Terry was autistic as fuck and I can forgive him a failure to spot a monster (who had already snowed, apparently, the entire British intelligentsia). It was one book and he never defended Gaiman again, so I’m willing to look past this one.
I know a murderer. Nobody in our friend group clocked him, and most of us aren’t autistic. This guy was smart and funny, we really liked him. We only found out what he was like when his wife told us about his odd behaviour.
Anyway, I won’t go into detail, it’s quite a distinct case and he’s dead now.
autistic people (I am one) suck at social cues. We’re very weak on that level of thinking. It’s kinda what autism is. So I cut autistic people a lot of slack for fucking up social awareness. Neurotypicals should have been able to spot him as a predator long before autistic people would catch it. Hence the extra slack I cut Terry. He did his best.
Gaiman behaves a certain way with certain women. How is a man going to know this unless he is there when it happens, Gaiman explicity talks about it or if a woman tells him?
@chicken
Terry was autistic as fuck and I can forgive him a failure to spot a monster (who had already snowed, apparently, the entire British intelligentsia). It was one book and he never defended Gaiman again, so I’m willing to look past this one.
I know a murderer. Nobody in our friend group clocked him, and most of us aren’t autistic. This guy was smart and funny, we really liked him. We only found out what he was like when his wife told us about his odd behaviour.
Anyway, I won’t go into detail, it’s quite a distinct case and he’s dead now.
@starlinguk
Interesting. thanks.
I’ve known lots of murderers. Most of my friends had bodies on them.
Fair
How does being ND excuse anything? Even if impaired, a choice is a choice.
@WorldsDumbestMan
autistic people (I am one) suck at social cues. We’re very weak on that level of thinking. It’s kinda what autism is. So I cut autistic people a lot of slack for fucking up social awareness. Neurotypicals should have been able to spot him as a predator long before autistic people would catch it. Hence the extra slack I cut Terry. He did his best.
As an ND person, I know very well how harsh being ND is, and what the very real consequences of that are. And it might ultimately cost me my life.
But we are still ultimately always responsible for our actions. And we must always be aware of this.
Gaiman behaves a certain way with certain women. How is a man going to know this unless he is there when it happens, Gaiman explicity talks about it or if a woman tells him?
This is true, but I don’t think it really makes sense here. He didn’t have a choice if he didn’t know anything was wrong with Gaiman.