"Sometimes people use “respect” to mean “treating someone like a person” and sometimes they use “respect” to mean “treating someone like an authority”

and sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say “if you won’t respect me I won’t respect you” and they mean “if you won’t treat me like an authority I won’t treat you like a person”

and they think they’re being fair but they aren’t, and it’s not okay."

-a 15yo autistic girl experiencing ABA therapy

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    • intensely_human@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      In a conservative and nothing about this sounds appealing to me.

      Do you know any conservatives in real life or do you just have a notion of who they are from memes?

      • Mnemnosyne@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        8 months ago

        I see three possibilities:

        One, you have a different definition of conservative than what is currently the general definition of that label in the US.

        Two, you’re lying.

        Three, you’re in a country other than the United States and therefore ‘conservative’ doesn’t mean the same thing in general to you.

        Quick test: if you agree with or vote for any US Republican politician, you’re just lying. In any other case, there may be a misunderstanding.

      • rockSlayer@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        I know conservatives that believe this would be a good idea. I grew up with my parents arguing with family about taking me to ABA, but thankfully my parents had sense and didn’t. All of the family members that thought it would be a good idea are very conservative.

      • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        8 months ago

        you know how liberals fall anywhere from “regulations are good to” to “i think communism should be our mode of function”

        Similar thing with conservatives. You can thank politics for lumping you in with the crazies.

      • Diplomjodler@feddit.de
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        8 months ago

        Well, I know the policies they’ve been advocating for. You know like, taking away women’s bodily autonomy. Denying them reproductive healthcare. Taking away the rights and dehumanising anybody who doesn’t conform to their very narrow (and utterly unscientific) ideas of gender identity. Making healthcare unaffordable to the point where live expectancy in the richest country on earth is falling. Letting any idiot buy an assault rifle, leading to countless deaths and a population living in fear. An inhumane and deeply racist prison system. Letting police get away with open blatant murder. I could go on. So pardon me if I think that a “conservative” is a person who simply likes to make other people suffer.