Ahaseurus2000 wrote:
psychoanalytically, people feel less inadequate when they belittle another person, whatever the reason. Also, some people may simply have a stereotypical prejudice.
Biases are part of human sociology.
I suspect this is a lot of the reason why.
In-group and out-group changes with time. Trends. Whatever.
Aspies?? Probably actually on our way to being an in-group, from the nadir of the late 20th century.
But there will always be an out-group too. We need one. It's part of human wiring.
Anyone else up for a nice glass of Kool-Aid????
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