02-21-2017, 12:31 AM
(02-21-2017, 12:04 AM)Craig Wrote:(02-20-2017, 08:25 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: Yup. In my case I know where to put the blame, and it wasn't on women. It was a b--- known now as Asperger's syndrome... well, excuse me, for I don't want to insult female dogs, which can be wonderful companions... would have expected any woman to become a feminist if she married me even if she were from an anti-feminist culture.
By 1975 male chauvinism was for primitive types who liked their wives submissive.
Wait...you were dating a woman with Asperger's? Or are you saying YOU have Asperger's? Because I never would have guessed... -Craig
I have Asperger's. Nobody told me when I could have made adjustments and gotten to enjoy a reasonably-happy and productive adulthood. I had poor eye contact, little sense of humor, and rigidity in my way of thought. Potential employers thought that because of my poor eye contact I was shifty and dishonest. (Never mind that I tell anyone, dishonesty is for schmucks). Comedy and fiction had to be really good for me to appreciate them. Not until I was 60 was I diagnosed with it. People that I have known for years agreed with the diagnosis. I had to live a lie almost my entire adult life... and I am not a good liar.
A therapist who dealt with me after I said some regrettable things -- suggesting that I wish I had never been born, that I didn't get to live to that point, and even suggesting how I might put an end to my life -- figured that it was Asperger's in thirty minutes.
Maybe I could write a novel titled My Other Life , telling how different my life would be had I gotten a diagnosis of Asperger's and gotten to act accordingly. Asperger's can have physical manifestations such as poor hand-eye coordination, little upper-body strength, and monotonous speech. Getting away with it? That's the ticket.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.