I'm all for the movement of "if you're going to accept all autistics, that means all autistics. Even the weird ones" etc
But I much more fancy that we just accept weird people point blank. They don't need to share a diagnosis. They don't need to make themselves smaller just to fit into the world.
Cuz, as a late diagnosed autistic, my weird ass could have used just acceptance. Regardless of why I was weird.
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The 'hyperspecific situations' polls are really once again highlighting that native English speakers tend to forget that 'foreign' doesn't mean 'non-English' or 'non-American'
"Did you watch a foreign language movie in the past three days?" Yeah I watched the foreign movie "The Martian" with foreign actor Matt Damon
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Part 1!
This uber-specific AU popped into my head and I wanted to share it!
Iām not sure what to call it. A bakery enemies AU? Suggestions would be appreciated.
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Details/explanation under cut:
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Being polyam is FR like "I'm not aro/ace but I believe in their beliefs"
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āYour boyfriend is evil!ā āYour boyfriend is cruel and horrifying!ā Well, heās a joy to me. Maybe itās a you problem.
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i love that fleabag is objectively a terrible person but we see time and time again that she's still deserving of love. we can learn a lot from Phoebe waller-bridge i think.
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The strange thing about growing up in conservative Christianity and then leaving it behind is that there are a lot of secular/progressive spaces that engage in similar thinking while sincerely believing their ideas are counterĀ to conservative ones. So I thought I would just make a list of things I was taught within conservative Christianity, the stuff that was either the coreĀ of our beliefs, or the social dynamics that we created. Some of the language I use is specifically either scriptural, or Christian-speak.
This list isnāt to sayĀ āstop thinking this way.ā This is actually intended to simply be informative because sometimes social justice spaces assume,Ā āwe are crafting our ideals in opposition toĀ conservative ideals therefore whatever we think surely must beĀ the opposite of whatever they think,ā without ever seeming to know that their language and ideals look and sound the same.
So, letās begin:
Sin-leveling: x is bad, and y is bad, and all bad things deserve an equal reaction
Sin-leveling part 2: because all things are equally bad, thereās nothing wrong with inverting the consequences. Hurting others becomes acceptable (because itās no different than doing something distasteful), doing something distasteful is unforgivable (because itās no different than doing something harmful)
Avoid all appearance of evil: if I assume that your behavior looks wrong, then you are wrong, even if further context would say otherwise. You should avoid doing anything that others would see as wrong because you are not allowed the benefit of the doubt or to defend yourself.
Sin by association: x company contracted with y company. Y company engages in something sinful, which means x company approves of said sinful thing which means if you purchase from x company, you are condoning, supporting, and have actually committed the sin.
Think only on what is good: or as the pastor of my old church liked to call it,Ā āgarbage in, garbage out.ā Whatever ideas, thoughts, words, arguments, stories, pictures, books, movies, songs, friends, love you put in your head will create the desireĀ to become that. If you want to be good, you must avoid any bad thought because you willĀ āslipā into wantingĀ it and then be unable to stop yourself from beingĀ it. (For example, type into googleĀ āis secular musicā and click on the autocomplete ofĀ āa sinā)
Language as an in-group test: if you do not describe your life, experiences, and beliefs with the exact same vocabulary and in-group speak, you are either not reallyĀ one of us, or youāreĀ someone who hasnāt thought through their ideas as deeply as I have.
By any means necessary: Also known in the ex-Evangelical world asĀ ālying for Jesus.ā If my words create the necessary beliefs and actions in others, then it doesnāt matter if I am exaggerating, saying half-truths, or using manipulative language, because Iām saving others and helping them do whatās right.
Touch not Godās anointed: any critiques of those our community trusts, critiques of those weāve deemedĀ āthe good ones,āĀ are actually people trying to sow discord and disunity to destroy our community and their voice should be silenced because they must be lying.
Judge not lest ye be judged: A scripture that we throw at people when someone says our leadership is abusive, a scripture we cry is being taken out of context when we want to harshly critique someone ourselves.Ā
Thereās more, lots more, but this post is already fairly long. Once again, though, this isnāt intended to be combative.Ā I just want people to know the actual social dynamics that a lot of us grew up with in conservative Christianity communities, so they know when sometimes theyāre sharingĀ those social dynamics, not counteringĀ them.
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the point of art is not to be great but to make it transparently obvious that there is something wrong with you
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very cool but also kind of a dick move
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They really should make a guide for "how to talk like a normal person"
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A king has no sons, no daughters, and no queen. For this reason he must decide who will take the throne after he dies. To do this he decides that he will give all of the children of the kingdom a single seed. Whichever child has the largest, most beautiful plant will earn the throne; this being a metaphor for the kingdom. At the end of the contest all of the children came to the palace with their enormous and beautiful plants in hand. After he looks at all of the childrenās pots, he finally decides that the little girl with an empty pot will be the next Queen. Why did he choose this little girl over all of the other children with their beautiful plants.
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