This is why I can't do online left wing spaces any more. They talk the talk about ableism, but then its "why can't you boycott the only food you can eat, just eat something else", "you could talk to service workers if you wanted to, you just think you're better than them".
Then sharing a video of people with their fingers in their ears at a black music festival with a caption calling them racists, when they're clearly autistic people enjoying the festival but having sensory problems.
I blame the popular understanding/misunderstanding of neurodiversity. People think autism is just a personality type.
Well, that and the weird obsession with autocracy because they can't admit that their folk heroes might have actually just been assholes who did more to harm leftist movements than any western opposition ever did.
That, the other thing, and resorting to campism to immediately choose simple, identity-based positions over complex ones that are more coherent with specific ethical principles. At least there's people who get everything right, even if they aren't too many.
There are quite a lot of days cows milk is literally the only source of calories that doesn't make me vomit from the intensely unpleasant sensory experience all other food gives me. So no, I'm not going to stop drinking it.
For that kind of thing I blame the cultural fact that today’s leftism is based on finding people to hate.
They pride themselves in not hating groups, but they do spend about 93% of their mental/social/political efforts in identifying people who need punishment.
"I know that social cues are hard for you and you are trying your best and I can't expect you to get it right on the first try, but I will shame you when you do and react like you didn't even try or did it on purpose."
Thanks for pointing that out. I wanted to edit in something like that, but it felt like rambling.
It's frustrating when people react badly to what they incorrectly percieve as hostility, but it's not on them to read my mind and know the full context.
It's extra frustrating when people know but still get insulted by what they on an intellectual level know isn't an insult. It's human nature and it takes practice to manage that.
All in all, people may even both know and be patient but still find my behavior exhausting. And it's unfair to expect them to bend around me.
This is why I'm annoyed when people protest at any mention of "masking" as if it's evil. It's not. It's just basic courtesy to not confuse or upset people. Just be aware of how much you can do it healthily is all.
