Happy Autistic Pride Day!

I haven't commented up until now because I didn't want to get involved in the disagreements but I think there's a disconnect here in the way people are understanding 'pride'. Some people are using the 'active celebration of my actions' definition, and saying that it doesn't apply here so we shouldn't have Autistic Pride (or gay pride, or whatever else). But the thing is... of course that's not the definition of 'pride' that's in use here. When people talk about '[identity] Pride' they mean pride as in 'opposition to the shame others have made us feel about things that harm nobody and can't be changed'.

I'd like to think that pointing this out might change a few minds, but tbh after seeing the way discussions like this tend to go on this forum, I'm not especially hopeful 

battybats said:

When people talk about '[identity] Pride' they mean pride as in 'opposition to the shame others have made us feel about things that harm nobody and can't be changed'.

Thanks for pointing this out! Hopefully this clarification will help avoid further disagreements.

battybats said:

When people talk about '[identity] Pride' they mean pride as in 'opposition to the shame others have made us feel about things that harm nobody and can't be changed'.

Thanks for pointing this out! Hopefully this clarification will help avoid further disagreements.

Luckily we don't have 'Autistic Hubris Day', or we might provoke the wrath of the gods.

Ok.

TBH I dropped it a while ago now, not worth carrying it on after I've said all there is to say anyway.

Thanks for your efforts!

It doesn't seem to have helped at all tbh but at least I tried!