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  • Coricus@lemmy.worldtoAutism@lemmy.world•The Antinatalism subreddit basically promoting eugenics against autistic peopleEnglish
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    3 years ago

    “Remind me when we’re not going be in a system which refuses to treat X properly” is honestly, uh. Your other arguments are honestly strongly tied to neurodivergency being a spectrum and thus outside of my personal experience to speak on one way or another, but I just can’t abide by this one. The system is fundamentally stacked against women and the LGBTQ+ community as well. Should people stop having girls as children, as some countries have actively attempted for cultural reasons? Should people continue searching for “the gay gene” as they have historically in order to eliminate homosexuality? Should one want to bring an “innocent kid” into existence fearing walking alone at night, or fearing being beaten to death if they visit the wrong place? Oppression is NOT an argument against the existence of a group, regardless of all else. And said oppression is the exact reason why eugenics is coming to mind for people in the first place. Because this line of logic basically posits that if it’s harder to live as a minority, one should simply get rid of minorities entirely.

    I’m sure plenty of people would be happier if they were born straight or white as well. But how much of that is inherent, and how much of that is a product of the system? Even if you consider neurodivergency to be actively disabling, being blind is a disability and many blind people still find joy and pride in their existence, even to the point of spurning the idea of a cure.

    And heck, I’m clinically depressed. Without active medication, it can be very easy to slip into the idea that it’d hurt a lot less if I simply wasn’t here. That because of my neurodivergency among other issues, I can never accomplish anything. Sometimes even with medication, I still feel that way. But somehow, posts like this actually steel my resolve to fight that. Because your argument basically pointed out that at least some of the voices telling every neurodivergent person that they’re a failure aren’t ours. And however seemingly futile the action is, that means there’s something to rebel against. And there’s nothing like existing as an act of spite to help keep one going, at least a little.