http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/com...37,00.html
Rember that thread when the term autism was used in a newspaper article as a insult towards a politician. well now an Australian newspaper sed the term Aspergers to describe the US ambassador to the UN
A UN official had recently mentioned to me that there's something compelling, almost Asperger's-ish (a reference to a kind of autism) about the US's new ambassador, and when I see him at close range, it's clear what he meant: Bolton is savant-like yet socially awkward, alert yet more attuned to his internal rhythms than external ones. He doesn't make small talk. He launches straight into his remarks, which are direct and concise. He takes only a few questions, the last of which is a holiday softball: "At a time of world crises, what do you have to be thankful for this Thanksgiving [holiday], now that you're here?"
Aspergerish--that's a good one. Wonder if it will catch on.
Well at least its used as an adjective, and not an insult.
People should start using it in their everyday conversations.
NT#1: You seem very aspergerish today, Frank!
NT#2: Oh, thank you, Bob! You too!
NT #1 Oh, I meant that you seem kind of, well, focussed or something.
NT #2 Who, me?
Diffrent conversation-
NT1# Stop being so antiaspergerish!
NT2# Stop being conantiaspergerish!
One word - antidisestabliashmentasperishism.
antidisestabliashmentasperishism
That word should definetely be in the Aspie version of Mary Poppins.
No, that would be aspiecalifragilisticexpialautistic.
Are we being misunderestimated, do you think?
Alison :grin:
Oddly enough, I had a quick conversation at an electronics store recently where another customer yelled "what are you, autistic?" at me loud enough for half the store to hear. I will be sodded if I can remember what I did to provoke this, because I was standing in exactly the same line the same way as everyone else, but when I turned around and said "as a matter of fact, I am, you got a problem with that?", I never saw a normie's expression turn from aggression to fear so quickly.
Our greatest PR move right now would be to make it clear to the normie world that we are sick of their abuse and will not take it anymore.
Well at least its used as an adjective, and not an insult.
Read the whole article I don't think it was meant as a compliment. the article was criticizing him. given that context the placement of the term asperger's is not exactly a neutral description. Indeed the implication is that Aspeger's Syndrome is the reason why he is incompedent (which his is but that besides the point). Sounds like an insult to me.
Good for you, I-M! And I'll confess to being curious as to what provoked the remark, but if you don't know then I guess we'll never know.
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