▲ 536 ▼ Mr.Beast Hires Elon Musk's Favorite Attorney to Fight Sociopath Claims (gizmodo.com) submitted 2 years ago by xc2215x@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 213 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] sndmn@lemmy.ca 43 points 2 years ago (1 child) What a sociopathic thing to do. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca -23 points 2 years ago (2 children) Hey, let's not lower ourselves to Beast's level. Sociopathy is just Greek for "social illness". It refers to psychosocial disorders like autism. Beast is afraid of being called autistic because he's a bigot. We're not like him. We don't hate autistic people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) If we lived in ancient Greece, you may have a point, but that word has a specific, medical meaning today. It does not refer to Autism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago If we lived in ancient Greece, you may have a point No, they wouldn't. Socio- is from Latin socius meaning companion or ally. Only the suffix has Greek roots. The term was coined way after the ancient Greeks and Romans. permalink fedilink source parent [+] dtaylor84@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca -23 points 2 years ago (2 children) Hey, let's not lower ourselves to Beast's level. Sociopathy is just Greek for "social illness". It refers to psychosocial disorders like autism. Beast is afraid of being called autistic because he's a bigot. We're not like him. We don't hate autistic people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) If we lived in ancient Greece, you may have a point, but that word has a specific, medical meaning today. It does not refer to Autism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago If we lived in ancient Greece, you may have a point No, they wouldn't. Socio- is from Latin socius meaning companion or ally. Only the suffix has Greek roots. The term was coined way after the ancient Greeks and Romans. permalink fedilink source parent [+] dtaylor84@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) If we lived in ancient Greece, you may have a point, but that word has a specific, medical meaning today. It does not refer to Autism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago If we lived in ancient Greece, you may have a point No, they wouldn't. Socio- is from Latin socius meaning companion or ally. Only the suffix has Greek roots. The term was coined way after the ancient Greeks and Romans. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago If we lived in ancient Greece, you may have a point No, they wouldn't. Socio- is from Latin socius meaning companion or ally. Only the suffix has Greek roots. The term was coined way after the ancient Greeks and Romans. permalink fedilink source parent