PTB.

Don't get me wrong- you definitely got tilted, you definitely went for the throat and lost your cool. You know all that.

But I went and looked at /r/autism and rule 3 is literally, "No pseudoscience or spreading misinformation, no Autism Speaks, no cure-related posts." Emphasis mine. That's cut and dry right there!

I get that they took the time to explain why they wanted to let that other person's comment stand, and it's obvious that other person cut-and-pastes their reply, but they should be told to alter it because it's flagrant rules violation.

Also... I gotta add. If you're going to moderate a space for autism, the one thing you have to make absolutely certain you do is abide by the rules. You can't just have a rule, and let people selectively disobey it, or you're asking for people to react... well, exactly like the OP here did.

For anybody reading this who doesn't understand, here's an article titled Autism and Rules: A Hand in Hand Pair. Here's an excerpt-

"The children with autism reported a higher level of frustration with the rule-breaking than social exclusion as compared with the control group. Their brains also showed an over-active insula during the rule-breaking. The insula is an area of the brain triggered by intense emotion."

Absolutely nuts. So I want to say, yes, obviously, the reaction to the mod not doing anything was waaaay overboard, but considering this is a person with a diagnosis of autism, and the subreddit is for autism, and it is an explicit rules violation, PTB.

ydi. you alerted them to a potential rule break, they acknowledged it and talked to you and explained why they allowed it to stay up. they understood your reasoning in their response.

all anyone is really guilty of is not removing a comment that you reported for breaking a rule. the rest was you throwing a tantrum because you didn't get the response you wanted to what you personally deemed to be such a heavy violation that you "lost sleep" over it.

I'm all for holding mods accountable for being unjust, but I think they were very civil on this one.

YDI - There is an obvious disconnect between your "identity crisis" and argument which leads me to believe this is about the drama and not some passionate protection for the autistic community.

Also, multiple mods calmly explained their reasoning and you started screaming at them. Yeah, that gets a hard 'nope' from me.

YDI.

If you ever doubt your diagnosis again, look back on this event my friend: you totally hyperfixated and lost emotional regulation. This is a classic ASD moment right here :)

(Also asd)

Sorry, because I understand where you're coming from, but this is YDI

You were way over the line in your behavior towards them. You didn't get banned for speaking out, you got banned for being extremely aggressive and nasty in your communications.

I get it, it's a touchy subject and autism speaks is a shitty thing. But the mods were taking you seriously, communicating with you about their reasoning in a calm and direct manner. You weren't banned until after your behavior went too far.

PTB. If everything you say is accurate, the mods did not handle that in an appropriate manner.

If they have a blanket rule against AS, then they should enforce it. If they wanted to preserve open discussion, they should've asked the the other user to ammend their comment removing the offending links, and this all would've been avoided.

Yes, OP did get rather heated, but I think their reaction was understandable, if not justified.

Ydi. You couldn't stay civil, and the moderators were reasonable. You might disagree with their point, but that doesn't make them assholes. After which you explicitly did things they had told you not to do. Not sure what else they could have done.

PTB

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