• Stamets [Mirror]@startrek.websiteOP
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    Yeah, can’t say I’m a big fan of insulting an entire fan base to put a single dig towards a character. Don’t like Troi? Fine. But insulting all Trek fans and insulting autistic people just to indirectly insult her? That’s some really gross behavior.

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      The entire concept of the podcast is shitting on everything and the listeners are well aware of that. No one is forced to listen to it. Ironically the guy who said it is most likely autistic and a closeted star trek fan. I’m autistic as well and I don’t see an issue with making fun of it. It makes me feel more included than unnecessarily patronizing behavior.

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        the listeners are well aware of that.

        Of which I am not one. Hopefully you can understand my concern there. If the dudes whole thing is shock comedy and insulting stuff, that’s fine. I have no issue with that. However I have literally never heard of the podcast so I just took it at face value. My apologies for the confusion there. Had I known (on me for not googling) I wouldn’t have responded that way. Again, my apologies.

        I’m autistic as well

        Brothers in neurodivergence.

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      I just want to point out that it was you who took “autistic” as an insult, when there was no such negative connotation in the original comment.

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        I did not take “autistic” as an insult. I took “This entire group is so autistic they don’t understand emotions” as an insult. Probably has something due to the fact that people have used autistic as an insult quite a bit. That and I have literally never heard someone say "this entire group is so autistic they " and it be anything other than an insult.