Satire news website The Onion savagely demonizes autistics

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24 Jul 2016, 9:03 pm

I agree with OP. This video makes a joke out of autism, which I don't think neurotypicals have the right to do.

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24 Jul 2016, 9:19 pm

comicalArchitect wrote:

I agree with OP. This video makes a joke out of autism, which I don't think neurotypicals have the right to do.

Does that mean we don't have a right to make jokes about neurotypicals?

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24 Jul 2016, 9:24 pm

No, because we're an oppressed group. Neurotypicals aren't. It's like how a lot of people (myself included) consider jokes at white people's expense to be fine, while jokes about other races aren't.

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24 Jul 2016, 9:31 pm

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No, because we're an oppressed group. Neurotypicals aren't. It's like how a lot of people (myself included) consider jokes at white people's expense to be fine, while jokes about other races aren't.

It is incredibly depressing to see a 16-year-old completely and totally brainwashed by Cultural Marxism.

The fight to recover freedom in this country is going to be very long and very hard.

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24 Jul 2016, 9:55 pm

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No, because we're an oppressed group. Neurotypicals aren't. It's like how a lot of people (myself included) consider jokes at white people's expense to be fine, while jokes about other races aren't.

Disadvantaged I think is more correct. Also, I think that portraying autism humorously might make more people aware of our condition and encourage them to look more into it...also maybe not see it as such a dark terrible thing. If someone made a meanhearted joke about me because I am white I'd certainly be offended I wouldn't think it's ok just because I'm not another race. However if it was in good humour then I'd probably find it funny.

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24 Jul 2016, 9:57 pm

Darmok wrote:

comicalArchitect wrote:

No, because we're an oppressed group. Neurotypicals aren't. It's like how a lot of people (myself included) consider jokes at white people's expense to be fine, while jokes about other races aren't.

It is incredibly depressing to see a 16-year-old completely and totally brainwashed by Cultural Marxism.

The fight to recover freedom in this country is going to be very long and very hard.

Could you please explain what you mean by calling my post "culturally Marxist"? I'm familiar with the concept (though I don't tend to believe it really exists), but I don't see how it applies to this situation.

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25 Jul 2016, 7:08 pm

Um, not my type of humour. Can someone please explain why it is bad to not find this funny!?

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25 Jul 2016, 7:31 pm

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Um, not my type of humour. Can someone please explain why it is bad to not find this funny!?

nothing bad with that, as far as i can see

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25 Jul 2016, 10:33 pm

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Um, not my type of humour. Can someone please explain why it is bad to not find this funny!?

Nothing wrong with not being into that sort of humor.

Something wrong, IMO, with getting offended by it when The Onion exists to mock everyone and everything. It's not personal or mean-spirited.

I don't want to be cruelly mocked and belittled (I've experienced it often enough to know the difference), but nor do I want to be some fragile sacred cow that must be tiptoed around lest someone hurt my pwecious feewings.

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25 Jul 2016, 10:38 pm

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No, because we're an oppressed group. Neurotypicals aren't. It's like how a lot of people (myself included) consider jokes at white people's expense to be fine, while jokes about other races aren't.

Ah, yes, how well I remember being sixteen... Laugh a little. You'll be better off for it. And racism, by definition, is saying that the color of someone's skin entitles them to better/condemns them to worse treatment. No matter who is on the winning (or losing) end, it's wrong. You can't change history, and all trying to make up for it will do is cause it to repeat itself.

But you'll have to realize that on your own. I did. Enjoy the power and the certitude of youth while you can.

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25 Jul 2016, 10:49 pm

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No, because we're an oppressed group. Neurotypicals aren't. It's like how a lot of people (myself included) consider jokes at white people's expense to be fine, while jokes about other races aren't.

when you say that, it sounds almost like you're quoting some kind of scripture. i'm honestly curious. where do you kids these days learn that kind of nonsense that you repeat with such conviction?

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26 Jul 2016, 12:24 am

Eh, I've seen that headline before. It's The Onion, their sense of humor offends some people. I myself find it to be hilarious. Plus, the way I see things, it could just as easily be riffing on autistic stereotypes; they could be commenting on the absurd idea that we're all obsessed with trains, which of course we're not. Stereotypes tend to be absurd, and The Onion makes light of this.

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27 Jul 2016, 7:11 am

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It's funny because autistic people like trains.

Oddly enough, I never got into trains.

The Onion's skit had me giggling.

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28 Jul 2016, 5:21 am

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28 Jul 2016, 6:00 am

That was funny. I actually laughed out loud, which I rarely do anymore. That guy really nailed it. Frankly, it makes me happy to see them put effort into creating this "autistic reporter" character. The juxtiposition of his concern for the train and everyone 's dismay at the death is hilarious.

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28 Jul 2016, 6:53 am

comicalArchitect wrote:

No, because we're an oppressed group. Neurotypicals aren't. It's like how a lot of people (myself included) consider jokes at white people's expense to be fine, while jokes about other races aren't.

Thats double standart. Either everyone gets to laugh, or nobody. My mum often said - (having) humor is when you laugh anyway. And it isnt even that far off in my case. I witnessed a car crash once (old lady drove into a parking car, nothing to serious) and when i heard the engine revving into the limiter the first thing i screamed was "KILL THE IGNITION" because i didnt wanted the engine to die. I still fulfilled my civic duty, checked on the lady and helped but my initial response impulse actually was about the engine - one of my special interests. This is satire so it blows things out of proportion for funs sake, but in this case really the joke goes on me. I admit i didnt really laugh, but not because the joke was bad, rather because the execution/presentation wasnt good...

You also should google what "oppression" really means. Autistic people are at a passive disadvantage, not an active one...

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