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25 Oct 2018, 2:14 pm

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... MY CIVILIZATION made everything you see around you, including the comp you are typing on now. That's my point...
Claiming that YOUR civilization is responsible ignores the fact that people from all over the world contributed to present-day technology, whether you admit it or not. Also, unless your degree is in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics, you are unlikely to have made any personal contribution to the current state of technology. This particular computer, for instance, incorporates a few innovations for pattern recognition that my team and I developed (I earned an MSEE a few decades back).

Claiming that it was "My" civilization that is responsible for the current state of technology only because I happened to have been born in one small part of it 60+ years ago is like claiming that it was "My" team that won last year's World Series only because I spent a few weeks in Waxahatchie (TX) last year.

Both your contempt for aboriginal races and the stereotypes you use to describe them are racist, too.



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25 Oct 2018, 2:21 pm

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Point is MY CIVILIZATION made everything you see around you, including the comp you are typing on now. That's my point. It doesn't matter who specifically made what.

lol, what's your problem? :lol:



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25 Oct 2018, 2:51 pm

Honestly, I think part of the reason why some autistic people don't feel comfortable and accepted in society is this kind of victim mentality. There's no inherent irreconcilability between NTs and autistic people; both parties need to adapt in order to create the best possible relationship and a society which works for everyone. Making this into an us vs them issue and acting like people on the spectrum need to be protected from neurotypical immorality just isn't constructive.

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mrspock wrote:
I'm talking the natives who lived for centuries going WHOOO WHOOO around fires with shrunken heads and bones through their noses.

Tell us what you invented, I wanna hear some more of your crazy s**t.


I'm also eager to know. Bring it on!


That's not the point. The point is that the aboriginal peoples of Africa below the Saharrah, Australia, and the Americas in most cases didn't get much past the hunter gatherer level. They were stuck where they were and would never have developed cities and advanced tech on their own. And the common thread here is a lack of ND people. Sure, they have culture and etc. And where did this get them? Nowhere. In fact it has in many cases been an obstacle in terms of bringing these people into modernity.



Residents of these societies were hardly equipped to diagnose autism. It's like saying aboriginals had stronger moral compasses because we don't have hard data on their societies' murder rates.


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25 Oct 2018, 3:03 pm

Is the Aspie nation open to Aspies from every nation? I'd like to know where the segregation ends.



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25 Oct 2018, 3:56 pm

mrspock wrote:
Fnord wrote:
mrspock wrote:
CockneyRebel wrote:
domineekee wrote:
mrspock wrote:
I'm talking the natives who lived for centuries going WHOOO WHOOO around fires with shrunken heads and bones through their noses.

Tell us what you invented, I wanna hear some more of your crazy s**t.
I'm also eager to know. Bring it on!
That's not the point...
That is the point, and you are trying to evade it. You also criticize "aboriginals" for their lack of inventiveness, insult them with stereotypes, and expect us to ignore your own lack of anything remarkable -- this is called "Hypocrisy", in case you were wondering.


Point is MY CIVILIZATION made everything you see around you...


But that's not true! European nations had to burrow from other civilizations to get where they are. Things like writing, agriculture, and iron working. Even the coffee some of my fellow Americans drink was originally domesticated in Ethiopia.

You see? The way to help people with autism isn't to cut them off from the world. It's to get us connected and cooperating with other people so we too can exchange and build upon great ideas.