Friday, October 20, 2017

What would you do without us?

A thought exercise for neurotypical people...

Imagine all neurodivergent people... are no more. Imagine we're "cured," or genetically screened out, or murdered, or transported en masse to a moon colony... the specific methods don't matter, and frankly, I know most of you don't much care how you get rid of us anyway. What words would you use to describe people and things you hate? People would still make decisions you think are terrible. What would you call them?
The opposite of your end of the political spectrum (or is it more of a political mobius strip?) would still exist. How would you criticize them? Every social problem including violence, war, poverty, bigotry, racism, pollution, infectious diseases, and abuse would exist. What language would you use to try to identify and solve them? Admit it... you need us. To be your scapegoat, your metaphor, your go-to insult, your explanation for why the world isn't the way it should be. If we didn't exist, you'd have to invent us.

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