Cruelty

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I have the capacity to be cruel, I know how 'schadenfreude' feels. This is a way of dissolving uncertainty and insecure feelings, even children are capable of feeling it. At the same time I truly despise cruelty and feel bad about people who are often cruel to others, use their weaknesses, or judge others by being simply ignorant, deliberately at times. I feel sympathy for those who face difficulties in their lives similar to mine, even if in different areas. Egoistic people seem to hurt others more as a general rule, I really can't identify with them, don't understand them. I put people afore of animals but hate when people don't care for animals. I don't see a connection between being on the spectrum and being generally less cruel, they seem to be independent personality traits. It may be so though that those who are on the spectrum and are mild and kindhearted people give off vibes that we kind of like to resonate with. This may show that our ideals are great in a special and unique way, differing significantly from the ideals of the world of NTs. I believe there's a huge overlap, though.

This is from another thread, but I thought it even more relevant here:

That is shadenfreude.
I think that it is an illusions caused by memes working in the subconscious to hijack chemical reward pathways in the brain.

The proof?
If you did not believe that a certain premise (meme) was logically correct, then it loses its ability to trigger pleasure producing chemicals.
In fact a specific meme can trigger pleasure in one individual, but repulsion in another individual.
To me this is proof that it is an illusion produced by the imagined pressures produced by memes.

This is a tool that memes use to self-reinforce and to self-reference.

Well I could not initiate creulty but I think I'd be capable of it in some situations, like if someone was beating up a dog I'd probably have a hard time not attacking them and beating them with a stick if I could manage it. However I do not think all autistic people are incapable of being cruel....having autism does not make one immune to being a jerk. Also plenty of neurotypical people are not cruel and are compassionate beings so kind of unfair and a little pretentious to generalize them all as inherently cruel people who can only strive to be compassionate but never achieve it and then say autistic people are incapable of cruelty.

Not criticizing your lack of cruel behavior that is a good thing, but its not an autism specific thing.

. I'm afraid that people on the Spectrum are capable of most or all the flaws of neurotypical society. I don't think anyone is completely incapable of cruelty

Most people I know are not inherently cruel, but I would guess that NTs are more likely to make a 'mistake' and perform a cruel act (due to social pressure) than an Aspie is, in general. Typically outcasts, autistic individuals are a perfect target for bullies, and so you would expect a level of empathy would develop for those in a similar position.

I have read that children with AS do things such as pushing their siblings or pets down stairs and do not care for what they have done, or feel happy about it. This is something that seems to be restricted to the younger age group though, and is not uncommon in NTs either.

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I wonder if someone modded Goat Simulator they could have online tournaments, at least actual animals wouldn't be harmed then. I think this may have been the inspiration for the ending to Hostel 2.

I would disagree, I had been abused by many and Aspies were a large portion, simply because I wanted to make friends. Infact I am generally by them now and a lot of other people. Most of them want me to clean and use me for cheap labor and threaten to beat me if I get out of it.

I am also seeing that they even want to bash me away form my skills, that I was born with.