How’s this, I’m an Autistic woman myself, and speaking as that I assure you the vast majority of these people calling for his firing has everything to do with his behavior, not his Autism.
You put aside the fact that RMS is a man, a man whose behaviors were enabled if not condoned for decades by the institutions he worked for and or were associated with.
And while it is true that there’s ableism in some feminist circles, that doesn’t erase misogyny in men, including Autistic men, who continue to get away with awful behaviors I would be banned for, or fired from if I had an actual job.
Defending him with “but he’s Autistic” just further enforces bigotry against people with ASD, and just becomes another Boys Being Boys excuse to shut women up, and as a woman who experienced sexual harassment I do not appreciate this.
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You put aside the fact that RMS is a man, a man whose behaviors were enabled if not condoned for decades by the institutions he worked for and or were associated with.
And while it is true that there’s ableism in some feminist circles, that doesn’t erase misogyny in men, including Autistic men, who continue to get away with awful behaviors I would be banned for, or fired from if I had an actual job.
Defending him with “but he’s Autistic” just further enforces bigotry against people with ASD, and just becomes another Boys Being Boys excuse to shut women up, and as a woman who experienced sexual harassment I do not appreciate this.