• Anuttara@leminal.space
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    3 hours ago

    omg thank u!!!

    i was bullied for being “evil witch” when i was in school cuz i was autist and there was the meme that autists “can’t feel empathy”. i was like… watching cartoons and saw the “bad guys” and i thought i wasn’t like them… but then at school they told me i was?? it was awful

    thank u for saying this

    • SenK@lemmy.caOP
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      3 hours ago

      Yeah I have read on empathy and mental health issues. Good vs. Evil aside, it’s a terrible and ableist lens to view people through. Sorry you had to go through that.