Neurodivergence

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All things neurodivergent and relating to the broader neurodivergent community (and communities).

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Tired of the hate, need rules update (beehaw.org)

submitted 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We have seen an inordinate amount of hate recently to 'non acceptable' neurodivergences here and other places on lemmy and would really like it if it be explicitly in the rules here that that isn't acceptable.

We are tired of seeing people target those with 'cluster b' personality 'disorders' and even those of us who are plural.

So making the rules explicit that that kind of ill informed hate (or just hate in general) to specific neurodivergences isn't acceptable would go a long way to quelling this absolutely disgusting and unacceptable wave of armchair psychologists, conspiracy theorists and other undesirables.

Thanks for reading.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Agree, and a slight tangent, but I feel like it's a closely related set of poor behaviours.

It's exhausting to go into spaces that are supposed to be centered around support and uplifting the community, and be faced with people tearing down other people "because they have [mental illness I diagnosed myself]."

Why speculate? An asshole is an asshole. Deal with what is actually there, don't demonize some random community and pretend what that person does is somehow related to it.

People repeatedly pretending some random disorder is "the reason" that person was mean to them, perpetuates stigma that leads to straight up just hurting people... people who are just struggling to survive with a nontypical brainset in a world that hates divergence, people who did nothing wrong to anyone.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago

Yup, we completely agree! It's disgusting and unhelpful.