I probably shouldn’t be making this post. I hate getting involved struggle session highschool drama shit and I won’t even point to specific evidence because frankly this shit depresses me. But here goes:

This might be a “wtf are you ranting about, Owl?” moment but there are some serious reactionary vibes in this place sometimes. Maybe it’s a holdover from the dirtbag leftist era, I don’t know, but it’s gross. I see it trying to worm its way in here and it’s a bad sign

If you ever catch yourself using the kind of shitty othering and ableism you’d see on stupidpol or a 2016 cringe compilation, go do some self crit or fuck right off

  • woodenghost [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    7·
    11 天前

    I hate that word but I couldn’t think of a better word than normie

    People sometimes use “neurotypical”, but it has basically the same problem, that no one is truly normal or typical, because it’s an artificial construct used for othering and people are all so different in many ways. I use it to mean: people who can adapt to societies expectations and norms without much effort. So they might still be very different with very different stuff going on in their brains, but they share this privilege to slightly different degrees. Obviously it has to be context dependent for the society at that place and time.

    • purpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      6·
      11 天前

      I don’t think neurotypical works here because it’s not about someone’s neurology or mental health in this case, but their acculturation to mainstream society, which includes people who are neurodivergent and excludes some who are neurotypical.

      • woodenghost [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        3·
        11 天前

        Yes, I see your point. We might need a better word. “Neurotypical” has the work “neuro” in it, but in the way I tried to use it, it’s not about what’s going on in your brain at all. Or it might, but only indirectly. Or rather, some people use it in that way (like I did), others in a more biological way. I think we need a word for that “acculturation to mainstream society in a mental health adjacent way” and I definitely know, that some people actively use “neurotypical” for that. But I totally see the problem with the conflict with how others use it and also the potential for confusion.