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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Feeling politically adrift, lately |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: 23 Jan 2023, 9:04 am
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Replies: 49
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| What all of this proves is that if you have met one autistic person you have met one autistic person, if you have met one queer person, you have met one queer person etc. Like the OP most people become less progressive/more conservative as they age. Mine has been the opposite. In my teen and young a... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Saudi Arabia’s very rapid social change |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: 23 Jan 2023, 8:30 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 465
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naturalplastic wrote: So...this new crowned prince is...a bastard who murders journalists with hacksaws, but...makes all of these great reforms too?
That is it. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Damar Hamlin attends first game since collapse |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2023, 10:43 pm
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Replies: 0
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| CBS Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin attended Sunday's playoff game against the Cincinnati Bengals, his first game since he collapsed on the field earlier this month. The Bills posted a video on Twitter of Hamlin donning sunglasses, a hoodie and a puffer jacket as he was driven by security to the ... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Shreveport, Louisiana residential mass shooting |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2023, 10:35 pm
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Replies: 2
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| 5 adults, 3 children shot in Shreveport residence Eight people — five adults and three children — in a Shreveport residence were shot Sunday afternoon. Four are in critical condition. Those include a 3-year-old boy who was shot in his chest and a woman who was shot in the eye. Two other adults also... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Nightclub mass shooting |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2023, 10:27 pm
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| A dozen people are wounded in an early morning Louisiana nightclub shooting Gunfire erupted inside a Louisiana night club early Sunday, wounding 12 people in yet another U.S. mass shooting, authorities said. The bloodshed at Dior Bar & Lounge in Baton Rouge unfolded at about 1:36 a.m. CT, polic... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: LA mass shooting suspect kills 10 near Lunar New Year fest |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2023, 10:20 pm
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Replies: 14
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| Monterey Park mass shooting: Suspected gunman identified, confirmed dead by LASD The suspect in a shooting in Monterey Park, California, that left 10 dead and another 10 wounded has died, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said Sunday. The suspect, identified as 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, died o... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Life for Israelis with disabilities is a well-kept secret |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2023, 12:55 pm
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| Jewish News Syndicate Much has been written about the new Israeli government’s proposed changes to Israel’s immigration laws. This principally concerns the Law of Return, which grants Israeli citizenship to anyone with one Jewish grandparent. But less attention has been given to another change in a... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Casual use of diagnostic conditions |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2023, 11:14 am
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| I Don’t Mind if You Say You Have ‘a Little OCD’ - Maia Szalavitz for the New York Times Maia Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer and the author, most recently, of “Undoing Drugs: How Harm Reduction Is Changing the Future of Drugs and Addiction.” It’s become common for people to use diagnos... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: 1 Dead, Trooper shot - Atlanta area envirnmental protest |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2023, 10:59 am
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Replies: 1
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| Downtown Atlanta protest turns into riot, six arrested, police say What started as a peaceful protest against the death of a Georgia-based activist took a violent turn in downtown Atlanta Saturday evening when people began throwing bricks at buildings and setting fire to police vehicles. In a joint... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: LA mass shooting suspect kills 10 near Lunar New Year fest |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2023, 10:44 am
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| AP A gunman killed 10 people and wounded 10 others at a Los Angeles-area ballroom dance club following a Lunar New Year celebration, setting off a manhunt for the suspect in the fifth mass killing in the U.S. this month. Capt. Andrew Meyer of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department said Sunday that th... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Nancy Pelosi’s husband hospitalized after assault at home |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2023, 10:36 am
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Replies: 150
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| EXORCISM IN SF TOWNHOUSE Nancy Pelosi tried to excommunicate evil spirits from her San Francisco townhouse after the vicious attack on her husband in October. The former House Speaker and her daughter, Alexandra, sat down with the New York Times and made a stunning admission about holding their own... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have YOU been accused of microaggressions?? |
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Posted: 21 Jan 2023, 11:18 pm
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Replies: 145
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Dengashinobi wrote: ASPartOfMe wrote: Dengashinobi wrote: ASPartOfMe wrote: I would call it insensitivity. Why? Because it is being insensitive to the other person. Sorry ASPartOfMe, now I got it. There was a glitch in my logic there.  Better late than never.
Always better late than ever and I have more than a few glitches in my logic.  |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Classified documents found in Biden’s old office |
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Posted: 21 Jan 2023, 10:19 pm
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Replies: 132
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| Politics Justice Department investigators find 6 more documents marked classified in search of Biden's Delaware home, attorney say The Justice Department has searched President Biden's home in Delaware and located six documents containing classification markings and also took possession of some of ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have YOU been accused of microaggressions?? |
| ASPartOfMe |
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Posted: 21 Jan 2023, 12:01 pm
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Replies: 145
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| I think the original point of this thread was perceived microaggressions against one's peers, i.e. saying things that to the autistic person seem like straightforward comments or observations, but are seen by the NT "target" as a disingenuous way to humiliate or get back at them in paymen... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have YOU been accused of microaggressions?? |
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Posted: 21 Jan 2023, 11:39 am
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Replies: 145
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Dengashinobi wrote: ASPartOfMe wrote: I would call it insensitivity. Why?
Because it is being insensitive to the other person. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have YOU been accused of microaggressions?? |
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Posted: 21 Jan 2023, 10:08 am
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Replies: 145
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| I mean, how is it possible that my female friends not only don't mind, but they also use the term "whore" a lot, while this two girls find it offensive. They are all women, but they have different attitudes towards the word. Doesn't sound like a universal offence towards that group (women... |
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