I decided to "come out" to my blog readers...

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29 Feb 2012, 10:57 pm

Here goes nothing...

http://adventfred.blogspot.com/2012/02/ ... g-out.html

(My blog readers mostly = my Facebook friends.)

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01 Mar 2012, 3:44 am

Just remember to ignore any negative comments you see.

If all the facebook people are friends you know well as you might end up bringing a troll out. As it's the biggest problem with facebook.

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01 Mar 2012, 11:56 am

I tried to reply through the link, but a No GO. Anyway, that took courage and I hope you get some good responses for doing it.

Sincerely,
Matthew

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01 Mar 2012, 1:13 pm

Hmm...just out of curiosity, what kind of error did you have? It might be a problem that I need to fix...

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01 Mar 2012, 1:25 pm

A don't know, don't care policy is what I prefer...

I don't have to know someone's "sexual orientation" to be polite and respectful in general.

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01 Mar 2012, 2:02 pm

TechnoDog wrote:

Just remember to ignore any negative comments you see.

If all the facebook people are friends you know well as you might end up bringing a troll out. As it's the biggest problem with facebook.

Don't fall to their level if someone attempts to malign you over it.

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01 Mar 2012, 8:21 pm

I got an "Invalid ID" msg. I am assuming it is because I have a FaceBook Acount & did not use my normal name.
Maybe..

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01 Mar 2012, 8:40 pm

shrox wrote:

A don't know, don't care policy is what I prefer...

I don't have to know someone's "sexual orientation" to be polite and respectful in general.

Shrox, he came out as being on the spectrum. There is no reference in his entry about his orientation.

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01 Mar 2012, 8:41 pm

N0tYetDeadFred wrote:

Here goes nothing...

http://adventfred.blogspot.com/2012/02/ ... g-out.html

(My blog readers mostly = my Facebook friends.)

Well done!

If they reject you #&@ them.

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01 Mar 2012, 10:07 pm

slave wrote:

shrox wrote:

A don't know, don't care policy is what I prefer...

I don't have to know someone's "sexual orientation" to be polite and respectful in general.

Shrox, he came out as being on the spectrum. There is no reference in his entry about his orientation.

I think he put it in quotes to use it as an analogy--as in, you don't have to know whether somebody is on the spectrum to treat them as decently as you should treat everyone...

There are reasons we use the term 'coming out' to talk about revealing our having autism to others. It's got a lot of common factors with coming out as gay or bi; it opens you up to prejudice, but also allows you to be more yourself in the company of people who aren't like you, and gives you more opportunity to get to know people like yourself. And it's pretty scary, at least the first few times you do it.

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