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What are some careless things said that have killed a conversation for you? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Whether it's foot in mouth, a sudden heavy subject, or some utter nonsense that you don't know how to process, what's something that's come up in an otherwise alright conversation that's stopped it dead in its track for both of you?

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[-] maegul@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 year ago

Sooo ... did they think it was the vaccines do you think? Obviously a touch situation for a parent, depending on the severity of the autism though, and a sensitive topic ... but it seems like they may actually have thought their vaccines did it to their child, felt a lot of pain over it, and figured you'd not be able to understand ...?

[-] dmention7@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's one of the more insidious parts of that whole "conspiracy" (more like grift, but that's splitting hairs...)

It's got to be hard enough raising a severely autistic kid without piling on the guilt that you may have caused it through well-intentioned actions. Even if you don't really believe it, it's pretty fucked to have to live with a shred of "what if...?" all because of one lying asshole and a bunch of easily-manipulated idiots.

[-] maegul@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Yea ... I hadn't thought about that aspect of the conspiracy theory before (which in hindsight feels dumb). Thanks!

[-] dmention7@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Just to be clear, I wasn't implying you were in the wrong necessarily, so hopefully it didn't come across that way!

[-] maegul@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Not at all! No worries!

[-] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I'm sure of it.

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