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defacto7

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35. Well then...

Wed Feb 26, 2014, 03:21 AM

Feb 2014

K & R!

There are assets and there are difficulties for me; it's mostly the social difficulties where over the years I've found I have to constantly script everything in advance with other people. I've become pretty apt at it but when the script runs out, that's when being a fish out of water is an appropriate analogy. I've been pretty successful but it's been a long road. I do wish I was more fluid with people, I love people, I just see and hear very different things than most do. I suppose that's the same for most of us who have low level autism.

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Fair Warning: I WILL challenge this kind of bigotry. [View all] TygrBright Feb 2014 OP

You are a blessing to DU irisblue Feb 2014 #1

Thank you for your kind words. TygrBright Feb 2014 #9

As will I gaspee Feb 2014 #2

+1 progressoid Feb 2014 #3

Good point LittleBlue Feb 2014 #4

Well done! KamaAina Feb 2014 #5

And, if I may add, please do not pontificate to us about how pills are pushed by Big Pharma - hedgehog Feb 2014 #6

i remember the ugliness of being unmedicated fizzgig Feb 2014 #10

kind of an anemic attitude there hfojvt Feb 2014 #7

"Evil" and "criminal" work for me. TygrBright Feb 2014 #11

criminal is not nearly strong enough hfojvt Feb 2014 #20

"we expect the evil to at least be SANE"....? TygrBright Feb 2014 #26

instead of broad brushing them as mentally ill passiveporcupine Feb 2014 #32

Personally, I think that is very appropriate and specific. defacto7 Feb 2014 #36

I think doing that pipi_k Feb 2014 #46

taught to call it mental illness nil desperandum Feb 2014 #33

i hate the conservative douchebaggery = mental illness bit fizzgig Feb 2014 #8

Thank you. TygrBright Feb 2014 #13

But we aren't just everyday folk...we are people who other people discriminate against HereSince1628 Feb 2014 #16

I wish I could recommend your reply! n/t TygrBright Feb 2014 #19

well stated as always fizzgig Feb 2014 #42

Thank you for this. Rider3 Feb 2014 #12

Extremely well stated! Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #14

This Asberger's sufferer salutes you DonCoquixote Feb 2014 #15

as a borderline Aspie hfojvt Feb 2014 #25

From BS people do not understand DonCoquixote Feb 2014 #27

but it is not the "illness" making you suffer hfojvt Feb 2014 #28

Well then... defacto7 Feb 2014 #35

What you describe is an intellectually lazy shorthand way to criticize, and I have been guilty of it Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #17

Thank YOU for being aware. TygrBright Feb 2014 #18

I'll stand with you, Bright. Great Post. cali Feb 2014 #21

k&r one_voice Feb 2014 #22

kick Liberal_in_LA Feb 2014 #23

Brilliant! defacto7 Feb 2014 #24

I love the term "asymmetrical assets"! Thanks for the kind words. n/t TygrBright Feb 2014 #34

Well said and much needed. madfloridian Feb 2014 #29

This is a great take-away from this thread passiveporcupine Feb 2014 #30

Thank you for sharing. CFLDem Feb 2014 #31

I think another appropriate word defacto7 Feb 2014 #37

I think that what we call "passive aggressive" response is predicated on two things: TygrBright Feb 2014 #39

great OP thanks nt steve2470 Feb 2014 #38

Thank you for your very well reasoned comment. But in defense of a lot of commenters at DU, totodeinhere Feb 2014 #40

I love these kinds of statements..... BrainDrain Feb 2014 #41

That's a beautifully written post, TygrBright. Thank you. LuvNewcastle Feb 2014 #43

OMG!!! I cannot thank you enough for this OP!! chervilant Feb 2014 #44

I would be deeply honored to be of any help to you and your family. TygrBright Feb 2014 #50

Fruitful grounds in the gun-control threads, here. Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #45

This is quite lovely. cordelia Feb 2014 #47

The only thing pipi_k Feb 2014 #48

Maybe rather than trying to find the right label, we should put our effort... TygrBright Feb 2014 #51

Well said. stevenleser Feb 2014 #49

I wish there was something more than just a K&R for this thread. Jamastiene Feb 2014 #52