But the problem is that these people impose their subjective preference for pleasure-seeking onto suicidals. They strip us of our human rights and lock us away, for something that ultimately boils down to a difference of opinion. They think that the preference of the majority dictates what should be objective truth. Everyone that deviates from this supposed true view of reality is considered to be malfunctioning, defective. They just cannot accept that some people value different things.
You are correct - herd mentality. When a belief becomes popular enough it is viewed as an unofficial fact. This is partly how social rules and cultures are formed, and how taboos are decided. It can be for the better or for the worse depending on how "good" those beliefs are.
Though having said this, an opinion is still an opinion irrespective of how many individuals believe in it.
Complex problems take years and years, and maybe never to heal. Normies like to combine both simple and complex issues under one umbrella and use the same treatments, then get frustrated when it doesn't work and then blame us because we're not trying hard enough. An example of what normies think of some of us straight from FT26:
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They don't bother to understand or understand the complexities of our condition. Nope it's WHOOP-DEE FUCKIN DOOOOOOO!
The user who posted this comment has made a false comparison. Yes it may be true that autism does not outright kill you in the same way heart failure does, but it still has very harmful effects that can lead to health damage and even death. Individuals with autism have difficulty forming bonds and creating relationships with other humans, and they can also struggle with day-to-day tasks. This can make trying to live, depending on the severity of the autism, very stressful. Unfortunately in some cases life itself becomes too overwhelming for the autistic person, and they commit suicide.
Kerry has said that you should try dealing with an illness such as cancer, because this will apparently make you want to survive more. However not everybody does or can survive from diseases such as cancer, in fact in some instances the sufferers do not
want to survive. But why? Because the quality of life of a person can be greatly affected by a life-threatening but survivable illness, so much to the point that any pain or discomfort outweighs being alive. As an example: imagine a person who has been in a coma for many years and will never come out of it; yes they are alive - they are breathing and their body is (mostly) functioning properly, and the coma will not actually kill them. At the same time, though, being in the coma prevents this person from doing anything or enjoying whatever gives them pleasure; this person is alive, but they are not living - this is the important difference. It is this difference that should be taken into consideration when deciding if life is worth living; not if a health issue or condition causes death. This is the reason why autism can be just as serious as cancer, but in its own way.
Kerry has dismissed the claim about having your brain wired improperly as being trivial, but "she" also says that if you help others it will make you feel better and, presumably, will prevent you from pitying yourself. I am not accusing you of self-pitying myself, and I tend to dislike that term, but it comes across as if Kerry is implying that. This will likely not help though; an autistic person cannot simply feel better about themselves any more than a person with a mood disorder can "just snap out of it". This is wishful thinking. Given that the group who Kerry belongs to claims to care about suicidal individuals, and those suffering from mental health issues, you would think that she would follow their supposed values of trying to be caring. Actually, no, correction: everyone should try to be like this anyway, but the point against the user who made that comment still stands.
The bottom line is this: suffering is
not a competition. We are all capable of experiencing pain. It does not matter if you are from a poorer and developing country, or from a more wealthier part of the planet - you will bleed the same. If you see another human being who is hurting in some way then just help them out, if possible. That is all there is to it.
Judging whether or not someone is worthy of empathy based on what medical issue they face breeds apathy to those who do not hit the arbitrary line, and only helps to fuel the suffering that is present in the world.
