Here is a link to my posts about being autistic, with many replies telling their own stroies. catcatnya.com/@RosethornRangerTTV/tagged/actuallyautistic

@Lady-V

7 ай бұрын

I tried to click on your link, but all I'm getting is an about:blank page before the connection times out

@RosethornRanger

7 ай бұрын

let me take a look

@RosethornRanger

7 ай бұрын

the instance of mastodon seems to be down, it should work later

@Lady-V

7 ай бұрын

@@RosethornRangerAlright then I'll try again later then; thanks for letting me know

@RosethornRanger

7 ай бұрын

@@Lady-V looks like it is back now

Fascinating. Would that mean that being "apolitical" means that someone is little better than an enabler for the prevailing political current in whatever country they happen to live in? Take the current situation in the United States as an example - if a person defines themselves to be "apolitical" in a time when the Religious Right is on the rise, then that means they are part of the problem and will likely be one of the first to complain if the Christian Nationalists backing a certain candidate get power on a national scale and take actions that affect them. Where would being "apolitical" get anyone then?

So true. That's what I'm telling all of my new friends. Even if you're 'not interested in politics', politics shape the society you're a part of. Moreover, people with power benefit directly from one's complacency and ignorance. Btw, learned that I'm autistic pretty recently, as an adult. Still figuring out what to do with it.

@RosethornRanger

7 ай бұрын

realizing you are autistic can definitely change your perspective on a lot of things. Feel free to reach out if ya need someone to talk to about it

@Eddison33

7 ай бұрын

@@RosethornRanger Do you mean like talk via Discord or something?

@RosethornRanger

7 ай бұрын

@@Eddison33 i do have a discord server linked in the linktree in the description, but just about anywhere really. Can talk here in comments if you want

@Eddison33

7 ай бұрын

@@RosethornRanger It's personal, so, I'd prefer voice. I joined

@sithdoestat4432

7 ай бұрын

@@Eddison33 i'm also on there if you need to talk in a vc

im..new here so to speak, and i understand the argument, but i guess my question is what about people who are outside the situation, immigrants and such, who have, at that moment, not directly/ indirectly benefitted or lost due to the system?

@RosethornRanger

7 ай бұрын

many countries straight up bar me from immigration because I am autistic. New Zealand for example. On top of that it costs money. On top of all of that, capitalism doesn't stop at boarders. there are no people who are not impacted by the social systems we live in. Climate change is another example of that

@Fenrir_Firestar

7 ай бұрын

@@RosethornRanger I see... So by virtue of living on planet earth your affected by the systems of capitalism and the effects that it has the planet globally? i think i understand, thanks for the clarification.

@RosethornRanger

6 ай бұрын

@@katzlover321 to immigrate specifically, and yeah, they do not allow autistic people to do so by law last i checked

I did think it was pretty fishy to call oneself Apolitical in the current climate more than ever right now. It just feels like ignorance the more and more aware I make myself of what’s going on.

You need to be quite privileged to think you're "apolitical".

Not sure why youtube sent me here, but I enjoyed your take. Have a nice day.

this is a great series

"Black Lives Matter." ~ Hatsune Miku

I agree. I also hate it when people say a certain media or art isn't political or wasn't political in the past. The purpose of art is to send a message. Being media illiterate doesn't mean the political messages of the piece don't exist. For example, comic fans being upset that comics are woke now when the X-Men was always meant as an analogy of the Civil Rights and Gay Rights movements of the time.

Apolitical just means spineless grifter

People who complain about other people being "political" are really just saying "I have no negative opinion on anything that doesn't effect me specifically but if you dislike something that benefits me specifically (or negatively effects people I hate), I'll encourage people to boycott you & harass you while accusing *you* of cancel culture."

@pageturner2958

5 ай бұрын

Saying something is "too political" and "forcing it onto others" immediately shows your hypocrisy. If you are mad at a person being political, then you need to understand centrism is a political view as well (although I doubt the people who make this argument are centrists, I am making the point for people who don't want to be labelled as a bigot even if they are) If your views on politics is that they shouldn't be overtly shown, then constantly calling people out when they don't follow this IS forcing your political views onto someone else. And that is just the hypocrisy if we assume this hypothetical person identifies as centre. Even more obvious if they are openly right leaning

“Don’t say that he’s hypocritical / say rather that he’s apolitical / ‘once the rockets are up / who cares where they come down? / that’s not my department,’ / says Werner Von Braun.” -Tom Lehrer

Objectively true.