Identity Politics and Autistic Guilt

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There has been a lot of talk lately of “White Guilt” or “White Privilege”.

The idea that white people are guilty by birth of black slavery and racism and that some sort of compensation should be provided, both financial and other things by white people to those who are black or even non white.

As someone who is neither WASP white or black I’m not going to give an opinion on this.

However watching this Jordan Peterson clip got me thinking about neurodiversity and it’s quest for a group identity.

Jordan basically says group identity can be dangerous as one can just as easily assign “group guilt” to people.

An example was Hitler assigning group guilt to the Jews blaming them for Germany’s problems in the 30’s.

So anyone Jewish whether a baby or elderly person was labeled guilty by their group for Germany’s problems, which led to the horrors of the holocaust.

I wonder if many advocates have themselves considered the potential danger of trying to create a “group identity”?

I wonder if “autistic guilt” for our burden on society will ever come about?

As a group would we take to the streets to defend ourselves?

Do most autistic people some of whom are societies most vulnerable able to put up a defense against this?


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tOHUwwP6LLs

Who would be scared enough to bend the knee to us?

Would the police and authorities be scared of autistic people I wonder?

If in the future if things got nasty and they attributed guilt and blame to us, would anyone fight for us.

If they accused us of polluting the gene pool or being to much of a burden, would anyone care for us as a group I wonder?

Identification and pride is one thing.
In which anyone can accept, encourage openness and celebrate differences in each of every one and as a whole.

Separation and tribalistic 'us vs them' is another.
These things predictively lead to factionalism, gatekeeping, inequality and all the prejudiced crap.



So which of these does one would like to feed?
Emphasis on would -- because one of which is most of the human wishes, another is a sin that most humans keep repeating.

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Jordan Peterson is a quack who should never be taken seriously.

Neurotypical privilege as a concept is out there.

^^ You nailed it, VS.

"But I don't believe in any philosophical dogma theory of privilege,it doesn't allow people to be seen as individuals."

That's what I've been saying recently when I've given my examples of people who have grown up under horribly abusive and destitute conditions leading to their inability to function and contribute to society but that happen to have white skin. Some people on here seem to hold steadfastly to the idea that such people still somehow benefit from "white privilege" rather than, as you say, being willing enough to admit that labels with broad strokes are incorrect.

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Thanks magna and ASpartofme

The relevancy of the post is the neurodiversity movement has without doubt moved into the category of prioritizing group identity over individual needs and individual indentity.


With the overwhelming online neurodiversity mentality hostility to Biological autism research, rejection of the scientific reality of severe autism and inability to accept that many autistic people desire and need biological solutions.

Often backed up by hate accusations.
If advocacy was just about hey I have autism, loving life don’t want to be cured but other people can think and do what they like it would be a healthy movement sadly it is not.

As a left handed male with colour blindness that also is persecuted for his good looks and ridiculous intellect , when do the left handed people get their time.

me me me me me. It's all about me.
ME .

DO RE motha f*****g Myself

Seriously tho. Me.

I feel guilt about being autistic and completely useless, but I don't feel guilty about the colour of my skin and I'm not comfortable with the way BLM is going about its' business. I certainly haven't benefited from "white privilege". I have the lowest income possible, my grandfather grew up in a children's home suffering all kinds of abuse and my other grandfather lived in appalling conditions. BLM seems to be creating a divide among people and making a lot of people feel bad about themselves, either as somebody who ought to feel shame for what they are, or as a victim that should feel angry. It's just bad vibes all round. The media clearly want to play along and push it as an agenda.