• whatup [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    Being a misanthrope is a bad thing now?

    I dont think it’s a progressive mindset personally. I assume most people on here are against capitalism because they care about people and their well-being and believe that humanity is worth saving in spite of its flaws.

    I don’t think being autistic automatically makes someone a misanthrope. Yeah, it’s harder to process social cues, but at the same time I don’t want to believe that I’d chose the lives of my gerbilles over a human if my apartment caught fire or whatever.

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      8 months ago

      I also don’t think being autistic makes you a misanthrope, in fact, I think that is a harmful stereotype. Autistic extroverts exist. I’m autistic myself.

      But people rejected by society and forced into solitude due to their noncomformative behavior exist (some of them are autistic) and I understand why these guys would rather not socialise or have anything to do with humans