• steakmeout
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    1 year ago

    A posted picture by an individual is not a community collectively deciding.

    • Haui@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      I know and I wasn’t specifically addressing that picture but also multiple comments stating that someone might abuse self diagnosis, which to me is just gatekeeping.

      • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        That’s not gatekeeping

        This is gatekeeping:

        We „the autistic community“ have decided that self diagnosis is valid and that is a fact. So lets just not discuss

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          Gatekeeping is specifically excluding people for arbitrary stated reasons. You’re keeping the gate closed when you gatekeep

        • Haui@discuss.tchncs.de
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          1 year ago

          No, it is not.

          From oxford languages:

          the activity of controlling, and usually limiting, general access to something. “Wal-Mart’s cultural gatekeeping has served to narrow the mainstream for entertainment offerings”