Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello fellow autistic people! Today is the day (among every other day) to celebrate your autistic identity!
How will you celebrate? Are you proud to be autistic? If so, why?
I am definitely proud to be autistic for numerous reasons but I shall list my top 3:
I hate 'pride' whatevers .... they are (deliberately) a mechanism to split people apart by identities and maximize differences to create the maximum of division in society. Those pushing it can then claim to be the saviors of those groups, when they are actually victimizing those groups.
Emphasis should always be on our shared humanity, not 'pride' in immutable characteristics.
Recognition, yes, acceptance, yes ... 'pride' no thanks.
The world is divided into people that divide people into groups and those that don't. Paradox achieved.
Touay said:I hate 'pride' whatevers .... they are (deliberately) a mechanism to split people apart by identities and maximize differences to create the maximum of division in society. Those pushing it can then claim to be the saviors of those groups, when they are actually victimizing those groups.
Sorry you feel this way. I didn’t mean to cause any offence. Autistic Pride Day is just about celebrating who we are as autistic people.
The Empire wants to compartmentalise us. Creating several niche groups.
Sorry to say, but I agree. I don't need to be proud to be defined into a subcategory of society. I will feel proud when it is no longer mentioned as a 'difference' and is just part of the fabric of a diversely included populus