equally... it's a beautiful thing. Of course some people say this by itself is racist... that white people have only done all those things because they think they are morally superior to everyone else... The argument can go a thousand different directions.. but to call someone racist because of their personal beliefs is absurd and short-sighted
Calling someone racist is not an NT thing to say, but I certainly don't agree with the person who called OP narrow minded and a bigot. That really is NT thinking. OP is racist. It's not a slur, it's a fact related to the discussion.
We should help the OP try to open his mind up to people of different race, rather than bash him. Calling him names discourages him from trying to help himself out.
To OP, the first thing is recognising what your thoughts are, are wrong, so you coming here is obviously sunk in somewhere that the way you think is not good.
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Recognize that your thoughts are wrong? ... according to who? the majority? For thousands of years, the majority thought that slavery was ok. feelings and thoughts are opinion, not a fact. That's like calling someone who doesn't believe gay marriage is good for society; a homophobe.
Racist! Homophobe! Bigot! ... those are some powerful words for what comes down to a matter of personal opinion.
Can't we accept that different people have different views? Isn't that considered freedom of speech and freedom of thought?
It's AWAYS WRONG to bully people and tell them what to think. It doesn't what the subject is... just because society tells us to go ahead and bully people with different opinions, that doesn't make it a free-for-all to put that person down. It is still just a personal opinion.
Yes, those things are definitely NT by nature.
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If you have Asperger's, white supremacists tend not to like anyone that they consider inferior. That means you.
My God, you're messed up.
To be honest, hatred that severe sounds like a psychological problem in that it's been allowed to dominate your life in this way.
Running away to Northern Ireland (a place I have visited a number of times) will not help your serious mental issues that you have. Northern Ireland is changing too, don't forget, and it's a place with more than enough of its own problems. (Oh and in Northern Ireland you're the outsider.)
No, it doesn't. It sounds like you have a mental illness because your outlook isn't healthy or good for you. You realise that your way of thinking is damaging and needs to change, so you have a good start there.
This has nothing to do with Asperger's. Take responsibility for your own unfounded fears and repulsive bigotry.
Calling someone racist is such an NT thing to do.... isn't everyone entitled to their own opinion? This has little to do with racism and a lot more to do with different cultures and religions. Of course cultures are different in the way people speak, have fun, work, think, etc... but god and/or nature created all these different subspecies of humans for a reason... he wanted them here.
You are not racist, my friend. Your generation and the ones right before you were one of the first groups of people in history to end slavery, to end segregation, to accept everyone equally... it's a beautiful thing. Of course some people say this by itself is racist... that white people have only done all those things because they think they are morally superior to everyone else... The argument can go a thousand different directions.. but to call someone racist because of their personal beliefs is absurd and short-sighted
Is this MEANT to be funny? Or is it funny by accident?
Either way its an amazingly well engineered piece of self contradictory nonsense.
Too much nonsense to list.
So...just the one sentence.
"It's wrong to call someone racist because of their opinions."
Thats like saying "its wrong to call someone Roman Catholic because of their religous beliefs", or its wrong to call someone 'pro-labor' because of their opinions."
If you have pro-labor opinions then your..."pro-labor". If you believe in Catholic theology then you're probably Roman Catholic. And if you have racists opinons then you're racist. If thats what you are then whats you are.
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