Kaga said
You know what?I admit that I know very little about gaming and absolutely nothing about the subject of this debate, and I was only reading this thread because I can't sleep and mindlessly browsing forums tends to help me with that issue - so I'm not going to comment too extensively about the subject of this debate, which I apologize for. Ordinarily, I tend not to comment on threads that I only read to lull myself to sleep.However, after reading this post, I really do feel the need to say that "autistic" . I don't care who the fuck these Wizards people are. They could be the biggest assholes on the planet for all I know. But "autistic" is not synonymous with "stupid" or "idiotic" or whatever you're trying to use the word as. Really it's just offensive to autistic people. Tbh I feel the same way about using words like "retarded" and "gay" as insults but those words are so {unfortunately} ingrained into the public conscience as such that I usually don't throw a fit every time I see someone throwing them around. But "autistic"? Do people actually say that? Are you just picking up on what you've been hearing other people say or did you make up that one yourself?Because if you think that every autistic person is a basement-dwelling loser who wallows in self-pity for attention then you are so, so horribly misinformed. There are plenty of perfectly nice "aspies" out there - especially here on the Guild, . So stop using that word that way - because it just makes look like, ironically, your own definition of autistic.And if you manage to spread it around enough that "autistic" becomes the new "retarded" then I am sorry for autistic people everywhere on your behalf. I apologize again for de-railing this thread. That post just rubbed me the wrong way. Badly. And I felt I needed to say something. Sorry again. Carry on, everyone.
Ironically, I do have autism.
I have PDDNOS, and I'm quite aware not all of us are basement dwelling freaks. And I've done research on Wizadchan - even visited it to see what it is like... and a lot of them have autism, and act like autism is an excuse for how they act. (No job. Welfare for their 'disability'. Claiming people owe THEM a living, etc.) Not all autistics are like that, but the loudest brings the most attention, you know? That's why I used the term asspie, to illustrate the negative connotations of the term. (Using A-Word privileges, basically.)
I was saying that autistic people are east targets because how they, or, rather, us, tend to act. Sorry that I did not clarify what I meant.
Also, in a way, I was trying to defend the Wizards... By mocking them. It... Made sense at the time.
