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I don't think I'll ever get over the attribution of "elevated sense of justice" as a "symptom" of autism. My sibling in science. This is not what you discovered. What you discovered is that "willingness to cheat when nobody is watching" or (perhaps, even) "virtue signaling" are symptoms of allism.

Autistic people have the sense of justice that allistic people claim to follow. Autistic people are more likely to actually behave ethically, regardless of whether anyone is watching or there is a social reward for it. This is not a weird foible with autists! This is a wild ethical breach by allists! Willingness to compromise on your stated ethical values is not "normal" regardless of how common it may be. Thats's weird! And troubling!

That's something worth looking into when it comes to allistic people. Leave autistic people with our propensity to simply believe and act accordingly out of your doublethink.

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in reply to Tilde Lowengrimm

nodds in agreement

I wholeheartedly agree on this post!

  • I don't expect neurotypicals to support me or my projects but I expect them to at least not he a hinderance when it comes to said projects, whether or not they agree with those.
in reply to Tilde Lowengrimm

Goes in hand with the thought I keep having that autists are the true "normal" humans and allists are just the ones that wrote the rules. :/
in reply to Tilde Lowengrimm

I'm kind of torn about this specific trait, either it's not very strong with me, or I think most of the laws/rules/social mores of where I'm living are stupid/nonsensical/downright hostile to my sense of right and wrong. As such I'll only follow most of them if there is danger of consequences.
in reply to Tilde Lowengrimm

Thanks. Yeah, I didn't know believing strongly in your own sense of ethics was a defect.

I have done something deeply stupid my entire life, I have always quit a job before looking for a new one. It has filled my resume with holes that now cripples my job search because people consider it so irregular, but it feels ethical to quit a place that treats me poorly or doesn't follow its own values before looking for someplace else to work.

Yeah, I didn't know ideals was all lip service.