Open discussion of the Christian Why We're Here thread

[Edwardo Piet]

But is it rude for people not on the spectrum to use their understanding of what that means gained from interactions with people who were as well as from what we've managed to learn about it to try to understand someone's actions?  Neo's actions just struck me as empathically tone deaf.  Not every person on the spectrum is that way, but many have to work harder to gain that capacity or else find work-arounds for it.  

I find Neo's conduct reprehensible and I was fishing around for excusing conditions because I have liked interacting with him before.  So I was just brainstorming ways in which Neo's behavior could have to do with how he experiences the world.  

Obviously it would have been better not to go there at all.  But I don't think that is really analogous to calling someone the spectrum equivalent of a "something-tard".  Maybe I'm just not getting it.

I think you were genuine in trying to come up with a reason for why neo is the way he is. I just think that Ham took it as you were saying something against people on the spectrum. I don't think Ham understood the point of your post.

No I understand his point I'm just saying it can't have anything to do with being on the spectrum.

I accept all of his post apart from the part about 'being on the spectrum'. That was the part I found ignorant and took issue with.

I didn't respond to the rest because I agreed with it all.

I even clarified this more than once afterwards.

It could be due to being on the psychopathic spectrum but treating people like objects and being an unfeeling cunt has nothing to do with 'being on the [autistic] spectrum'... that's all I was saying.

The idea that I didn't understand his point lol

It's only like when Min responded to my autism thread to say effectively "Well you seem normal to me, Ham" and I obviously understood that he was being nice to me and meant we well but I was more interested in taking offence because I tend to ignore stuff I agree with as it doesn't tend to lead to further discussion it just leads to additional kudos