Right, but my point here is not whether or not it's a choice, my point is that people are telling me that harm is being done, but I consider that harm to be a necessary aspect of my self expression. I've gone public in other spheres about my leaving the faith and similarly got-
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This is an argument I"ve been seeing pop up in response to me on twitter lately - "Don't even ask that question, X group views the discussion as harmful." And then members of X group who disagree with them are completely ignored. The conclusion is assumed as a starting condition.
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This also is circling around a larger point or value I hold - that suppressing discussion, or limiting voices who are allowed into a discussion, as a general rule, is a dangerous and exclusionary thing to do.
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I agree you shouldn’t assume! And ultimately there never is one right answer- as you are right there are some autistic people who disagree, but personally I don’t think that negates the experience of those of us who do feel that way
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