06-30-2007, 11:41 PM
07-01-2007, 10:50 PM
I guess he just doesn't understand that he's adding his name to the list.
07-02-2007, 01:51 PM
The petition to remove the "Hating Autism" blog states that is in violation of Google's Terms of Service for its blogger site. What are those Terms of Service?
07-02-2007, 05:22 PM
I think that removing Fore Sam's blog is an exellent idea! I mean, what if a really young aspie who started researching autism (so that he could understand himself better) comes across a nasty blog that calls him "brain-damaged" train-wreck," or "mercury-poisoned"? He hasn't figured out what Neurodiversity is yet, but he has the potential to join it. Once he figures out what it is, he's afraid of joining. His whole life gets turned upside down, and he suffers from PTSD. No child should ever have to go though all this. The blog is very vile, and it violates the rights of citizens. It must GO!
07-04-2007, 03:16 PM
He's got the right to say a lot of prejudiced, idiotic things if he so desires.
Unfortunately.
His freedom of speech is our freedom of speech....
Unfortunately.
His freedom of speech is our freedom of speech....
07-06-2007, 06:58 PM
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I still agree with you Joeker, and think you. Unfortunatly, this has already turned into a form of arguement because of the "I have to be right" problem that some people have.
I don't think "I have to be right" is a problem. The real problem is, "You have to be wrong". Because if you yourself have to be right, then when you see somebody else disagrees with you, you compare ideas and find out whether his is better than yours; and if it is, adopt it. But if you figure that the other guy has to be wrong, then you'll defend your own idea even if it doesn't make any sense.
Remember that everyone thinks his own ideas are right; and that it's courteous to respect that. It's very frustrating to be told "You're wrong", especially if there's no explanation; so it's important to explain, and do it in a way that says, "I want to exchange ideas," instead of, "I want to kick your butt in this argument."
07-08-2007, 12:48 PM
Timelord Wrote:
Wilky, I have avoided this word up until now, but now I'm going to use it in relation to you and you alone.
STUPID.
STUPID.
Timelord, if you continue to insult your fellow forum members, this thread will be locked.
07-11-2007, 01:15 AM
*ignores above message*
Just an update on the petition - it now has 57 signatures. It's going along nicely and hopefully with some more publicity it will go into three figures very soon. Thanks to everyone here who signed so far!
Just an update on the petition - it now has 57 signatures. It's going along nicely and hopefully with some more publicity it will go into three figures very soon. Thanks to everyone here who signed so far!
07-15-2007, 01:03 PM
A bit soon I think - we need more signatures.
Well said, Alectrum!
Well said, Alectrum!
07-15-2007, 06:52 PM
have signed it.
07-15-2007, 06:56 PM
-would rather they found a cure for nasty people like him,than for innocent people who go about their day doing nothing wrong,being nasty to no one.
07-31-2007, 07:12 PM
Personally I don't understand why so many people are making a big deal out of this. Maybe if this guy had some sort of political or even civil power, or maybe if he even had an appreciable number of followers, but he has none of these things.
Few people take what this man says seriously, and those who do tend to be just as irational as he is. And I'd be willing to bet neither he nor his folowers have many friends.
I say this because I've seen this type of behavior many times before, and those who practice it tend not to be able to hold a friendship or a job for very long and moreover try to isolate themselves.
I'll list these behaviors
- A baseless, fanatical hatred for a certain group or institution that he has little if anything to do with.
- Using little, if anything, more than logical fallacies to prove his claims, and honestly believing they are valid.
- Rejecting any evidence contrary to his opinion as an attempt by his hated group/institution to discredit the truth.
This is the typical behavior of a paranoid schizophrenic.
Few people take what this man says seriously, and those who do tend to be just as irational as he is. And I'd be willing to bet neither he nor his folowers have many friends.
I say this because I've seen this type of behavior many times before, and those who practice it tend not to be able to hold a friendship or a job for very long and moreover try to isolate themselves.
I'll list these behaviors
- A baseless, fanatical hatred for a certain group or institution that he has little if anything to do with.
- Using little, if anything, more than logical fallacies to prove his claims, and honestly believing they are valid.
- Rejecting any evidence contrary to his opinion as an attempt by his hated group/institution to discredit the truth.
This is the typical behavior of a paranoid schizophrenic.
08-02-2007, 06:48 PM
In esponse to timelord's statements
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1. He has announced his intention to run for President - and has not withdrawn it.
So has Hulk Hogan, but I doubt either of them will win.
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2. He's a Generation Rescue "Angel" (talk about an oxymoron) and their influence over parents of young children with ASD's is far from trivial - especially those who are panicking (due to the lack of proper support for ASD's in the health system). And there are plenty of those.
Generation rescue faces almost constant criticism from numerous sources both in academia and in news. Whatever power they may have, I believe that it will wane in the near future.
And all panics subside eventually, maybe not in an individual level, but on a society level for sure.
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In other words, his influence is higher than you think. He probably doesn't have many friends (heck, he didn't even find a wife until he was past 40!) but he has plenty of allies.
Even though your diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia is probably right. I have another word for it - meglomania. And there was a man who was just like that in the mid 1920's and in a similar position to what Best is in now.
His name was Adolf Hitler.
Even though your diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia is probably right. I have another word for it - meglomania. And there was a man who was just like that in the mid 1920's and in a similar position to what Best is in now.
His name was Adolf Hitler.
I just said that was typical of the way paranoid schizophrenics thought, implying that he thought in similar ways to them. I didn't mean to imply that he had paranoid schizophrenia. And if I did... I probably should've reworded that.
If anything I'd say he's narcissistic.
The comparison to hitler is something I've seen WAY too often, and not once had it ever been valid.
John Best might have similar views but he is NOT in a similar situation nor do I think he has similar leadership, or manipulative skills.
What you've just done are two things called argumentum ad metam and argumentum ad comparo, which mean "appeal to fear" and "appeal of comparison", neither of which are valid arguments.
11-26-2007, 10:53 AM
Uh I have no idea if this has anything to do with the Joeker Timelord thing, but when I clicked on the link to the petition it didn't show up.
11-26-2007, 11:38 AM
This sounds like serious business, but I'm not sure if you are going to solve it by posting your side of the story in this thread. It reminds me of when Simen and I began fighting on AFF about "he said, she said" (except no she) about a thread in norwegian.