Aspies For Freedom

Earlier today, I decided to stop in Frankston to get some material (I'm a talented dressmaker), minding my own business when all of a sudden this car full of idiots drove by calling me "***", saying "duhhhh" and waving their arms in a "spastic" way. These weren't a group of silly children, they were grown adults.

It's easily understandable when kids insult others to get a reaction, but why do otherwise mature young adults do it? It's often said that people fear what they do not understand, and one thing they don't understand is people with disabilities. Perhaps they laugh at and call us names to alleviate the fear they have. They are afraid, so when confronted with the situation, they resort to making light entertainment out of it.

I admit that sometimes in public I pretend that I have Down Syndrome or cerebral palsy and make noises, to alleviate the "loser" factor that I carry.

ADBatstone Wrote:

Society is immature.

Well... duh. It's the same society that brought us Paris Hilton, Dumbass, and YOUR MOM (really stupid jokes).

I'm not sure why, but every day when I walk home I'm passed by the same two guys in the same pickup who yell the same incomprehensible comment at me. While at the moment I feel like throwing a rock at their pickup (one of these days..), 1. I can't do anything about it, 2. it doesn't matter, and 3. it decreases the average intelligence and maturity of mainstream society and thus elevates me over them.

So suck it up, ignore them, and remember that it's just increasing the gap between you and them.

I have wanted to do this for a long time... (f1r$t p0st 0n f0rum$ lolol)

Andrew Wrote:

Last thing, my dad told me this "Wherever you go in life, there will always be jerks." Learn it, cause it's as certain as death and taxes.

Are fathers everywhere given the same book of phrases? My dad says the exact same thing.

grizeldatee Wrote:

ADBatstone Wrote:

These weren't a group of silly children, they were grown adults.

They were grown. They were not adults. Not unlike stepping in dog poop on your way to the store .... give them no more attention than that; unfortunate and unpleasant, but actually irrelevant.

^^ spot on. =]

I've been treated similarly, i catch a bus to and from school each day, cos we live a fair way out. there was this one kid who constantly sat there, poked me and called me 'autistic girl'. This was before I was even officially diagnosed.
Some people seriously need to get a hobby...

ADBatstone Wrote:

Earlier today, I decided to stop in Frankston to get some material (I'm a talented dressmaker), minding my own business when all of a sudden this car full of idiots drove by calling me "***", saying "duhhhh" and waving their arms in a "spastic" way. These weren't a group of silly children, they were grown adults.

It's easily understandable when kids insult others to get a reaction, but why do otherwise mature young adults do it? It's often said that people fear what they do not understand, and one thing they don't understand is people with disabilities. Perhaps they laugh at and call us names to alleviate the fear they have. They are afraid, so when confronted with the situation, they resort to making light entertainment out of it.

I admit that sometimes in public I pretend that I have Down Syndrome or cerebral palsy and make noises, to alleviate the "loser" factor that I carry.

they do it coz their bored and enjoy winding up. :@

AJM Wrote:

ADBatstone Wrote:

Earlier today, I decided to stop in Frankston to get some material (I'm a talented dressmaker), minding my own business when all of a sudden this car full of idiots drove by calling me "***", saying "duhhhh" and waving their arms in a "spastic" way. These weren't a group of silly children, they were grown adults.

It's easily understandable when kids insult others to get a reaction, but why do otherwise mature young adults do it? It's often said that people fear what they do not understand, and one thing they don't understand is people with disabilities. Perhaps they laugh at and call us names to alleviate the fear they have. They are afraid, so when confronted with the situation, they resort to making light entertainment out of it.

I admit that sometimes in public I pretend that I have Down Syndrome or cerebral palsy and make noises, to alleviate the "loser" factor that I carry.

they do it coz their bored and enjoy winding up. :@

well said!

AJM Wrote:

ADBatstone Wrote:

Earlier today, I decided to stop in Frankston to get some material (I'm a talented dressmaker), minding my own business when all of a sudden this car full of idiots drove by calling me "***", saying "duhhhh" and waving their arms in a "spastic" way. These weren't a group of silly children, they were grown adults.

It's easily understandable when kids insult others to get a reaction, but why do otherwise mature young adults do it? It's often said that people fear what they do not understand, and one thing they don't understand is people with disabilities. Perhaps they laugh at and call us names to alleviate the fear they have. They are afraid, so when confronted with the situation, they resort to making light entertainment out of it.

I admit that sometimes in public I pretend that I have Down Syndrome or cerebral palsy and make noises, to alleviate the "loser" factor that I carry.

they do it coz their bored and enjoy winding up. :@

Those sort of bored idiots just aren't worth knowing anyway, but if you live near a place like Frankston, finding quality people is like trying to find a shaved monkey who wrote a great symphony. The lowlife, knuckle-dragging types are breeding like rabbits while most of the evolved sensible ones have quietly slipped beneath the social radar.

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