who do you think?
I don’t know.
Certainly no professional/counselor would.
HOWEVER, when sexual assaults/molestation/etc happen within extended families, this may well happen more often than not. Maybe “it’s not a big deal” isn’t actually uttered, but a “let’s just avoid causing a scene/confrontation” campaign – that often spans years and years – amounts to the same, ultimately.
I had figured the same.
I think these things are downplayed often. Maybe not as much anymore, but in working with people with trauma them saying I’m always being told to move on, forget about it, don’t let it get to you is incredibly common. Now am I hearing people say that to them? No. But I hear it enough to not just dismiss it even if some of it may be in their head.
I haven’t watched the video so not 100% sure the context, but would agree that right once it happens pretty rare.
I’m not sure I really want to watch an AOC video, but probably should have before commenting at least. It’s possible you don’t know enough assholes. But I also think some people “think” the right thing to do is tell people to move on, don’t let it get to you, etc.
Of course a lot of that may depend on what the person saying they were assaulted said happened as well.
From skimming comparing rape/sexual assault to storming the capitol is stupid no doubt. We shouldn’t move on from what happened at the capitol it should be thoroughly investigated and the people that helped coordinate it need to face significant consequences. So do the politicians who fueled rhetoric with lies and attacks on democracy before, during, and after the election.
One doesn’t need to bring up sexual assault or rape to convince someone it was bad.
…totally separate block on other side of the the road!
at the minute “alexandriaocasiosmolett” is trending No1 nationwide and top 10 globally on twitter
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Biden…
Clinton, Trump, Biden
Good one, man! Surely, you don’t expect me to believe the same people that hated the way Trump victimized countless women have voted for at least two guys that have been accused(this word is a microaggression that I really detest-it is victim-blaming at its worst. All men should be presumed guilty until proven innocent) of similar. I mean, they genuinely felt concern for their daughters in a country that elected Trump President.
Fucking LOLed when I saw this thread because of the title alone. Thank you.
Haven’t read the thread yet.
I don’t think she’s mentally challenged, just naïve and ignorant on issues pertaining to politics and world affairs but seems to be too lazy to educate herself. And she’s pretty good at lying and emotionally manipulating people. I think she’s in the wrong profession. She should be in advertising.
In fact, I was predicting she would have quit politics by now after gaining so much exposure and joined a large advertising firm but I was wrong. Maybe she’s just a dumbass who likes the attention.
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I think she is a true believer, given to demagoguery
She has lashed out at friend and foe.
That said, l don`t equate being manipulative or ruthless to being intelligent They are simply willing to work outside of norms of behavior that most people operate.
I don’t think she’s intelligent LOL. No way in hell would I ever assert that hahahaha. She’s just not mentally challenged.
I told my wife about this thread and that AOC appears mentally challenged every time she tries to demonstrate cognitive activity.
Just a little levity, before someone gets to explaining ‘mentally challenged’.
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She does. YouTube’s algorithm gives me lots of interesting videos:
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In this newfound spirit of iconoclasm I want to see AOC get big enough to be torn down.
Last year was turtle straws. This year it’s AOC and crayons.
Another progressive princess,Greta Thunburg( already confirmed mentally challenged) trending now also
.-Trying to intefere and lecture Indians on their farmers protest. Not knowledgable on the dispute on farm law but agriculture in India affects directly or indirectly 600 million peopleas a primary source of income
. So either side taken the amount of people she’s pissed of is …'quite a few’
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Does having high functioning autism infer one to be mentally challenged?
My topical understanding is that previously the government set and guaranteed prices for agricultural goods in India, basically subsidizing and guaranteeing a steady income for those involved. Now, they want the open market to have more of a hand in setting prices and “farmers” think that will destroy prices and not let them earn a living anymore.
Its a really hot, divisive issue in India right now apparently. i would assume that Greta, being from a socialist democracy, supports the farmers and the government pricing, but maybe not?
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*imply (pet peeve is mixing up imply vs infer)
Id argue that the high functioning autistic are emotionally challenged, not intellectually challenged typically. Id also argue that a much larger percentage of people (than is PC to admit) are intellectually challenged. And as with any condition that has a “spectrum”, where one falls on the spectrum likely dictates how much of a “challenge” there truly is.
We all have areas (psychologically) where we are better than others- its just how far from the mean we are in the our bad areas, and how challenging those area make out lives. One of the partners at my wife’s law firm is for sure on the spectrum, but is probably the top attorney in the USA for his niche… however he ditches his mailorder russian bride and 2 children for months at a time to surf in Costa Rica, and is hilariously incapable of reading social situations or offering emotional support to his employees (i find that funny and almost refreshing because its super easy to read him and what you see is EXACTLY what you get with him, no guessing required haha).
So, IMO, no being a high functioning person with autism shouldn’t imply mentally challenged.
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An incredibly small amount of highly intelligent people have contributed to almost all of human progress in regards to math, science, tech, philosophy, etc.
Intelligence in people follows a normal distribution. At some point we drew a vertical line at 70 IQ points and said below that was mentally challenged. Average is 100 IQ, and standard deviation is 15. So if you are at or past two standard deviations to the left of the center, you are mentally challenged. By the math, 95% of people fall between -2 / +2 standard deviations. Half of 100-95, could give you the percent of people left of 70, which is 2.5%. So by that logic, we could say about 2.5% of people are mentally challenged.
I think it would be reasonable to draw the line at 85 (I think most people left of 85 would have difficulty in many jobs, and would be limited in college on what majors they could accomplish), or one standard deviation to the left of center. Then you would have half of 100-68 of people mentally challenged. That would be 16%.
I think you are proposing that we move the vertical line, right?
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