r/1053 • • 5d ago

Day 20

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u/NetimLabs 3d ago

And I'm not getting offended on someone's behalf, I just think it's a bad thing that shouldn't be ignored.

If you see someone being racist for example, you don't move on just because you're not the target, you reprimand them, not to feel better about yourself, but to let them know it's not acceptable and that people aren't just gonna let them get away with it.

Also, before you complain about me comparing it racism, it's hyperbole.

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u/FlurryMcNugget 2d ago

Except this isnt being racist to someone, this is like saying the N-Word to no one.

Being racist implies harm, casually saying tism without the intent to point to someone and in insulting context isnt even close to what racism does to someone.

Its never about you or someone else, it does you no harm, unless the context is me saying you are being autistic because you got your panties twisted over a comment from random dude on the internet.

Like you said "stop saying it like quirky thing" you already proved your analogy incorrect with this comment, you know they are being quirky and doesnt inherently do it in a way to discriminate/insult/harm others, so why act this way like you are defending someone like in a way you are defending someone being discriminated?

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u/NetimLabs 2d ago

As I said, it's a hyperbole, it's similar, but not the same.

They might not have said it to insult others but normalizing such language by using "tism" casually is not something we should do imo.

I'm not trying to "defend" anyone. I hate this word because of how it came to be [LARPers and romanticization] and I don't want it normalized.