So hi! Could folks who are making jokes about Mark Zuckerberg please be aware that comparing him to a robot can be hurtful because
a) if he is autistic you are repeating the same tired old jokes about autistic people having no emotions just because you can't read our facial expressions, and
b) if he is not autistic then you are still doing that, and reminding autistic people of jokes people make about how we're evil/heartless - and at the same time you're comparing us to Mark Zuckerberg. Rude.
Like, okay, Data's face pasted over Zuck's face, hilarious - except that Data is a good person and a relatable character for a lot of good people out there. You're literally making Zuck look *better* by comparing him to Data? If you want to be mean to him you have to paste on the face of someone *bad*, no? Data is awesome.
And like, this one, right.
I have known so many people who stop having facial expressions when they just can't any more. To me this guy doesn't look emotionless, he looks FULL of emotion.
You're just bad at reading facial expressions, I guess. You know, that thing you say we autistic people are bad at...
@cassolotl ...why don’t pppl just...like say he’s a bad person or make fun of the shitty things he’s done rather than things about his appearance?
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@Miffy Indeed! It reminds me of when people try to discredit The Orange One by saying he's mentally ill, when that is not relevant AND it's really insulting to mentally ill people??
@Miffy Exactly!
@cassolotl I mean, some MH stuff can mean that being a president might not be a good idea true.
But it doesn’t make you a raging bigot or incompetent, it’s possible to do both those things while NT.