tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338581633491322703.post2271914128994182102..comments2023-05-09T06:00:19.599-04:00Comments on Autistic Hoya — A blog by Lydia X. Z. Brown (2011-2020): Thinking about patterns of opposite extremes among autistic peopleLydia Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484063914873791571noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338581633491322703.post-69376110426958561432017-12-06T13:20:14.647-05:002017-12-06T13:20:14.647-05:00First, Lydia is a fucking grownup. Grownups choos...First, Lydia is a fucking grownup. Grownups choose their own fucking language.<br /><br />Second, Lydia is not your fucking friend. Friends can give each other loving advice rooted in an appreciation of values and concerns and steeped in caring. If you were Lydia's friend and knew they were struggling to get work, then it might be appropriate to say "You know how you greeted that Calhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18010942515263262624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338581633491322703.post-87896631029578250762017-12-06T12:47:13.200-05:002017-12-06T12:47:13.200-05:00Lydia has already gotten jobs, been active in poli...Lydia has already gotten jobs, been active in political and social justice spaces, and earned a reputation as an activist...so, it seems their choice to curse hasn't affected their participation in society. Has Lydia lost opportunities because someone didn't like what they had to say or how they said it? Yeah, probably. That's going to happen to everybody, whether they curse or not. Robinhttp://www.readysexyable.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338581633491322703.post-13909119030523423922017-12-06T12:42:21.900-05:002017-12-06T12:42:21.900-05:00It is fair for you to dislike profane language! B...It is fair for you to dislike profane language! But I really have to reject your notion that using profanity on one's own personal blog page is equivalent in any way to bullying and abuse of other people.<br /><br />It's either "fine to keep doing that," or it's on the same moral level as bullying and abuse; it cannot be both.<br /><br />No one is forcing you to read Lydia&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338581633491322703.post-54297064585509780952017-12-06T12:37:34.052-05:002017-12-06T12:37:34.052-05:00Dear Anonymous,
I really like your comment as you...Dear Anonymous,<br /><br />I really like your comment as you seem to care about Aspies/Autistics. However, I am turned off by your condescending and frankly just flat out wrong demeanor in replying to Lydia. See, first off, Lydia isn't required to adhere to your ideas of respectability because Lydia is a person who has a right to express their feelings, including frustration, annoyance, and Aaminah Shakurhttp://aaminahshakur.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338581633491322703.post-480781531329776462017-12-06T12:10:11.349-05:002017-12-06T12:10:11.349-05:00I really like your blogs as you talk good sense an...I really like your blogs as you talk good sense and I enjoy your details on we as Aspie's/Autistics do things. However, I am turned off by your choice to use profanity. Though I do think that freedom of speech is important, I notice that you use a lot of it on social media and when you post yourself flipping the bird. That's fine but if you keep doing that, note that future employers Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338581633491322703.post-20414863560298707622017-11-18T01:19:56.120-05:002017-11-18T01:19:56.120-05:00An interesting "Opposite extreme" I'...An interesting "Opposite extreme" I've noticed is that some autistic people seem to have very little interest in/anxiety over conforming to social norms, while others have an intense desire to "fit in". I wonder if this is determined at all by one's age of diagnosis (be it professional or self), one's gender/class/sexuality/race/etc., one's childhood, or the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07270123563901726974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338581633491322703.post-90873303053304636852017-08-26T15:43:22.702-04:002017-08-26T15:43:22.702-04:00Very Insightful, honest, and open. I think it seem...Very Insightful, honest, and open. I think it seems pretty difficult to accommodate everyone, but we can strive to. Thank you, Lydia for this blog post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com