This is one of those times when the realist comes out of
me, I am an Aspie, let’s face it, I am an “Alien to the Ignorant” <-- we’ll
come back to that later.
I want to offer a perspective within perspectives in the
following scenarios to address how easy society is to be intrinsically
enveloped into habitual behaviours that even the persons within said society
can’t answer as to why they behave in this manner which creates a huge barrier
to acceptance, originality or perspective.
So, here are three scenarios of which within only two
words will reverse the entire outlook of the moment...
Scenario 1
Think of your best friend, male or female, they’re going
to be accosted, attacked, kidnapped and subject to unbelievable physical torture,
experimentation and then they are going to be sexually interfered with and
possibly raped. To that end they will be subject to drug abuse to paralyse and
cause psychedelic confusion if not complete memory loss. Your friend calls you
in total distress, they are having nightmares, flash backs and have scars they
can’t explain; but you just laughed at them, I mean come on, isn’t this just
utterly hilarious, their pain, their torture, their suffering is so profoundly
funny because this is a scenario of, (two words), alien abduction – suddenly
kidnap, torture and rape is funny!
Scenario 2
Their child is on life support and on the brink of death,
this virus is invasive and caused a horrific rash and multiple organ failures
throughout the body as doctors take his/her temperature, open up manuals and
try in utter desperation as the virus pervades into the spinal column and
eventually the brain causing almost certain death if not irreversible brain
damage from the measles pathogen that has overcome his/her tiny body but hey,
the parents are so relieved, so absolute in their decisions to let their little
one go through this as god forbid, autism could have been the risk, as after
all they were (two words) anti-vaxxers!
Scenario 3
“Phew!” Thought the equal opportunities employer, he
cracks his/her knuckles and leans back in his/her leather executive office
chair, the last candidate is long since gone and by word he/she would have been
perfect for the job, dedicated, loyal, well researched and qualified, several
years experience and with the outside of the box thinking the company was
looking for; I mean come one, the boss could never have employed such a person,
never in a million years, come on, they admitted to having, (two words)
Asperger Syndrome!
Now whether or not one’s eyes are rolling at the sincere
inference of the above being some left wing lecture in equality and acceptance
remains a debate only you can solve, but the point to all the above is simply
this...
That Neurotypical herd mentality has a unique self
defeating contradictory behavioural trait, where within you champion the one
who says “fuck the establishment” you congratulate the one who speaks of
uniqueness, you hold in mental high regard the one who speaks of equality and
you worship the idealism the thought of individualism...
But yet, god forbid I, as an Aspie, be the individual you
claim to adore because the raw truth remains, that you are terrified of the
very thing you pretend to respect the most.
The moment you are presented with the absolute exterior
perspective, behaviour or conditioning outside of what you understand then
immediate ridicule, bullying and destruction ensues in whatever format that may
be fathomed.
Is it little wonder so many Autistics and Aspergians are
bullied at school, fail at job interviews and seldom make close friends? Before
one can embrace equality one must rid themselves of all interior perspectives
to a complete inner absolution of neutrality, only then can you truly practice
what you preach and only then can the thinker external of the box be seen for
the qualities that they possess.
We the Autistics and Aspergians are not the failure, you
are, via your Neurotypical herd mentality autonomous denialism!
Only in recent days, a group of football hooligans
rejected a black man from entering the train and started singing,
“We’re racist, we’re racist and that’s the way we like
it!”
Now, I watched that video on Sky News (yes I am well
aware of the inaccuracy for the validity of news stories from Sky News) the
train load of yobs were singing along and when I saw their faces the grey
matter most certainly was not active as they barrr, barrrr, barrrr, like a bunch of sheep in a pen where they
belong; BUT don’t forget the back guy – he was noticed when on camera he became
a victim of injustice, prejudice and racism.
We, the Aspies, are invisible from your perspectives, so
the next time someone seems to speak clichés as if they are true, the one who
talks with an external perspective, the one who seems to have the answers
correct but spoken in a manner that is
not instantly cordial to the common normality well, you may just have an Aspie
on your hands, which means with just a little understand could be the best
implementation to your company, cause or function.
Now tell me, do you truly worship individuality? Stop
fearing the individual and embrace what you preach!
Now, I mentioned “Alien to the Ignorant” <--- Back at
the top!!
It was a title to a poem my partner of some five and a
half years post date of this blog has been with me, it hasn’t been easy, there’s
been plenty of ups and downs but no divorce, but Denise “Little Pixie” Ryan, an
award winning poet wrote a poem especially for me and it is as follows...
Alien to the
Ignorant
You are the furthest star
opulent in the universe -
no spaceship could ever
possibly reach,
but I succeeded in the journey
because
I believe in what you teach.
Love, soaked in purity,
integrity in your persuasion
require not physics or
mathematical equations.
A galaxy on earth, such
human endeavour
emotionally formed, poetically
clever.
Neither space nor time, just
this moment forever.
My cosmic soul – an
astronomers treasure.
By Denise Ryan
If Denise can get it right, what the hell is your excuse?
Thank you for reading.
VisionGhost
