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how has your strong sense of justice impacted your life?

Currently trying not to fixate on the past too much but at every juncture it's been pivotal.
Core memories involve standing up to people more powerful than me whilst witnessing others pretend nothing is happening in order to preserve their sense of normalcy.

Trying to practice compassion for people who don't/ can't speak out for the sake of my own sanity and deeply fear being the kind of person who stays quiet.

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Trump fires the entire National Science Board

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Someone should write a Dr Seuss style book about this circular debate on voting so people can move on and argue about more pertinent stuff.

If you don't move on and find it in yourself to be angry at the system as a whole then you're still going to be ranting about this in 20 years. It'll become a part of who you are.

The system catered to white suprrmacy and wealth, exactly as it was designed.

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Oh nooooo

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Or it doesn't escape your grasp but it gets actively ignored by people who see your eccentricities as being indicative that you're less than them. Including other autistic people.

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A great asset

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You'll also enter an industry still dominated by men who act like they're in the 1950's.

Maybe that's easier to deal with if you're personally unaffected.