As Niall pointed out recently, there are some negative things said about NTs on this forum. In many cases, I'm sure the people who do it don't realize they're doing it, so I'm not trying to condemn anyone. But, making these statements doesn't make us any better than the people we're complaining about.

Please, when you have anything to say about NTs, pay attention to what you're saying. Think about what we would think if someone were to say that about autistics. If you want to rant about specific occurrences, that's fine, but try not to generalize.

If you see a post in which someone is spreading negative generalizations about NTs, speak up, but do so politely, without condemning the person who said it. I hope that by doing this, we can put an end to these kinds of negative generalizations.

That has always been the policy here

Thanks for bringing it back up

Duckfetishgirl suggested that someone start a thread on the subject. I figured, since it hadn't been done, I should go ahead.

good idea

lots of newer members dont know of the policy

This post was last modified: 02-01-2012 04:50 AM by skyblue1 .

Yay!

Finally

i'm glad someone finally listened to me about something, i was beginning to think everyone just thought i was mental

Can this thread be stickied?

What's wrong with generalising about stupid NT's?

Smiley...

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I saw a thread recently with a title about anooying NT's- I was all ready to say something - like this thread suggests, but then I saw that it was a rant - and the first dozen posts were realistic (in my opinion) and trying to help mellow the anger/frustration of the poster. (It was obvious that the traits being given were traits ANYONE could have)

I did not revisit the thread after that... hope it didn't go badly.

generalizing is generally not going to be too valid - but people do it - we all do it.  (Nt or not)

if I am not mistaken, policy is its OK to rant about an incident with " normal " folks. It is not OK to go on and on about it.

Elitism is verboten though

It's okay to talk about people and rant about things people do. But don't rant about Nt's aspies, blacks, Jews, Muslims, etc. if I were to have a conflict with a black person, I am not going to come on here and say "black people are so stupid." Instead it be "Some people are so stupid" and rant about the incident but not say black people this black people that. Same thing about NTs.

If someone posted "Annoying things people do" that would have been okay.

I try not to.

I try never to bash anyone (except humans who oppose alien conquest).  My question is, "To what extent should we avoid talking about obvious issues?"  

NT is a broad category.  It probably does not really exist since it is really defined as being "non-autistic" rather than as a category in its own right.  I would never bash someone simply because they are not part of a group.  But, are there not legitimate issues about inclusion or the lack thereof that need to be discussed here?

Oh yes, and there are many threads about this over the years.  Feel free to start anew.

LOL - I would say: define alien.  For all I know there is an alien in my house (tangent from other thread on "people who belive silly things")  Have you visited that thread yet? It was originated by Gareth.