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i mean, i guess i get why. people fear or judge what they don’t understand, but to think there’s people out there who complain about how badly they were bullied and that they have no one, then throw away one of the only people who actually bothers to check in on them because they’re “obsessed”, “stalking them”, etc. and they’re neurodivergent.

i see it on social media, i hear of it, i see it in real life.

i’m willing to bet all my money that they would not say this and treat them this way if they didn’t behave differently or have any noticeable difference.

if a person who isn’t discriminated against (straight, able-bodied, white, neurotypical, etc.) asked them what was wrong they would tell them and be nice about it and be grateful, but if someone is noticeably different in some way, they treat this person with such contempt and their personality does a complete 180.

“i don’t know why they hate you so much, you’re so sweet.” that’s why. that must be why they despise someone so kind like that.

“accepting” my ass. do not call yourself accepting if you behave this way and change your behavior. just because you support gay people or ethnic minorities doesn’t mean you can’t be discriminatory for other reasons. and you are.

unless they actually harmed you, someone who’s different does not need to apologize to you for their differences and change themselves for who you want them to be.

i have been bullied for years because of my disability. it’s all they see me as. some people have even been attacked because of it.

STAND AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

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[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

StAnD aGAinsT LAzy TyPInG

See how hard that is to read?

Also, do you really think saying "stand against discrimination" is really useful today? As if we don't see/hear something about race/racism/bigotry/etc every day in the news for the last 50 years?

If you want to make a difference, start with yourself. In fact, that's really about all we can do. Shouting at others does nothing, and potentially makes them dig in their heels even more.

Usually with posts like this I downvote and move on, sometimes blocking the poster, because it's tiresome and useless. I mean really, you're shouting on Lemmy about prejudice. Just think about that for a minute.

It's like spitting into the wind. Like I am now.

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