Thread by @erikaheidewald

neurotypicals get an ego boost - a need on par with oxygen - by inventing fictional people doing imaginary things they can feel superior to & then post it online so the people who agree with everything they say will validate them and boost their ego more. they are so fascinating

https://twitter.com/realcandaceo/status/1371938607523631123

NDs are making fun of it not making sense as if the words making sense was ever the point lmao NTs really do throw words around like spare change and NDs get on the ground trying to pick up the coins and count them, leaving the NTs free to do whatever they want unopposed

i find it so fascinating how strong cognitive dissonance can be that NDs insist I’m wrong when I tell them that NTs think in social constructs and don’t convey their actual meaning with their words when NTs are out here tweeting stuff like this for the whole world to see

It’s fascinating too that NDs refuse to believe that the true meaning behind NTs’ words is the competition for social status when they’re out here openly not giving a fuck if they make sense and getting 40,000 likes doing it. she might not believe a single one of these things

they got me, too! i was not immune! i just read all the twitter arguments, yes all of them, until i finally learned every single script and could predict everything they’d say so then the words were boring and i had to figure out why the fuck they were saying them

i really don’t know if neurotypicals are even the majority, i really don’t. i wouldn’t be surprised if they were like 40% of the population and then there are just a bunch of functionally NT people who are actually on the ND spectrum and have no idea

i wish i could accurately know that part but that is out of my brain’s purview

me talking about the theory aspect of something doesn’t mean i don’t see or care about its place and meaning in the lived context. in complete honesty that part just seems really obvious to me so i don’t always think i have to also say it, why repeat the obvious take?

but i can see that sometimes gives the impression that i think what i have said is more important or in opposition to what it means in the lived context and that’s something for me to be aware of. and maybe idk what is obvious and should stop assuming that

so: there’s no point in criticizing her tweet for not making sense, you’re not making fun of her or getting a leg up on her bc she doesn’t understand the human body, you’re playing into what she wants - engagement. she’s not trying to make sense, that’s not the point.

she’s using the in-group marker of being hateful to lgbtq people and feminists to cement her place/grow her status within the conservative internet sphere. being willing to do that as a person who also has a marginalized identity can make a career very quickly there

conservatives love people willing to hate their own marginalized identity bc they see that as proof that they’re not prejudiced and it makes them feel good. it also feels like it hurts that identity group even more than when they do it, which is often true, & they love that

people like candace owens, enrique tarrio, the gun girl who shit her pants, etc know that and do it on purpose bc it means a huge amount of status for them, more than they can get by aligning with their marginalized group. it’s aligning with the oppressor for personal gain

oppressors will always applaud oppressed people for supporting their own oppression. they’ll praise that as smart, nice, kind, loving, whatever. the praise comes with status, money, and opportunity. but it is always empty and conditional and comes with zero respect.

conservatives loved to use herman cain to prove they weren’t racist and then he literally got corona at a trump rally and died and they never even fucking mentioned it. that’s what candace owens is choosing, too. i guess the temporary ego validation feels that fucking good.

the words she’s using don’t need to make sense because they DO something. they make people feel something and they create power. making sense is never the point, being factual is never the point, those things don’t create emotion & power.

you’re always always wasting your time and missing what’s actually happening if you’re parsing the words instead of seeing what they are doing. idk if candace owens believes these things, it doesn’t matter. it never matters. the impact is what matters