#if i used incorrect terminology here please lmk

[2weevils]

i know people often don’t mean harm when they do things like this, but saying “not all autistic people are intellectually disabled / unintelligent” is a TERRIBLE and super ableist take! it’s perpetuating the idea that intelligence is linked to worth.

intellectually disabled autistics and autistics who would be considered unintelligent are just as deserving of love and respect as anyone else. their perspective and voices deserve to be heard, and they are important and valued members of our community. to believe anything otherwise is ableist and wrong.

[pirates-and-posies]

People in this fandom always act all high and mighty when it comes to "calling out American-centrism". Especially Western Europeans, who know nothing about Americans or their issues but act like they do and how they are so desperately struggling in an "American world."

You're not. Especially considering how you say that and then push your shit onto everyone else. You push your issues onto POC trying to speak up, you advocate only for your own and always ignore actual problems this fandom has with its microaggressions and subtle racism.

Obviously not every Western European is like this, there are ones out here who are respectable everyday human beings. I am not speaking about them. The little bit of you however need to grow up and maybe step outside or do some research for a change.

I know how American-centric this fandom can get, because I myself have seen it as an American. I've seen people I know who are also American be ignorant. Some of the shit y'all are accusing it to be is nowehere near American-centric either lmao. This sounds biased since I'm American, but I can assure you I've seen it enough to know what it is. Not all of us are purposefully ignorant. It's never unheard of, especially with our lovely education system, but education is always key, and it has worked 95% of the time. It is not that hard to say "hey, this is incorrect!" or "hey, this can be taken the wrong way!" instead of calling them out and making the situation escalate. At this point I've realized it's not even for educating them, it's for drama and fake wokeness, especially when they go to other Europeans of that ethnicity in the first place to gain knowledge and know what to do/where to look.

Just please understand It's genuinely confusing and hurting when y'all do this, then turn two faced and ignore your own problems in your country and sit high and mighty while others suffer. Where was this energy when racism and ethnic cleansing became such a largely known thing in Europe? Where was this energy when France banned hijabs and other facial coverings for Muslim women? When Spain's POC became notably homeless by the hundreds more? I sure as hell wouldn't know about these issues, because I'm just an American, right? Practice what you preach, or don't speak at all.

(Where did this term even come from? Is it even an official word/terminology or what? This is the first I've seen it being used so heavily, please lmk.)

To the Europeans and Americans who actually do your research and try to get as much information as you can about sensitive topics while also advocating for these issues, you put in more work than most of this fandom, and for that you are valid. Just keep pushing through whatever the fuck these messes are.