@fmf said@ghost-of-a-duke
Your posts recently have reminded me of dj2becker. He posted like someone "on the spectrum".
Is this a slur against dj2becker?
@ghost-of-a-duke saidDefinitely not a mental health slur.
But what about him now comparing me to somebody on the spectrum? Is that just a vernacular, every day, colloquial, non-technical, provincialistic and analogous characteristic mode of expression?
Definitely not a mental health slur.
That's right. Autism is not a mental health problem. It's a developmental problem. But wait. This is something you already know because you are a mental health practitioner.
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@fmf said@ghost-of-a-duke
"On the spectrum" is an everyday expression.
You hear it all the time. On podcasts, the radio, TV dramas, sitcoms, soap operas, films, audiobooks, and everyday conversations.
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@fmf saidI rarely work with clients who have autism, that's true. It is a neurological and developmental disorder.
Definitely not a mental health slur.
That's right. Autism is not a mental health problem. It's a developmental problem. But wait. This is something you already know because you are a mental health practitioner.
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@fmf saidOh that's okay then.
@ghost-of-a-duke
You hear it all the time. On podcasts, the radio, TV dramas, sitcoms, soap operas, films, audiobooks, and everyday conversations.
Here's the thing Sherlock. When you normalise words like 'delusional' 'paranoid' and use them (literally) on a daily basis as a form of insult, you make these forums an unwelcome place for people who perhaps do struggle with their mental health, and certainly make them less likely to talk about it.
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@divegeester saidPeople with autism are more likely to have additional mental health issues.
LOL.
Oops 😅
Isn't the English language rich enough for you to communicate without such slurs?
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@mchill saidThere are theologians who argue that natural disasters are God’s way of giving us the opportunity to show kindness to others and improve ourselves morally. Swinburne in the CoE for example, argues this. When an earthquake devastates Haiti or Aceh, that’s our queue to provide help and care to the survivors, so the argument goes. The bit that doesn’t fit is: what about the hundred thousand buried in the rubble who didn’t survive? Who died in agony and fear before anyone could get to them. Where was the ‘moral improvement’ for them? Was that supposed to be God’s way of teaching them fortitude or something?
Is that your argument?
Yes, and if you're looking for some logic in it you won't find much. God's ways often don't fit neatly in our limited perception, and rules of logic. As I've said here many times: You have to take some things on faith.
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@ghost-of-a-duke saidBut you haven’t got either “autism” nor “additional mental health issues”. But as I said, communicating with your here is becoming more like communicating with someone on the spectrum. You know, in the everyday sense of the word.
People with autism are more likely to have additional mental health issues.
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@divegeester saidWhy are you insulting people on the spectrum? What have you got against communicating with people who are on the spectrum?
But you haven’t got either “autism” nor “additional mental health issues”. But as I said, communicating with your here is becoming more like communicating with someone on the spectrum. You know, in the everyday sense of the word.
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@ghost-of-a-duke saidIf someone wants to reach out to you, you being a supposed mental health practitioner and all that, surely they would speak to you privately. Of if they are a member of your club they could start a thread in there. After all is seems you have an army of qualified mental health practitioners in there!
you make these forums an unwelcome place for people who perhaps do struggle with their mental health, and certainly make them less likely to talk about it.
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@ghost-of-a-duke saidI’m not I’m insulting you.
Why are you insulting people on the spectrum?
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@divegeester said
But you haven’t got either “autism” nor “additional mental health issues”. But as I said, communicating with your here is becoming more like communicating with someone on the spectrum.
I'm not sure you thought that through. It certainly suggests you are belittling communication with somebody who is on the spectrum.
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@ghost-of-a-duke saidNothing. What an odd thing to bait with.
What have you got against communicating with people who are on the spectrum?