{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "21st December 2022", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/704224073006432256/", "html": "

morlock-holmes:

wetwareproblem:

nonbinaryspacecase:

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wetwareproblem:

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bakedbrielarson:

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lesbwian:

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Is this the latest \u201cwe don\u2019t make fun of autistic people, just every single visibly autistic trait?\u201d

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It\u2019s not, because it\u2019s not talking about men just naturally speaking in this manner, but men who don\u2019t speak like this regularly switching to this type of language specifically to talk down to women they disagree with. To seem more intellectual then those women.

The context here matters and is different from just someone having this manner of speaking naturally because they\u2019re neurodivergent/autistic. Here it\u2019s someone using this manner of speaking to talk down to others.

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Here\u2019s the thing: I don\u2019t talk that way by default either. But if I\u2019m feeling threatened, I switch up to a highly formal register automatically. It\u2019s a trauma response; I\u2019m trying to be unambiguous because I\u2019m scared that any ambiguity will be used to hurt me. Exactly the way this post dismisses.

I\u2019m not alone in this - it\u2019s something I\u2019ve seen in a lot of autistic folks, because a lot of us get punished for misunderstanding or communication issues.

Does that mean it\u2019s not used by sexist sealions in the way described here? No, of course not. But\u2026 If you think this isn\u2019t hitting autistic people you\u2019re kidding yourself.

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It\u2019s because getting really angry isn\u2019t going to work any better and it\u2019s a good way to rile people up.

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When I was in school I realized I could wield this against teachers trying to dress me down by leaning it into talking in school administratorspeak, which was an important step to my later realization of the general point that you establish command over humans just like you do animals, by mirroring them back at themselves with absolute confidence

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