Do you guys like the whole "i think x is an aspie"

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I refuse to answer yes or no.
My answer is:
It really depends on the intent of whoever said it.

What I really don't like is someone asking a vague question with no obvious answer followed with the choices yes/no or true/false.
So, what does everyone think about these forums? (yes or no only please)

Personally i feel by labeling people like Hitler and others as being "Aspies" is "killing" them. By abstracting people with labels it takes away from there meaning, like what some Republicans are saying that Martin Luther King Jr was republican. That takes away from his message that all people should be treated fairly, or Hitler is a good example of the harms caused by misuse of power, regardless of how much he may have registered on the AS scale. Personally i like to see people as the pieces of shiite without the 2nd i and e that people tend to be, instead of look at the world in Aspie and NT.

I don't like the question very much. I find the question "gossipy" and I think that even if a celebrity DOES have AS, but wants to keep it private, they be able to keep it private, which is pretty hard. When people start speculating, it makes it much harder for the celebrity to keep it private.

I can tell you right now, if anyone said something like this about one of the guys in my favourite band on their message board, the whole board goes up in arms and the discussion would just turn to the topic of not discussing the guys private lives.

I think it's OK to discuss if the celebrity volunteers the information, but otherwise, no.

The last thing we need is our own Perez Hilton.

I think its stupid to speculate that certain celebrities have aspergers...chances are that they dont. But I'll admit Im guilty of speculating that someone has aspergers...Im often wrong so I dont come to conclusions without sufficient evidence. Ive known a couple aspies who I didnt initially know they had aspergers but then I found out that they later did.

Im mainly concerned about aspergers turning into another ADD like disorder. Where people freely speculate and make fun of people for it. Like anyone who cant pay attention easily gets branded ADD. In the future(if not already) anyone whos socially ackward, would be branded as aspie. It'll turn into a mockery situation. Thats not good for kids who are actually aspie.

Or anyone that feels socially left out of things thinks he or she has autism. I don't see what the big fuss is with wanting more of a social life to me it's not very important. I will admit it pisses me off seeing how some people live such a normal life like go to college full time without supports and yet complain about the stereotypes of autism and say they have it. They are included with comparative ease and yet would rather complain more and have pride in it then help those who are left out.

I'm the boogie man advocate getting them in line to help those not as fortunate or simply shut up already. OK that was rude I realize it but I don't mind it. Just what is the big deal with these big mouthed folks complaining about not wanting a cure developed when they do just fine. Baboons.

Hate it. I know many people here are self-diagnosed, but I don't believe in diagnosis by anyone not skilled and experienced in evaluating and treating people with ASDs. If you haven't guessed I hate all those "do I have AS threads too". Almost all those "does X have AS" threads rely on the person being seen as nerdy and intelligent. Diagnosing characters is even worse, as they often don't act completely normal not because they are disordered but because they are a character in non-real world serving a pupose.

Take my boyfriend for example. Someone may think he has AS but he doesn't. He's into programming, likes anime and video games, doesn't thrive socially, I'm his first girlfriend, but he has social anxiety in reality. His social awkwardness isn't because he has trouble with social cues but because due to not being around people a lot due to anxiety he hasn't observed as much as you would expect.

AS is a collection of symptoms peoole seem to forget. I know people with sensory processing disorder who aren't autistiic, I know people with special interests who aren't autistic, I know people with bad social skills who aren't autistic, I know people with faceblindness who aren't autistic, I know people who are very resistant to change who aren't autistic, and on and on.

And finally, people seem to forget in order to be diagnosed with an ASD it must significantly impair you. Sure I do fine academically, but I dropped out of college once because I couldn't handle the social demands of dormlife (needing to shower regularly, people were freaked out I never left my room except for class, disinterest in hygiene, weird sleeping hours, etc). If someone is getting by fine in life, I consider their AS to be so mild as to not be clinically significant, and thus shouldn't be diagnosed as anything.