So hi! Could folks who are making jokes about Mark Zuckerberg please be aware that comparing him to a robot can be hurtful because
a) if he is autistic you are repeating the same tired old jokes about autistic people having no emotions just because you can't read our facial expressions, and
b) if he is not autistic then you are still doing that, and reminding autistic people of jokes people make about how we're evil/heartless - and at the same time you're comparing us to Mark Zuckerberg. Rude.
Like, okay, Data's face pasted over Zuck's face, hilarious - except that Data is a good person and a relatable character for a lot of good people out there. You're literally making Zuck look *better* by comparing him to Data? If you want to be mean to him you have to paste on the face of someone *bad*, no? Data is awesome.
@cassolotl Data is awesome, so why is comparing Zuckerburg's face to his so offensive?
I'm on the spectrum, and I've found the "Zuckerburg is a robot" meme absolutely hilarious.
My hope, of course, is that Mark himself wouldn't be too offended by it, or would see the humor in it himself, but if not, hopefully he can soothe his upset with his billions of dollars.
@ocdtrekkie It's kind of in the same vein as trying to delegitimise Donald Trump by saying he's mentally ill. It's like, comparing bad people to a non-bad marginalised group is insulting to the people in the marginalised group. People are like "haha, Zuck is awful because he is like a robot" when actually there are a lot of reasons why he is awful, and saying he's like a robot and that's why he's awful is insulting to the good people who are like robots (or who are said to be like robots).