• Kichae@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    The fact that they’re both spectrums is exactly the point, and why it’s a good example. Notice how the character on the right immediately and firmly deny being at all gay, even though sexuality is a spectrum.

    “Gay” and “autistic” are both social constructs layered over top of a spectrum of fluid differences and preferences from plastic brains. Yet the “we’re all a little bit” folks have no issue using that underlying spectrum to invalidate the needs of groups who need them to behave differently while vehemently denying the fuzzy nature of other other spectra that would logically necessitate giving respect to people they don’t want to humanize.

    Classes higher up the social hegemony ladder are choosing how they view the fuzzy nature of human behaviour and needs so they can wield it as a weapon.