Is this comparable to how we are treated by NTs?

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18 Jan 2024, 12:46 pm

Today round my local pond I saw a rare black swan near a group of white swans. The white swans either ignored it or were outright hostile.

Is this comparable in a way to how autistics are treated by neuroptypicals?



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18 Jan 2024, 1:39 pm

It sounds like how White humans in some quarters treat Black humans.

My girl cousin is a horse raiser and says that horses, which are very visually stimulated/spooked, animals will sometimes be hostile to a "horse of a different color".



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18 Jan 2024, 1:42 pm

No it isn't. I don't believe that NT's treat Autistics this way.

More than likely it is just part of the human condition called ego. Bullies and narcissists all have huge egos and prey on easy to victimise people, it just so happens that Autistics are especially vulnerable to these types of unconscious treatments and manipulations (Myself included).

People just do what they do, any human can be mean and cruel, and not just to Autistics. I believe people simply act according to their level of consciousness.


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18 Jan 2024, 11:14 pm

No. It's comparable to the way that racist people act.


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19 Jan 2024, 9:57 pm

I think people and even animals are predisposed to ignore and shun those that are different, so its true.



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19 Jan 2024, 10:41 pm

CockneyRebel wrote:
No. It's comparable to the way that racist people act.

Yes. Personally,I think NTs are more confused and annoyed by aspects of it. At least until they learn more.



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21 Jan 2024, 3:16 am

No, it's racism -- or "breedism", in this case.

Same species + different colors = Hostility or Indifference


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21 Jan 2024, 3:55 am

People tend to fear that of which is different.