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[–] 3 points 2 hours ago (1 child)

What's the harm in this person recognizing that their autism plays a role in their enjoyment of specific activities? If it were more stereotypical (a model train set for example) would you have the same gut reaction to go "you don't have to be autistic to enjoy making model trains buddy"? Plenty of demographics enjoy a family/neigborhood barbecue, does that remove the cultural significance of the black cookout? Do you patronizingly comment that everybody likes cookouts?

I genuinely don't get the impetus for neurotypical people to hop in the comments of neurodivergent people posting about the intersections of neurodivergence and joy to just go "well makes plenty of people happy, what does that have to do with neurodivergence???" Like, do y'all just think if a neurodivergent person isn't talking about the ways their brain doesn't work "right", then they have no right to talk about something and how it relates to their condition? Just kidding, y'all complain about and diminish that too

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  • [–] 2 points 2 hours ago* (1 child)

    The fact that you took my comment as “patronizing” says everything I need to know about you.

    I hope you continue to have the day you deserve somewhere else.

    Genuinely: go be angry at supportive comments somewhere else!

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  • [–] 0 points 1 hour ago*

    Nevermind the three sentences preceeding it asking questions and reframing the comment in similar situations to demonstrate how/why it can be seen as patronizing. Genuinely, how do you see your original comment supportive? Honing in on the last sentence of my first paragraph and summarily dismissing me as "angry" is also a really convenient way of ignoring the substance of my criticism.

    I'm not mad, I'm a bit annoyed at the trend I was commenting on, and pointed out how comments like those are the flip side of people dismissing the struggles of neurodivergent people. Your response here echoes the same dismissive and patronizing tone of your original comment, so I must be missing something. What am I missing?

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